Beth Rivkah Launches $1,000,000 Charidy Campaign
Beth Rivkah has launched its $1,000,000 matching campaign to keep the BRochos alive in 2020. Please donate to at charidy.com/br.
Photo Gallery: Central Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen in Kfar Chabad
Photo Gallery: Thsi gallery is from the central Farbrengen for Yud Tes Kislev in Kfar Chabad, which was joined by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yud Tes Kislev in Cincinnati Yeshiva
Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, under the leadership of Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, hosted their annual 19 Kislev Farbrengen for the local community and Shluchim in the midwest.
New Sefer Brings All The Rebbe’s Chanukah Maamarim Together
With the approach of Chanukah, a new Sefer has appeared in stores and the homes of Anash worldwide. For the first time in the seventy years of the Rebbe’s leadership, all the Rebbe’s Chanukah maamarim have been collected into one book.
Photo Gallery: Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Attends Sheva Brachos in Moscow
The Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, joined the Sheva Brachos of the daughter of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabi Berel Lazar in Moscow.
LIVE AT 8:00PM: Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen in Flatbush
WATCH LIVE at 8:00PM: In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, the Chag HaGeulah of the Alter Rebbe, a large Farbrengen in taking place in the Veredsky Hall on Avenue L in Flatbush featuring guest speaker Rabbi Nachman Yosef Twersky.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky holding the 1951 Machne Israel Chalukas Hashas sign, which was prominently displayed in the shul in 770. You can discern the two tractates that the Rebbe took to learn: Sukkos and Sanhedrin.
Rabbi Krinsky Calls for Joining Chalukas Hashas
With the approach of the Chag HaGeulah of Yud-Tes Kislev, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky released an open letter to the community, reminding everyone to to take part in the annual ‘Chalukas Hashas,’ an initiative begun by the Alter Rebbe following his release from prison.
Miami Beach Farbrengs for Yud Tes Kislev
The Capt. Hyman P. Galbut Jewish Learning Center – Chabad Miami Beach hosted the Grand Annual Celebration of Yud Tes Kislev and Annual Completion of Shas for South Florida.
Picture of the Day
Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, visited the home of terror victim Mindy Ferencz HY”D to offer condolences to the family. In this photo, he can be seen with Shliach to Hoboken, NJ Rabbi Shapiro, as he comforts the son of Mindy Ferencz.
Chabad Opens at Israel’s Newest Airport
by Ashira Weiss – Lubavitch.com Last Sunday Chabad of Eilat held a grand opening at the new Ramon airport in Eilat, in Southern Israel. Discussions to install a Chabad Center at the new airport began in 2017 as airport construction […]
“Azoi” The Practical Judaism App
Azoi Inc. today launched its new Azoi app, designed to make Practical Judaism just that- practical. Azoi will be a game-changer for Shluchim and anyone who goes on Mivtzoim.
Have. Hold. Cherish. The Jewish Secret to Lasting Love
In honor of Yud Daled Kislev, the Rosh Chodesh Society (RCS)—the women’s division of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI)—launches a special mini-course, Have. Hold. Cherish. The Jewish Secret to Lasting Love.
Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah To Light Up Grand Army Plaza
New York City’s largest Chanukah celebration will kick off on Sunday, December 22nd at 4:00 pm at Grand Army Plaza featuring Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah. There, a recipient of a lifesaving bone marrow donation will meet their donor for the first time at the Menorah lighting.
The central Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen in Kfar Chabad, Israel, drew thousands, including high-profile dignitaries from across the spectrum of Israeli society. The event was also broadcast on the radio and surreptitiously listened to by Jews in the Soviet Union. (Photo: Challenge)
Underground Memories: Recalling Secret 19 Kislev Gatherings in 1960s’ Moscow
For more than 200 years in Chabad-Lubavitch communities around the world—in the best of circumstances and the worst—these early winter days have been dedicated to preparing for the Chassidic holiday of Yud Tes Kislev, the 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev. here are some examples from throughout Chabad History.
The First Chassidic Bas Mitzvah in Wyoming
Robin Levin from Lander, Wyoming, drove 3 hours to Jackson Hole to partake in the simcha of young Shlucha, Chayale Mendelsohn, the first Chassidic Bas Mitzvah in the State of Wyoming. Here’s how she summed up her experience in an email she sent to her Shluchim, Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn:
Miami Yeshiva To Travel To Rostov For 100th Yartzeit
The Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami in Florida announced that it will be traveling to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, to commemorate the 100th yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab, the 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch.
A headstone in an ancient cemetery in Modi’in, the birthplace of the Maccabees, begins, “Here lies Matisyahu ben Yochanan, High Priest … ” (Photo: Yocheved Feinerman)
Chanukah Comes to Life in Modi’in, the Birthplace of the Maccabees
The people of Modi’in have some pretty big shoes to fill come every Chanukah. The city, located in Israel’s center midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is the illustrious epicenter of the Chanukah story and hometown of its heroes—the larger-than-life Maccabees and their emboldened leader and father, Matisyahu, the Hasmonean priest.
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