This shabbos is Shabbos mevorchim, Elul. As is well known, during this month we increase in all of our mitzvos, but Shulchan Aruch notes and stresses that we should especially increase in the three aspects of learning Torah, tefilla and tzedoka. So, when I was told the following story a few weeks ago about How To Daven, I immediately decided to use it for this week’s post, Shabbos Mevorchim Elul.
The production itself broke Hollywood norms that tend to run against Jewish practice. Filming occurred Sunday through Thursday for Shabbat observance, and kosher meals were provided for the entire cast and crew.
Rebbetzin Chava passed away on Shabbat, Aug. 9 (15th of Av), at the age of 41 after a years-long battle with cancer. A young mother and beloved Jewish community leader who co-directed The Shul Bayside in Milwaukee, Wis., with her husband Rabbi Cheski Edelman, she left behind five young children and a grieving congregation.
CH Safetech internet filtering service has relocated to a new office, hosted at the new location of the Crown Heights Community Council. This new location will enable CH Safetech to continue serving the community with its internet filtering services with enhanced accessibility.
A newly discovered 4-hour-long audio recording from the night of Chof Ches Nissan 5751 shines a light on Chasidim’s real-time reaction to the sicha and the discussion that followed. The Chssidim can be seen attempting to be “מטכס עצה” on how to answer the Rebbe’s call to do all we can to bring Moshiach.
A special Chag HaSmicha celebration was recently held by Machon Lehoraa Online Smicha, honoring a new cohort of Bochurim who completed their studies and received Smicha. The event celebrated the devotion to learning by these Bochurim, and took place in the presence of Rabbonim and family.
New York-style kosher deli classics are now on the menu in the mountains of New Mexico, where the city of Santa Fe welcomed its first-ever kosher restaurant—the Manhattan Avenue Deli—housed on the second floor of Chabad-Lubavitch of Santa Fe’s newly expanded Jewish center.
Zale Newman is an educator and community activist, the former International Director of NCSY, and the founder of Bond Street Mercantile, a financial services company focusing on investment in Canada and Israel. He was interviewed in July 2025.
Ahead of the world’s largest virtual Jewish speed dating event this Monday, one couple’s story shows how one small act can change someone’s life
Dozens of children gathered at Lubavitch Center of Pittsburgh for a spirited Tzivos Hashem rally, marking Chof Av, the yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s father, Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, and the 2nd yahrzeit of Tzivos Hashem soldier Sholom Ber Markel A”H.
Eighteen years of work, millions of dollars of investment, and a century-old vision of the Rebbe have come together in a single historic moment: the printing of the Tanya Hasholeim – about to arrive from print.
Meet Rabbi Levi and Henya Shusterman who together with their daughter Chaya are moving out on Shlichus to North Orlando, Florida.
The IRS provides a dollar for dollar tax credit, so your overall tax bill stays the same, but now your money goes directly toward tuition scholarships for families in our own community.
Watch these video highlights of hundreds of Chassidim as they visited the resting place of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn in Alma Ata on Chof Av.
The event was filled with joy, joined by members of the Jewish community, Jews visiting from around the world, government officials, and even hundreds of local non-Jewish residents.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Basya Kalmenson OBM, the wife of Rabbi Sholam Mendel Kalmenon OBM and founder of the Chne Ohr organization in France. She passed away on Tuesday, the 25th of AV, 5785.
“My ask is this. Please come join me and hear the shofar this Rosh Hashana, September 23 and 24. Whether at services or at shofar in the Park, knowing that you have come to do this tremendous mitzva will bring me immeasurable pleasure, peace of mind, and healing.”
