Scaffolding Goes Up As 770 Facade Restoration Begins
After many long months of planning and Tishrei behind us, work has begun on pointing and restoring the facade of the Lubavitch World Headquarters office complex.
Chief Rabbi Visits the Rebbe’s Ohel
Yesterday, the largest and most prominent Bukharian Jewish community in the United States, under the leadership of Rabbi Zalman Zvulonov and Rabbi Yitzchok Wolowik hosted the chief rabbi of Israel, Rishon Letzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef.
Flyers With Swastika Found Around ASU Campus in Tempe
Flyers with a swastika and the Star of David were recently found in various locations on the campus of Arizona State University. Hillel and Chabad, two Jewish-student organizations at ASU, have partnered with ADL in regards to the incident.
David Rosenberg, Rabbi Avraham Kagan and James Geier at the dedication of a new Torah scroll and custom-designed portable ark in which to carry it in the River North neighborhood of Chicago.
Traveling Ark Carries the Torah to Hip Chicago District
At the turn of the 20th century, there were so many factories in River North on the north bank of the Chicago River that the smoke billowing from their chimneys often blocked the sunlight. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was known as a deserted and dangerous area of the city. Few could imagine that just a few short decades later, the character of the neighborhood would have made a 180-degree turn into an upscale, hip district full of shops and galleries. Fewer still could imagine that River North would have its own thriving Jewish center.
Sefardic Chief Rabbi Of Israel Visits The Ohel
The Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef visited the Rebbe’s Ohel today with Rabbi Yehuda Deri, Chief Rabbi of Beer Sheva, and Knesset member Yoav Tzur, along with a group of Bucharian Rabbis.
Kever Of Rabbi Chaim Bentzion Raskin OBM, Patriarch of the Raskin Family, Discovered in Russia
Today is the Yahrtzeit of, Rabbi Chaim Bentzion Raski OBM, who He passed away in Leningrad in 1938. A very pious and extraordinary Chossid, he was the patriarch of the great Raskin family. By tremendous divine providence, his grave was just discovered yesterday in Russia.
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In a disgusting slap in the face, a Chaverim volunteer in Williamsburg who rushed to help a person with flat tire, was targeted by a traffic agent and ticketed. The officer can be seen writing the ticket as the volunteer continues to do chesed, and help another person in need.
JEM: Seeing Off The Guests
In the early years, at the conclusion of Tishrei, the Rebbe would stand outside 770 to see off the guests who had come to spend Tishrei with the Rebbe. See these vintage black and white photos of the Rebbe standing outside 770, seeing off the Tishrei guests.
TV Set Chabad House Lettering Fixed
The backwards Hebrew lettering that sparked the interest of two Lubavitchers on an off the beaten track Brooklyn Street, has been put right. The words, “Chabad Williamsburg,” had been spelled out left to right (instead of right to left), on a store front being rented for a TV set. The two Lubavitchers didn’t put the situation to waste, and after confirming that it wasn’t an actual Chabad House, made sure to put Tefillin on one of the people building the set.
People Dressed As Jews Hand Out Anti Semitic Flyers in Colorado
A group of Neo Nazis dressed as Jews, wearing large white kippas and prayer shawls, handed out fliers promoting Holocaust denial and hung up cards bearing anti-Semitic canards on a pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado.
Rabbi Chaim Bryski helps a teen put on tefillin at a California wildfire evacuation center.
Stranded by California Wildfires, Rabbi, Yeshivah Boys, Learn Torah and Offer Tefillin
by Faygie Levy Holt – chabad.org Rabbi Chaim Bryski was carpooling a group of yeshivah boys, his son among them, from Thousand Oaks, Calif., to their school in Los Angeles this week when he found road after road closed because […]
Picture of the Day
Imagine walking down a Brooklyn street and discovering a New Chabad House, so new in fact that it isn’t even staffed by Chabad. Two Lubavitchers came across such a place on Metropolitan Ave, but something just wasn’t right. The hebrew letters saying “Chabad Williamsburg” were the wrong way around, sparking their interest. They entered the “Chabad House” to discover that it was really a TV set for an upcoming show. Needless to say that by the time they left at least one person had put on tefillin.
Photo Credit: Jessica Meir/NASA
American-Israeli Astronaut Photographs Israel from Space
American-Israeli astronaut Jessica Meir last weekend released three images of the State of Israel and its surroundings taken by the International Space Station where she has been staying since September.
Manhole Explosion Rocks Crown Heights Block Friday Night, One Vehicle Destroyed (UPDATED)
A manhole explosion shook a Crown Heights block Friday night, igniting the car parked directly above it. The explosion knocked out power to a nearby building. No one was injured and firefighters quickly dowsed the fire.
A Dedication and Farbrengen For Heichal Shmuel in Memory of Shmuel Karnowsky OBM
Towards the end of Tishrei, the Karnowsky family, members of Hanholas Hayeshiva and his many classmates and friends, gathered in the Dining Hall of Oholei Torah as Osher and Rivka Karnowsky dedicated Heichal Shmuel, a wing in the Eastern Parkway Campus Dining Hall, in memory of their beloved son, Shmuel, who passed away short while ago.
Three Shomrim Volunteers Injured; Three Assailants Arrested In Night Of Violence in Crown Heights
In a night reminiscent of a more violent time, the streets of Crown Heights were labelled dangerous as roving groups of young adults took to the streets looking to cause Halloween havoc. Five Jewish people were injured, including three Shomrim volunteers. Three Assailants were arrested.
The Nine Arrive in Montreal
Today, Friday the third of Cheshvan marks the anniversary of the arrival of nine Lubavitch students to Montreal in 5702 (1941), which brought about the great institutions that exist there today.
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