Rabbi Lazar Visits Ancient Shiloh
As part of efforts to strengthen cooperation between the Binyamin Regional Council and the Jewish community in Moscow, Russia, dozens of Russian Jews visited ancient Shiloh on Thursday.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Rebbe’s Miracles in the Gateshead, England Yeshiva and His Words on Shleimus Ha’aretz
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Binyomin Schlanger lives in Jerusalem with his wife. Throughout his lifetime he has dedicated himself to many different projects and institutions involved in Hafotzas Hama’ayonos. He currently spends the majority of his day learning and translating sichos of the Rebbe dedicated to Shleimus Ha’aretz and to the Sichos of Nun Aleph, Nun Beis of our final mission in Golus to be Mekabel Pnei Moshiach Tzidkenu.
Invest in Our Bochurim, Our Future
The Brunoy yeshiva is holding its annual fundraising raffle to continue providing a world class education to the hundreds of Bochurim currently enrolled in its program.
Minivan Broken Into Overnight in Crown Heights
A minivan was broken into Wednesday night while parked on a Crown Heights street. The back window of the vehicle was smashed, and the van rummaged through.
Two Car Crash in Crown Heights Leaves Car On Sidewalk, No Injuries
A two car collision Wednesday evening sent an SUV careening onto a Crown Heights sidewalk. Miraculously no one was injured in the crash.
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.
Picture of the Day
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.
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