First Candle in Downstairs 770!
After Mincha the first candle was lit in downstairs 770.
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Yanky Tauber - Chabad.org
One thing I've come to realize is that many of us have an innate, enduring loyalty to our preconceptions. We'll stick with them through thick and thin, no matter what reality sends our way.
I first realized this some twenty years ago when a friend and I, as two young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students, spent our summers canvassing the state of Montana looking for Jews. We'd drive from town to town--some of which only had one or two Jewish families--and try to do our bit to encourage Jewish identity and observance.
We were quite a curiosity, and were often featured in the local newspaper. The publicity proved useful in both drawing local Jews out of the woodwork and gaining us a welcome response when we called on people.
Fight or Light? -Controversy and Irony at SeaTac Airport
Yanky Tauber – Chabad.org
One thing I’ve come to realize is that many of us have an innate, enduring loyalty to our preconceptions. We’ll stick with them through thick and thin, no matter what reality sends our way.
I first realized this some twenty years ago when a friend and I, as two young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students, spent our summers canvassing the state of Montana looking for Jews. We’d drive from town to town–some of which only had one or two Jewish families–and try to do our bit to encourage Jewish identity and observance.
We were quite a curiosity, and were often featured in the local newspaper. The publicity proved useful in both drawing local Jews out of the woodwork and gaining us a welcome response when we called on people.
NY1
Click Here for a newscast of this event! (RealPlayer)Jews all over the world begin the celebration of Hanukkah Friday night at sundown. At the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, the story of the holiday is being told in a new interactive musical show. NY1’s Stephane Simon filed the following report.
The Macabee Show tells the story of Judah Macabee and the small Jewish army that defeated the mighty Syrian Greek forces 2,000 years ago in a fight for religious freedom. Visitors travel back in time, and even hide in the caves, before finding their way to the destroyed temple.
More in the Extended Article!
Jews Celebrate The “Festival Of Lights” At Sundown
NY1
Click Here for a newscast of this event! (RealPlayer)
Jews all over the world begin the celebration of Hanukkah Friday night at sundown. At the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, the story of the holiday is being told in a new interactive musical show. NY1’s Stephane Simon filed the following report.
The Macabee Show tells the story of Judah Macabee and the small Jewish army that defeated the mighty Syrian Greek forces 2,000 years ago in a fight for religious freedom. Visitors travel back in time, and even hide in the caves, before finding their way to the destroyed temple.
More in the Extended Article!
I send greetings to all those celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights.
During Hanukkah, Jewish people everywhere honor the liberation of Jerusalem and the great miracle witnessed in the Holy Temple more than 2,000 years ago. After Jerusalem was conquered by an oppressive king and the Jews lost their right to worship in freedom, Judah Maccabee and his followers courageously set out to reclaim Jerusalem from foreign rule. Though their numbers were small, the Maccabees' dedication to their faith was strong, and they emerged victorious. When they returned to their Holy Temple for its rededication, the Maccabees discovered enough oil to burn for only one day. Yet the oil lit the Holy Temple for eight days, and the light of hope still shines bright in Jewish homes and synagogues throughout the world.
During Hanukkah, Jewish people everywhere honor the liberation of Jerusalem and the great miracle witnessed in the Holy Temple more than 2,000 years ago. After Jerusalem was conquered by an oppressive king and the Jews lost their right to worship in freedom, Judah Maccabee and his followers courageously set out to reclaim Jerusalem from foreign rule. Though their numbers were small, the Maccabees' dedication to their faith was strong, and they emerged victorious. When they returned to their Holy Temple for its rededication, the Maccabees discovered enough oil to burn for only one day. Yet the oil lit the Holy Temple for eight days, and the light of hope still shines bright in Jewish homes and synagogues throughout the world.
Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2006
I send greetings to all those celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights.
During Hanukkah, Jewish people everywhere honor the liberation of Jerusalem and the great miracle witnessed in the Holy Temple more than 2,000 years ago. After Jerusalem was conquered by an oppressive king and the Jews lost their right to worship in freedom, Judah Maccabee and his followers courageously set out to reclaim Jerusalem from foreign rule. Though their numbers were small, the Maccabees’ dedication to their faith was strong, and they emerged victorious. When they returned to their Holy Temple for its rededication, the Maccabees discovered enough oil to burn for only one day. Yet the oil lit the Holy Temple for eight days, and the light of hope still shines bright in Jewish homes and synagogues throughout the world.
The Hamilton Spectator
The rabbi was walking to the synagogue from his Westdale home, holding the hands of his two tiny children and singing joyously all the way.
Some passing teenagers laughed mockingly. The rabbi persisted, bringing yet more joy to his song.
Rabbi Itkin ‘kindled light of soul in others’
The Hamilton Spectator
The rabbi was walking to the synagogue from his Westdale home, holding the hands of his two tiny children and singing joyously all the way.
