More than 1,200 boys and girls from local day camps gathered in 770 for a grand rally in honor of Gimmel Tammuz. The event was a project of Tzivos Hashem and was directed by Rabbi Shimmy Weinbaum and Rabbi Yossi Engel.
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Program is scheduled to begin at 9:30pm.
WASHINGTON — Twelve years after Menachem Mendel Schneerson died, his followers and admirers in Chabad-Lubavitch delivered his message to Washington’s highest echelons.
The timeless themes of education, security for Israel and reaching out to other faiths still resound, organizers said.
Speakers including Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Talmudic scholar Adin Steinsaltz and radio host Dennis Prager interacted with top Bush administration officials at the Tuesday-Wednesday event marking the Lubavitcher rebbe’s yahrzeit.
Reuters photographer Mike Segar visited the Ohel Today, Gimmel Tamuz. There are 12 pictures in the Extended Article.
People waited up to 2 hours to get into the ohel to read their panim, and Bochurim together with Yungerleit farbrenged to the wee hours of the morning in the tent.
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Tonight marks the 12th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. The last 12 years have produced prolific narratives offering personal testimony to the imprint of a leader. Tonight marks the 12th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. The last 12 years have produced prolific narratives offering personal testimony to the imprint of a leader.
Following the passing of the Rebbe in 1994, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, Jonathan Sacks, presented the inaugural lecture of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Memorial Lectures, republished here.
On this momentous occasion, I could not do other than begin with one of the most moving scenes in the whole of scriptures, the scene in the second book of Kings which describes the last days of that great, passionate, visionary leader of Israel, the prophet Elijah.
Hollywood, FL – After rejecting a proposal that would’ve ended a federal lawsuit accusing them of discriminating against a synagogue, city commissioners Wednesday night said they planned to keep negotiating to avoid a trial that could come next week.
The settlement rejection came after more than a dozen Hollywood Hills residents took turns urging city leaders to continue their efforts to oust the Hollywood Community Synagogue Chabad Lubavitch from a residential neighborhood.
Commissioners then announced they would reconvene today at 1 p.m. for negotiations with Chabad officials.
A Jewish man is shipwrecked on a desert island. After 10 years he's finally rescued by a passing ship. When the rescuers embark on the island, they are surprised to find the man has built himself an entire civilization: golf course, restaurant, and two synagogues. “But since you're here all alone on the island,” they asked, “why do you have TWO synagogues?” “Because,” replied the man, pointing to the buildings, “that's the one I go to, and that's the one I don't!”A Jewish man is shipwrecked on a desert island. After 10 years he’s finally rescued by a passing ship. When the rescuers embark on the island, they are surprised to find the man has built himself an entire civilization: golf course, restaurant, and two synagogues. “But since you’re here all alone on the island,” they asked, “why do you have TWO synagogues?” “Because,” replied the man, pointing to the buildings, “that’s the one I go to, and that’s the one I don’t!”
The truth behind an old Russian joke
An old Russian joke tells the story of a peasant with one cow who hates his neighbor because he has two. A sorcerer offers to grant the envious farmer a single wish. “Kill one of my neighbor’s cows!” he demands.
Pittsburgh, PA — On Monday night the Jewish community in Pittsburgh gathered for a fabreng with Rabbi Michoel Seligson, who spoke to the community until the wee hours of the morning, prior to the busses leaving to NY for the Gimmel Tammuz pilgrimage to the Ohel of the Rebbe.
This year Chovevai Torah has selected 20 Bochurim who will be dispatched to Yeshivos around the world as Talmidim HaShluchim and will provide more personal attention in the learning environment as well as assist in the Mivtzoim Programs.
Yesterday the Menahel Ruchny R. Kalmen Wienfeld took the list of Bochurim to the Ohel followed by a meeting with R. Dovid Raskin, Menahel Of the Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva, who pointed out the Rebbe’s terms for Bochurim going out on Shlichus.
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Early one Friday evening about a year ago, while in the middle of our family Shabbat dinner, there was a knock at the front door.Early one Friday evening about a year ago, while in the middle of our family Shabbat dinner, there was a knock at the front door.
I opened it to find one familiar face — an observant guy from the neighborhood who has taught my son piano – and a new one.
The new guy was Rabbi Ari Kirschenbaum, a young Lubavitcher who had recently decamped to our corner of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. They were holding Shabbat evening services in an apartment over the local greasy spoon across the street and needed a 10th man to make the minyan. Could my husband come?
A resident of Shaarei Tikvah, in Samaria, was arrested Monday night for an act of conscientious objection he made nearly one year ago, on the eve of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria. At the time, Reuven Weissblich, a father of three and a Lubavitcher Chassid, refused to report for reserve duty, writing to his commanders that he “does not want to be a part of the crime of expulsion” and that the Torah forbids relinquishing parts of the Land of Israel.
Police officers turned up at Weissblich’s home Monday with no prior warning or summons. Ever since his arrest, he has been unable to speak with his family.
A commemoration of the passing of the Lubavitch rebbe will culminate in a White House briefing.
Leaders of both parties in Congress, as well as top Bush administration officials, are attending the two-day tribute to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died June 12, 1994.
The theme is education, and speakers include Elie Wiesel; U.S. Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff; and Australia’s defense minister. Chertoff and Joshua Bolten, the White House chief of staff, who are both Jewish, will attend the White House briefing Wednesday morning.
About 30 diplomats joined Lubavitch emissaries to their countries at the events. Thousands of people also are expected to gather at the rebbe’s grave in New York on the anniversary of his death.
Hundreds of Bochurim gathered yesterday evening in the Oholei Torah Zal for a Farbrengen in preparation of Gimmel Tamuz, which falls out this Thursday. Many Mashpiim took part in the Farbrengen including R Yossi Jacobson, Mashpia in Chovevai Torah and R. Itche Nemenov, Mashgiach in the Yeshiva in Bryony. At the conclusion of the formal part of the Farbrengen a video was displayed for the first time and a Teshurah with answers from the Rebbe, publicized for the first time as well, was given out.
The Bochurim then gathered into groups and Farbrenged into the wee hours of the morning.
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For Jewish parents of Harvard-bound students, the feeling is all too familiar. Proud that they’ve been accepted to one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world, parents are also understandably anxious about the culture at this Ivy League institution, and how it will affect their yet-young-and-vulnerable children. “It’s not the warmest place, you know,” one parent said, explaining her worry in an interview with lubavitch.com.
A unique Sefer Torah dedication was held in 770 ‘Ilui Nishmas’ [in memory of] the 2600 victims who were killed in terrorist attacks in Israel. Anash and T’mimim attended the ceremony, the Sefer Torah, which has a unique cover that displays all the names of the victims, was put into the Rebbe’s room. The Sefer Torah will be transferred to the Mayanot Institute in Yerushalayim.
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Under pouring rain, hundreds of Anash and Tmimim joined the Levaya of Reb Sholom Marozov, A”H, Mashpia and Mashgiach of the central Tomchei Temimim and member of the International Agudas Chassidei Chabad who passed away Sunday morning in Crown Heights. The Levaya started out from the ‘Shomrei Hachomos’ chapel and passed 770 on its way to the Montefiore Cemetery in Queens where he was buried near the Ohel.
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