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Iceland Welcomes Its First Native-Born Torah Scroll

History was made in Iceland as celebrants danced down the streets of Reykjavik Feb. 16, to mark the first-ever completion and inauguration of a Torah scroll on the European island, following a reception last Thursday at the home of the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland.

Torah To Be Written In Memory of Yossi Bialo OBM

Rabbi Yossi Bialo, who tragically passed away at the young age of 34, was the Kosher supervisor at Menorah Park, an old age home in Beachwood, Ohio. He was responsible for four of the Orthodox Jewish nursing home’s kitchens and made sure that hundreds of Jews can eat kosher at the highest standards. His friends and community are asking for everyone to please help and dedicate a part in his Torah.

A “Mitzvah For Nechama”

Nechama Baila was born just a few weeks ago with a heart condition. She is currently undergoing medical procedures to in an effort to correct it. In an effort to unite together for a complete Refuah, a campaign has been launched for people to take on a Mitzvah/Hachlata  to do with all our hearts for a complete and speedy recovery.

A Tale of Two Solomons

Rabbi Meir Shimon Moscowitz, regional director of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, says he avoids perusing the extensive files of his late father, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, who served as regional director until his untimely passing in 2014, because “once I start reading, I’ll get sucked into it, and before I know it the entire day will have passed.” But this time, it was worth it.

From Beijing and the Coronavirus to the Keynote Address to 3,000 Chabad Women

Dini Freundlich arrived in the United States two weeks ahead of her keynote address at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchos), not because she needed to prepare, but because she had to be sure she was healthy—a sort of self-quarantine before interacting with thousands of other women in New York.