Gallery: Eicha Recited In Paris
As Tisha B’Av arrived in the City of Lights, the chabad congregants of Paris sat down to recite eicha, and mourn the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash.
Gallery: Crown Heights Recites Eicha
As Tisha B’Av began in New York, Lubavitchers gathered to recite eicha, and mourn the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash.
Camp Crate Opens to All for Tisha B’Av
To help parents with entertaining children on Tisha B’av, Camp Crate will be opening a few classes for free on their website and allow access to all beginning after chatzos on Tisha B’av. Classes have been chosen that have minimal specialty supplies so that your children can follow along with supplies you likely have at home.
Galvanized By The Challenges Of COVID-19, Day Camp Miami was Born
Three weeks prior to the start of the summer, it was clear that there would be a shortage of camp options in Miami for grades 4-7. With the Rebbes brachos, the Rogalsky’s jumped in to fill this void, and Day Camp Miami was born.
Laws and Customs: Tishah B’Av
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Tishah B’Av for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
250 Shluchim Offer A Gripping Tisha B’Av Program
On Tisha B’Av this year, shluchim worldwide will be streaming With My Whole Broken Heart – JLI’s emotionally-gripping 45-minute documentary framed around the Rebbe’s response to the 1956 terror attack in Kfar Chabad that claimed lives of 5 students.
400 Shluchim Launch New Educational Series on Mashiach
During the auspicious days of Bein HaMeitzarim, hundreds of shluchim and shluchos are offering for the first installment of classes on inyanei Mashiach and Geulah that JLI has launched to teach in local communities.
Video of the Day
An ax wielding man attempted to enter the Chabad Shul Mariupol, Ukraine, leading to a struggle with the security guard. The man failed to gain entry to the shul due to the security guards actions, and the Shliach and community members were able to escape.
Philadelphia Center City’s first community mikvah, Mai Shalvah, will be located in the historic Vilna Synagogue.
Philadelphia Synagogue Makes Room for Community Mikvah
You can walk almost anywhere in Center City, the bustling historic neighborhood in the heart of Philadelphia. But to get to a mikvah from the most walkable neighborhood in one of the most walkable cities in the United States, you’d have to drive at least 30 minutes. but not for long.
Annual Global Shidduch Bake 2020 – 5780
This year, the Friday closest to Chamisha Asar B’av coincides with Friday, July 31/10 Av, Erev Shabbos Nachamu and marks the 6th year of CBI – Challah Bake International. This auspicious time is ideal for women to join not only in making challah, but also in giving tzedokah and davening for each other’s children of marriageable age – arousing Heavenly mercy for a significant, positive change in finding shidduchim for our children.
What will Hebrew Schools Look Like?
Ckids opens a discussion between experienced shluchim and educators who will gather virtually to share wisdom about next year’s Jewish learning prospects.
Rabbi Moshe Thaler (left), rabbi of and Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Berdichev, Ukraine, stands together with Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, director of Chabad of Western Ukraine and rabbi of nearby Zhitomir, at the newly unearthed original mausoleum and gravesite of the great Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev (1740-1809), the great "defender of the Jewish people." (Photo: Chabad of Berdichev)
In Berdichev, They’ve Been Walking on the Grave of a Rabbi Who Couldn’t Care Less
In Eastern Europe, there is a truth that lurks just beneath the surface. Beyond the glitz of new developments and predating the drab grayness of Soviet-era construction lie remnants of a lost Jewish world and its inhabitants. It’s the reason why Rabbi Moshe Thaler, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Berdichev, Ukraine, and the city’s lone rabbi, was unsurprised when construction workers at the tomb of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev (1740-1809) suddenly hit something.
Extensive Chof Av Program Planned
In accordance with the Rebbe’s personal wish, Vaad Or V’chom is putting together an extensive program to help mark the day of Chof Av, covering several topics in multiple languages in an effort to reach a wide range of demographics.
Igud Hamelamdim Chinuch Course Now Has Four Master presenters
As reported previously, an exciting addition is being made to this year’s course, with the inclusion of a new presenter Rabbi Mendel Klyne, principal and teacher at Cheder Chabad Detroit.
Newfoundland’s Only Mikvah almost at 50%!
Just imagine – NO Mikvah to drive to, and even taking a few hour flight is more complicated now, and often not even possible. Only the freezing cold Atlantic Ocean. Please open your hearts and give generously.
Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson to Join JETS Staff
JETS Yeshiva of Los Angeles, CA, has announced that Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson, co-director of the hugely successful summer program Yeshivas Kayitz Yerushalayim, will be joining their staff as a full-time teacher and mashpia.
Fire Breaks Out Next Door To Chabad School In LA
A large fire broke out in a building next door to Los Angeles’s Chabad Girls School, with it’s iconic 770 facade. The cause of the fire has yet to be announced, as firefighters continue battling the blaze.
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