Some passing teenagers laughed mockingly. The rabbi persisted, bringing yet more joy to his song.
FREE Publishing House, the publishing arm of Friends of Refugees of Eastern E urope, has completed its worldwide distribution of the new Chanukah Guide in the Russian language for 5767.
The guides have been distributed to tens of thousands of Russian Jews worldwide through Chabad Houses and other Jewish organizations throughout North America, Canada, Europe and Australia–working with Jews from the Former Soviet Union.
More in the Extended Article.
FREE Publishing House Distributes Chanukah Guides in Russian
FREE Publishing House, the publishing arm of Friends of Refugees of Eastern E urope, has completed its worldwide distribution of the new Chanukah Guide in the Russian language for 5767.
The guides have been distributed to tens of thousands of Russian Jews worldwide through Chabad Houses and other Jewish organizations throughout North America, Canada, Europe and Australia–working with Jews from the Former Soviet Union.
More in the Extended Article.
Here is a beautiful testimonial from the principal of the Solomon Schechter School in Montreal. The school is conservative and the person writing the newsletter doesn’t have a great love for Chabad.
From our principal - Dr. Shimshon Hamerman
I was never a supporter of Lubavitch as a movement or as an ideology. However, when I opened the newspaper and read that the movement sends 4000 emissaries around the world to bring Jews closer to Judaism, I could not help but juxtapose Hizballah that sent out 4000 Katyushas, war, destruction and suffering while Chabbad disseminates Torah, love and brotherhood.
This Chassidic group sends its emissaries to wherever Jews might be around the globe to help Jews stay close to their traditions. While our teachers were in Venice, Italy we really had nowhere to make Shabbat but for a tiny Lubavitch Kosher restaurant that had room for possibly 30 people and welcomed over 200 guests to help them make Shabbat.
Continued in the Extended Article!
From our principal - Dr. Shimshon Hamerman
I was never a supporter of Lubavitch as a movement or as an ideology. However, when I opened the newspaper and read that the movement sends 4000 emissaries around the world to bring Jews closer to Judaism, I could not help but juxtapose Hizballah that sent out 4000 Katyushas, war, destruction and suffering while Chabbad disseminates Torah, love and brotherhood.
This Chassidic group sends its emissaries to wherever Jews might be around the globe to help Jews stay close to their traditions. While our teachers were in Venice, Italy we really had nowhere to make Shabbat but for a tiny Lubavitch Kosher restaurant that had room for possibly 30 people and welcomed over 200 guests to help them make Shabbat.
Continued in the Extended Article!
Conservative School Principal Weighs in on Chabad
Here is a beautiful testimonial from the principal of the Solomon Schechter School in Montreal. The school is conservative and the person writing the newsletter doesn’t have a great love for Chabad.
From our principal – Dr. Shimshon Hamerman
I was never a supporter of Lubavitch as a movement or as an ideology. However, when I opened the newspaper and read that the movement sends 4000 emissaries around the world to bring Jews closer to Judaism, I could not help but juxtapose Hizballah that sent out 4000 Katyushas, war, destruction and suffering while Chabbad disseminates Torah, love and brotherhood.
This Chassidic group sends its emissaries to wherever Jews might be around the globe to help Jews stay close to their traditions. While our teachers were in Venice, Italy we really had nowhere to make Shabbat but for a tiny Lubavitch Kosher restaurant that had room for possibly 30 people and welcomed over 200 guests to help them make Shabbat.
Continued in the Extended Article!
Tzivos Hashem Celebrates 26 Years of Education and Jewish Pride
by Shlomo Abraham
After twenty-six years of innovative Jewish education, you’d forgive the directors of Tzivos Hashem: Jewish Children International, if they were feeling satisfied. As it happens, no forgiveness is needed. The organization founded by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1980, is as innovative as ever and more than ready to meet the challenges facing today’s youth.
“What makes us want to continue moving forward?” asked Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, Tzivos Hashem’s executive director. He was speaking to a crowd of 500 at the 26th Anniversary Dinner, December 5, at the Jewish Children’s Museum. “One thing that drives us is ‘The Ourie Factor.’”
More in the Extended Article!
R. Moshe Feiglin watches as workers put final touches on the facade of the building earlier this year.
ALIYA (Alternative Learning Institute for Young Adults), under the banner of Chabad Inreach, will IY”H be closing on its new headquarters at 525-527 East New York Ave. this month.
These buildings will provide a base out of which we will continue to cater to the needs of our youth who aren’t being serviced by the Yeshiva system.
Aliya Closes On Properties This Month
R. Moshe Feiglin watches as workers put final touches on the facade of the building earlier this year.
ALIYA (Alternative Learning Institute for Young Adults), under the banner of Chabad Inreach, will IY”H be closing on its new headquarters at 525-527 East New York Ave. this month.
