Photos: Lulav and Esrog Shopping on Kingston Ave.
Locals and visitors bustle about on Kingston Ave., searching for the perfect set of Lulav and Esrog as the Yomtov of Sukkos approaches. Photographer Sholem Srugo captured the scene.
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ULY 7th Graders Make Creative Sukkos Projects
The students of Rabbi Vogel’s 7th grade class at Lubavitch Yeshiva-Crown St. spent this short week before Sukkos on a special project. Every 2-3 boys had a different theme connected with Sukkos, which they had to bring out with a creative project from what they learned about it in class.
Panel Reveals Insight into Preserving Rebbe’s Sichos
A unique and historic panel of speakers came together yesterday and spent hours discussing and revealing details involving the repeating, editing and printing the Sichos and Farbrengens of the Rebbe, with thousands of Bochurim in attendance.
Sydney Welcomes Six New Rabbinical Students
Six new Bochurim have arrived to a new Smicha (Rabbinical Course) program which will take place at the Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre, Sydney that begins after the festival of Sukkos.
Women’s ’60 Days’ Program Doubles in Size
Four years ago, Michal Weiss was looking for a way to make her Elul preparation and reflection more meaningful. It was at that time that she first encountered and began using Rabbi Simon Jacobson‘s 60 Days: The Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays. As she discovered how useful the text could be in spiritually preparing for the chagim, Weiss introduced it to friends. The rest is history.
Photos: Putting up the Rebbe’s Sukkah
Moments after Yom Kippur ended, several Bochurim volunteers got busy building the Rebbe’s Sukkah in the front lawn of 770.
770 Communications Room Opened to Guests
The hundreds of Bochurim who arrived to spend Tishrei with the Rebbe were treated to a rare glimpse of 770’s ‘communication room,’ where they got to see the myriad sophisticated equipment that was used to broadcast the Rebbe’s farbrengens and messages, as well as the wellsprings of Chassidus in general, to all parts of the globe.
ULY Choir Performs at Siyum Harambam
A grand Sium Harambam celebration was held in United Lubavitcher Yeshiva for the Talmidim of the older grades. The event was emceed by Rabbi Y. Wolf.
Photos: Kapporos in Moscow at Sunrise
Hundreds of Jews began streaming into the yard of the Central Marina Roscha Shul in Moscow in the wee hours of the morning for Kapporos. A team of shochtim, who were appointed by the Chief Rabbinate of Russia, awaits them at all hours.
Photos: Midnight Kapporos in Paris
Kapporos was performed by the Lubavitch community of Paris at midnight, with the Shechita undertaken by veteran Shochet Rabbi Levi Sebag.
Photos: Kapores in the Early Hours of the Morning
Guests and residents of Crown Heights fulfilled the ancient custom of Kapores in the ‘morning watch’.
Photos: Kapores Protestors Shut Down
A small number of Kapores protestors arrived in Crown Heights with the intention of interfering with ritual, but a prepared police department quickly put an end to skirmishes.
Photos: Kapores on Erev Yom Kippur
Throughout the evening on Thursday, Jews from all walks of life came to Crown Heights to partake in the custom of Kapores.
A Warm New Home for Jews in Sudbury
During a mid-winter night in 2006, shortly after Rabbi Yisroel and Shayna Freeman moved to Sudbury, Mass., to open a Chabad center, the rabbi woke, chilled to the bone. In the morning, he discovered he’d left their front door wide open.
Photos: Siyum Harambam Celebrated in Montreal
The Lubavitch community of Montreal gathered together to celebrate the completion of the 3-Prokim-a-day study of the Rambam.
Photos: Siyum Harambam at the Ohel
The Vaad Hatimim, responsible for caring for the spiritual and physical needs of the Tishrei guests, arranged a Siyum Harambam at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens, which was attended by hundreds.
Students Raise $1200 in Change for Hurricane Relief
Have you ever heard of a war where everyone wins? Well, one such war happened at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and it’s called Penny Wars. LYA students, toddlers through eighth grade, raised $1,217.14 in pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters in five days. Proceeds were donated to Chabad hurricane relief for Harvey and Irma.
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