Operation Survival: Watch as Operation Survival discusses bullying in school, and the administrations response with Dr. Rona Novick, PhD. Mrs Novick is the Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University and holds the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values.
With the approach of Shavuos, Lahak Hanochos releases the Farbrengen of Shavuos 5732. Some never-before published Sichos were revealed in the notes of Rabbi Zev Katz. What special story lies behind the Maamar the Rebbe said at the Farbrengen? Details inside…
This Shavuos at the Besht: We present the schedule of shiurim that will be given at the BESHT. Speakers include Rabbi Efraim Mintz (12:00am), Rabbi Mendy Hershkop (1:00am), and Rabbi Levke Kaplan (2:00am).
A central organ of Jewish communal life is the chevra kadisha, the “sacred society” that performs the final rites for the Jewish deceased. In this conversation, Rabbi Rafi Andrusier, 32, who co-directs Chabad of East County in San Diego with his wife, Chaya, discusses the ins and outs of serving as men’s coordinator for the city’s chevra kadisha.
More than 30 Bochurim who attend The Chabad Mesivta in Antwerp Belgium flew in to Crown Heights this past shabbos to spend Shabbos Mevarchim in the Schuna.
Kosher Corner, a new kosher market in London, is dedicated to the memory of Yossi Moscowitz’z brother, Eliyahu, who was murdered last October at the age of twenty-four while walking through a park on Simchat Torah in his hometown of Chicago.
Following the report of a confirmed measles case in Crown Heights, information on the exposure has come to light. The exposure, from a nine month old, happened primarily at the Beis Chaya Mushka School in Crown Heights, where the child attended daycare.
This past Thursday, Lag B’omer, Chabad of Markham welcomed a new Sefer Torah in loving memory of Zalmy Plotkin obm, with over 500 people attended the event. A Torah parade was held in conjunction with a Lag Baomer event after the last letter of the Torah was inscribed.
An invitation to the 1928 wedding of the seventh and last Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was discovered at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.
In honor the approaching Gimmel Tammuz, A Chassidisher Derher is launching a special series of WhatsApp broadcasts, including short inspirational selections of the Rebbe’s sichos and letters on the subject of strengthening hiskashrus.
Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin inaugurated a monument to commemorate the rebels of the ghettos and concentration camps in the Holocaust. The monument stands at the entrance to the Jewish Tolerance Museum in Moscow’s Marina Roscha neighborhood.
In honor of 25 years since Gimmel Tammuz, Chabad.org has partnered with Ezra Press (an imprint of Kehot Publication Society) and acclaimed author Mendel Kalmenson to release a new book entitled Positivity Bias which offers practical wisdom for positive living based on the example and teachings of the Rebbe.
Do you remember when you learned Alef? For the Kindergarten students of Cheder Menachem, NJ, today was a very special day indeed – it was time for each child to receive their very own Siddur.
In honor of the upcoming Gimmel tammuz, Lahak Hanachos has announced a one-time sale for the entire twenty volume set of the Rebbe’s Maamarim from 5711-5731 for just $100. The sale is formatted as a pre-order, with the printing and distributing being done after the purchase.
With the Gimmel Tammuz Newslwetter hot off the press, now is the time to subscribe. This edition showcases people such as Rabbi Yossi Paltiel, and questions such as “What are the magic words to tell a mother struggling to cross the street with several howling children on Kingston Avenue?”
The first night of the festival of Shavuot is not one for sleeping in Jewish communities around the world. It is the night when Tikkun Leil Shavuot (rectification of the night of Shavuot)—a specific text comprising written, oral and mystical aspects of the Torah—is recited, followed in many places by study and classes until dawn.
Shoneh Halachos is a program for eighth grade boys to encourage and guide them in the study of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch with the Alter Rebbe’s Psak. The finale of the program was a Chidon amongst 31 contestants, which was held this past Thursday evening.