These buildings will provide a base out of which we will continue to cater to the needs of our youth who aren’t being serviced by the Yeshiva system.
CrownHeights.info is proud to present the first in the Myth-Busting series of young Lubavitch author Mimi Notik.
The world knows by now to expect from their Lubavitch friends to hear the impressive account of how many Shluchim there are worldwide.
We speak about numbers a lot.
“Shluchim all over the world!”
It is a source of true pride.
How do you get so many Shluchim in one picture? It's only one Shliach!
The world knows by now to expect from their Lubavitch friends to hear the impressive account of how many Shluchim there are worldwide.
We speak about numbers a lot.
“Shluchim all over the world!”
It is a source of true pride.
Myth: There Are Many Chabad Emissaries
CrownHeights.info is proud to present the first in the Myth-Busting series of young Lubavitch author Mimi Notik.
How do you get so many Shluchim in one picture? It’s only one Shliach!
The world knows by now to expect from their Lubavitch friends to hear the impressive account of how many Shluchim there are worldwide.
We speak about numbers a lot.
“Shluchim all over the world!”
It is a source of true pride.
R. Groner Honored at a Local Business Owners Sons Bris
The Rebbes secretary Rabbi Groner attended the Bris of Mr. Sholom Kvitals son, proprietor of “Union Car service”, which has been serving Crown Heights for 16 years.
The Bris took place at the Georgian Synagogue in Forest Hills, Queens, under the leadership of Rabbi Avrohom Ashvill and Rabbi Aharon Chein.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
As we reported last week about the new initiative by Bochurim in Kvutseh to have a Shiur in Inyonai Geuala U’Moshiach in 770, Tuesday Night marked the successful completion of the second such Shiur which had a larger attendance. The Shiur was given by R. Michoel Seligson.
Shiur in Inyonai Geuala U’Moshiach with R. Seligson
As we reported last week about the new initiative by Bochurim in Kvutseh to have a Shiur in Inyonai Geuala U’Moshiach in 770, Tuesday Night marked the successful completion of the second such Shiur which had a larger attendance. The Shiur was given by R. Michoel Seligson.
Yud Daled Kislev: The Rebbes Marriage
Chabad.org
In December of 1928, the Rebbe’s marriage to Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, daughter of the then Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, was held in Warsaw, Poland.
By then, word of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak’s heroic struggle on behalf of Soviet Jewry was world renowned, and the high regard in which he was held was evidenced by the numerous rabbis, Rebbes and lay leaders of European Jewry, and the thousands of people from all walks of life, who honored him with their presence at his daughter’s wedding.
At the beginning of the wedding, the Rebbetzin’s father announced:
Motzoai Shabbos Father & Son Chavrusas
Taking place in Shuls around the neighborhood is a program in which fathers and sons get together to spend an hour learning together.
A gallery of pictures in the Extended Article!
Arutz Sheva
Veteran Jewish singer Avraham Fried is branching out into new territory with a professionally produced, slick music video that is clean and yet meets industry standards still rare in Jewish music.Avraham Fried, who composed the melody and words for the song, also co-produced and acted in the video which is contained in his latest CD. Light touches of computer animation and special effects are also featured, such as the letters on a page of Gemara flying off into the air. The video was produced by JewishFilms.com.
Veteran Singer Releases Music Video
Arutz Sheva
Veteran Jewish singer Avraham Fried is branching out into new territory with a professionally produced, slick music video that is clean and yet meets industry standards still rare in Jewish music.
Avraham Fried, who composed the melody and words for the song, also co-produced and acted in the video which is contained in his latest CD. Light touches of computer animation and special effects are also featured, such as the letters on a page of Gemara flying off into the air. The video was produced by JewishFilms.com.
Hascholas Safer Torah in Memory of R. Moshe & Devorah Hershkop OB”M
Family and friends gathered in the ‘Aliya’ Shul on East New York Ave. in honor of the third Yortziet of R. Moshe Noach ben R. Shloime and his wife Devorah Raizel bas R. Yitzchok OB”M. In their honor the crowd sat down for a Seudas Mitzvah and the learning of Mishnayos following which the Sofer, R. Moshe Klein began the writing of a Safer Torah.
The Torah is being donated to the ‘Chabad Israeli Center of Rockville, MD’ under Rabbi Shlomo Beitsh.
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New Shiur in Inyonai Geula & Moshiach in 770
photos by col.org.il
In response to the horrific incident which took place last week in 770 Kvutse Bochurim started a new initiative, to push away darkness with light. A new Shiur in Inyonai Geula & Moshiach to be delivered by Rabbi Yisroel Shimon Kalmenson of ‘Vaad Hanochos B’lahak’ on a weekly basis. One of the organizers of the Shiur said “this is best response we can give to the incident tat took place last week”.
The Shiur was attended by a majority of the Kvutse student body and was a great success!
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