A Father, A Soldier, A Shliach – Rabbi Yosef Glitzenstein Ends Reserve Duty With Award
Israeli Journalist Amichai Attali wrote the following regarding Rabbi Yosef Glitzenstein, A Shliach, Lawyer, Father and soldier.
Israeli Journalist Amichai Attali wrote the following regarding Rabbi Yosef Glitzenstein, A Shliach, Lawyer, Father and soldier.
With over 100 Kinderlach in participation, Kindelach learned about the significance of Lag BaOmer, recited the 12 Pesukim, and enjoyed stories, raffles, and prizes. Rally was led by the Shul’s Rav, Rabbi Menachem Mendel D. Yusewitz .
Exactly 50 years ago, the Rebbe launched a bold new initiative in Jewish education. Twelve passages — drawn from the Torah, the Sages, and Chassidus — covering the fundamental tenets of Jewish life, were collected for children to recite, memorize, and pass on to others.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
After a courageous and prolonged battle with illness, Devorah Leah Reiter, the Shlucha of the Chabad Jewish Learning Center in Roslyn Heights, of blessed memory passed away at just 47 years old. She leaves behind her husband and nine children.
I heard this story a few weeks ago from Rabbi Nissan Mangel Sheyichye at his weekly Shabbos farbrengen in Ksav Sofer. And I decided, being that it is a story of the Baal Shem Tov, I will publish it on the Shabbos before the first day of Shavuos, which is the Baal hem Tov’s yahrzeit.
Wednesday night’s global Mivtzah Chinuch event, hosted by the Menachem Education Foundation with the Merkos Chinuch Office, gathered nearly 4,000 people from around the world to hear about how each person can fulfill their role in Mivtzah Chinuch.
A Tshura was distributed at the Nemes – Mishulavin wedding, and is presented it here for the wider Chabad community.
Each farbrengen is a priceless treasure. It was the highlight of the week for those fortunate to be present when the Rebbe farbrenged. Nowadays, these farbrengens are preserved in thousands of pages, waiting to be relived by every chossid.
Rabbi Shimon Rivkin, Executive Director of CTeen International at Merkos 302 and Mashpia in Oholei Torah Mesivta, heads to Melbourne this weekend to lead a grand Shabbos Achdus program ahead of Shavuos, marking forty years since the Rebbe’s call for Shabbos Achdus.
To answer the call of shluchim and community leaders worldwide, the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302 has prepared resources in the spirit of “One Shabbat to bring Moshiach” (Yerushalmi Taanis 1:1) for use in communities this Shabbos.
Mrs. Channa Arnold was a Judaic-studies teacher in Los Angeles for over forty years. She was interviewed in September 2011.
To commemorate the second yahrtzeit of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky ע״ה, CYP International at Merkos 302 is offering their special Shavuos curriculum free of charge for shluchim worldwide l’ilui nishmaso.
Parents of soldiers serving in the Nahal Brigade responded to the sentence handed down to the soldier who was caught by the IDF Chief of Staff wearing a “Mashiach” patch on his uniform.
Shabbat 250 marks the first time in American history that a sitting president has invited the Jewish community to observe a dedicated Shabbat.
After all necessary restoration work was carried out at the National Sofrut Center, the Torah scroll was handed over to a delegation of the Kremenchuk Jewish community led by its leader, the Chief Rabbi of the city, Shlomo Salamon.
Aaron Ouanounou has traveled to the Rebbe’s Ohel every year for decades, but one particular visit left him—and a complete stranger—in tears. What started as a simple favor to a friend turned into a life-changing moment for an entire family.