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Worshippers in North Tel Aviv Not Deterred by Yom Kippur Protest

Chabad’s outdoor Yom Kippur service has been a welcome and unifying tradition in North Tel Aviv. This year, unfortunately, the beautiful event was marred when the worshippers—who draw from all religious backgrounds—were interrupted in their prayers by a group of noisy protesters objecting to the mechitza at the site.

Excuse Me, Are You Jewish?: The Lulav Campaign Turns 70

In September of 1953, the Rebbe’s chief secretary, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, summoned two yeshivah students into his office with a new directive from the Rebbe. “He told us that we should arrange that on Sukkot, we should go out into the streets with a lulav and etrog and also gather children in the Sukkah, and help them make the blessing on the etrog … ”