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An Evening With The Rebbe For Chabad Houses

The day of Yud Shevat marks an important and historic milestone for world Jewry and beyond. It is the day that began the process of making Shluchim and Chabad houses synonymous with Judaism in this era. Merkos 302 has joined with JEM to make available to shluchim: “Precious Souls” – an interactive video presentation to feature in honor of this Yud Shevat.

Obituary: Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, 97, National Rabbinic Leader

He lived in two distinct worlds—that of Old-World, pre-war Poland, where he was deeply influenced by Chassidic rebbes, and that of modern, post-war America, where he became a foremost disciple of Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. For Rabbi Mordechai Shraga Schonfeld, known as Fabian in English, who passed away last month at the age of 97, blending these two approaches to Judaism wasn’t a balancing act; it was simply his way of life.

Scouted by the Major Leagues, Nevada Teen Won’t Play on Shabbat

For decades, Jewish baseball fans have looked to Sandy Koufax as a role model for refusing to pitch in game one of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. While that stood out as an example for Jews everywhere, one Nevada teen is hoping to take it a step further and become the first Shabbat-observant, kosher-food-eating professional baseball player.

Here’s My Story: A Father’s Final Words

Mr. Bentzion Chen worked in Israel’s aerospace industry for thirty-five years, during which time he published eight books in Russian on Judaism and Chasidism. Since retiring, he has devoted himself to spreading Torah among immigrants from the former Soviet Union. He was interviewed in February of 2015.