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Menorah Lights from the Place of Tragedy and Pain

Three lives were claimed by a rocket fired by Arab terrorists, destroying the top floor apartment of a building in Kiriyat Malachi, Israel. A beacon of light was placed in the location of such great pain and suffering.

Miami Gears Up for Yud Tes Kislev

Marking 200 years to the Histalkus of the Alter Rebbe, Bochurim in Miami Mesivta have participated in a Mivtza run by the Talmidei HaShluchim. The emphasis of the Mivtza was Chassidishe Hanhogos; Mivkah, Chitas, Rambam, Seder Sichos, learning Perek Mem Alef before Davening.

Students Perform Mitzvos for The Holy Land

In light of the situation in The Land of Israel in recent days, and following the Rebbe’s call during the 1967 War to add in Mitzvos – specifically reaching out and putting on Tefillin with Jews who would otherwise not, Bochurim from the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ headed out this Friday to Rutgers University to do Mivtzoim with the newly formed “Rutgers Jewish Outreach” – a program of Chabad of New Jersey.

18,000 Tefillin in One Year!

“Kevin, got 30 seconds?” The question is barely out and Kevin’s sleeve is rolled up and Rabbi Dovid Haller begins to wrap up his latest customer. Kevin is not alone; over the last 3 years, Rabbi Haller has wrapped up more than 40,000 men single-handedly.

Photos: Shaking the Lulav in Aventura Mall

Two Bochurim from Bal Harbour, Dovid Labkowski and Pesach Gewirtz, went on Chol Hamoed to the nearby Aventura Mall – the largest mall in Florida – to help Jews perform the Mitzvah of Lulav and Esrog. They were greeted with much enthusiasm, and over 150 people opted to partake in the Mitzvah.

Miami Students Raise the Bar for Sukkos Mivtzoim

In the merit of a speedy recovery for Emanuel ben Yenta and L.E.C. student Miriam bas Chana Tova, LEC students have pledged a Sukkos holiday of ahavas Yisroel—love for their fellow Jews. No stranger to projects of this sort, the students of Lubavitch Elementary School are taking their goal this year to the next level. Their pledge is to help at least 6,000 local residents fulfill the mitzvah of lulav and esrog and eating in a sukkah.

91-Year-Old Puts on Teffilin for First Time

Junior Shluchim Shaina and Dovid Gutnick went along with their father to give out Shabbos candles and put on teffilin with other Jews in honor of Gimmel Tammuz in Boca Raton, FL. One man they met was 91 years old, and had never put on teffilin before, so they celebrated his Bar-Mitzvah right in the middle of Costco!