22 Years Later, A Memorial Commemorates The Fallen
Chabad photographer Dov Ber Hechtman captured the moments of the 9/11 memorial service for the fallen that took place today in Manhattan.
Chabad photographer Dov Ber Hechtman captured the moments of the 9/11 memorial service for the fallen that took place today in Manhattan.
The eighteenth of Elul, was an especially auspicious day this year for the Jews of the Siberian capital city of Novosibirsk. On this day two beacons of light for the Jewish nation were born: the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe, also known as the Baal HaTanya, and on this day a brand new, state of the art Jewish Day School was inaugurated. The school, a first of its kind, will integrate special needs children under a project called “Lev”.
Aware of the great need for funds, Chabad of Morocco has launched an earthquake relief fund dedicated to providing vital humanitarian aid and supporting the ongoing recovery efforts.
Anash of Moscow, Russia, gathered Motzei Shabbos for the first night of Selichos, which first began with an in depth Farbrengen and culminated with Selichos.
Last week Tuesday, 19th of Elul, over 700 people gathered for an evening of inspiration and gratitude at Oholei Torah’s Annual Dinner. They came in a show of support for Oholei Torah and to pay tribute to its Executive Director Rabbi Yosef Chaim Rosenfeld on his first yahrzeit and his wife Malka Raizel Rosenfeld ע”ה.
Anash in Paris France gathered Motzei Shabbos for the first night of Selichos, which first began with many in depth Farbrengens and culminated with Selichos led by Head Shliach Rabbi Mendel Azimov.
Can you have a summer camp with only seven kids? Should you? The objective of the “Thirteen-Day Farbrengen Camp” was to amplify and set in motion a series of events to return young, holy Jews to a place of divine inspiration. With the help from Rabbi Yosef Moscowitz, Executive Director of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois and the acclaimed Living Room Chabad House, that’s exactly what we happened.
On Monday, Chai Elul, Released Time kicked off the school year of 5784, gathering the teachers with a conference filled with insightful workshops and engaging discussions.
Nearly 150 supporters and friends participated last night in a prestigious event to salute the participants of the ‘Yishshachar and Zebulun’ program, which has been operated in recent years in 770, organized by the Igud Talmidei Hakvutza. The evening provided the supporters with an exciting glimpse of the great work being done.
Chabad rabbis and emissaries joined the first-ever mission of American Jewish leaders to Ukraine to explore the dynamics of the crisis facing Ukrainian Jewry. Rabbi Shlomo Peles of JRNU Chabad relief agency and JRNU advisor Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie joined the mission.
The Crown Heights community was visited this week by Harav Hagaon Chacham Nissim Ben-Shimon, Rosh Av Bet Din of Tel Aviv – Yafo in honor of Chai Elul and as a preparation for Tishrei 5784.
The famous Brunoy Yeshiva has begun the new school year in the suburbs of Paris with hundreds of students crowding the halls and rooms.
It has been many decades since the town of Lubavitch has seen a celebration the likes of the one held there this past week to mark two important days on the Chabad calendar: Tes Vov Elul, anniversary of the founding of Tomchei Tmimim, and Chai Elul, birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and Alter Rebbe.
As summer comes to an end, Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Ocean Parkway is buzzing with activity as students, both new and returning, kick off another school year.
For the Jewish teens from South America who recently returned from an emotionally charged tour of Eastern Europe and Israel, the trip provided daily experiences of tragedy and hope that left them more committed to Judaism, more proud to be Jewish and thankful for the opportunities to freely practice Judaism.
15,000 people packed Madison Square Garden for an energetic and historic concert with Ishay Ribo, Akiva Turgemon, Avraham Fried, and others.
These photos, shared with CrownHeights.info by Pesach Laufer, show some of the unique moments from the Oholei Torah Day Camp of 1978. The photographs include a visit to an unknown amusement park and a trip to West point Military Academy.