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8:00pm: Were the Original Jews Dark Skinned?

The topics in this week’s 426th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Why Is Kislev Called the Month of Geulah? What Is the Meaning of Geulah? What Is the Main Contribution of the Mitteler Rebbe? Are There Any Authentic Surviving Paintings of the Patriarchs or Moses? Were the Original Jews Dark Skinned? Why Do We Pray? Are Our Prayers Answered?

Video of the Day

Check out this time lapse video from Mendel Kulski, a member of the staff of the Kinus Hashluchim 5783, as he shows you how a basketball court was transformed into a dining hall for thousands of guest Rabbis.

Popular Program Connecting Children with the Rebbe Expands Activities for Hakhel Year

As a new school year gets underway in this Hakhel year, administrators, principals, and teachers are working feverishly to provide in-school programming that reflects the unique spirit of the year. In what is perhaps the single most appropriate fit for such an effort, the folks at Connection Point have rolled out a full lineup of events to virtually reenact the original Hakhel in the Beis Hamikdash: Bringing everyone to personally hear Torah from the king himself.

Weekly Story: Brocha Endures

Two people contacted me that they heard the following story from a Mr. Chase, who grew up in Chicago, then moved to Toronto and now lives in Lakewood. The first person told me that he was told the story while both of them were waiting for a plane and the second person heard it on Simchas Torah in a shul that he went to for tahalucha.