The Lubavitcher Yeshiva Simcha Hall in Crown Heights was swarming with hundreds of boys this past Thursday evening, 14 Sivan, ready to receive their long-awaited “sefarim vouchers” that they earned this year by attending Yeshivas Erev Yehuda Kalman.
Oholei Torah celebrated its 60 years of uncompromising commitment to Jewish education with a gala dinner, which was held the Sunday before Shavuos. Close to 1,000 guests joined for an evening of support, tribute and solidarity.
Continuing what has become an annual tradition for Rabbi Borenstein’s Eighth grade class, they all got together in the backyard of his Balfore Place home for a Siyum and a barbeque.
For a number of years, Rabbi Mordechai and Mrs. Shterney Kanelsky of the Bris Avrohom Center in Hillside, New Jersey, have been encouraging extra learning and Mitzvas to be done in honor of their infant daughter, Bas Sheva, OBM, who passed away in 2003.
It has already become a yearly tradition of the Worldwide Chevra Tehillim to gather on Isru Chag of Shavuos at the resting place of Dovid Hamelech, the composer of the book of Tehillim. This year too, the convention and seudas mitzvah took place in the Old City of Yerushalaim at Kever Dovid, in honor of his yohrtzeit which is on the second day of Shavuos.
When Yaakov Shwekey brought Eli, a bar mitzva boy, and a few of his friends from The Special Children’s Center to Israel to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah, he never dreamed he would have to step in and help Eli fulfill his obligation on this momentous occasion.
In honor of Shavuos two joyous Torah dedications were celebrated in two different Russian cities with Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. In attendance were also Rabbis, the Torahs’ donors and families, community leaders and the cities’ proud Jewry.
The students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim of Antwerp, Belgium, most of them the children of Shluchim throughout Europe, spent an uplifting and inspiring “Shabbos Achdus” in the European capital of Brussels, hosted by local Shliach Rabbi Michoel Rosenblum.
On Sunday, 3 Sivan, the talmidim of Cheder Menachem of Los Angeles , together with their parents, grandparents, relatives and friends, gathered together to mark the culmination of over two months of learning Mishnayos and Tanya Baal Peh, as a present to the Rebbe in honor of Yud Alef Nissan.
The proud parents and grandparents of the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva Pre-1A gathered on Sunday to celebrate the Talmidim’s Siddur party.
The Southeast Asian country of Laos has officially become the 92nd country to have a permanent Chabad presence. Rabbi Sholom and Tamar Glitzenstein hit the ground running, and already have an operational kosher restaurant, weekly prayer services, Torah classes, Shabbat celebrations for tourists and a roster of other activities in Luang Prabang, 300 kilometers north of the country’s capital, Vientiane.
At the end of every school day, instead of rushing home, some one hundred Bais Rivkah students stay behind for the school’s Teen Club. A visit by the NYC Youth Commissioner, whose office sponsors the program, left him with a profound impression.
There were more than enough reasons to encourage a fair share of Calgary’s Jews to come out and celebrate one cloudy day in May: Lag B’Omer, Mother’s Day, and the dedication ceremony for Chabad of Calgary’s new Centre for Jewish Life.
Teachers are full of praise for an exclusive night Kolel for teachers that opened its doors in Crown Heights. Tens of teachers – veteran educators alongside energetic beginners – gathered on the opening night in the Kolel Menachem building to learn and be inspired.
This Sunday marked the passing of a historical figure: David T. Chase. Fittingly, David’s children and grandchildren chose this special day to visit the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown. They selected David’s first Yahrtzeit as an appropriate time to bask in the beauty of the campus that bears their father’s name, and to participate in a memorial ceremony.
On Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Jews worldwide celebrated Lag Baomer, a day celebrating the life and learning of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and Rabbi Akiva. In Brooklyn, New York, a huge parade was arranged by the NCFJE, bringing together people from all different backgrounds and from many different walks of life. This year more than ever, those with special needs were not left out.
On Monday evening, 26 Iyear, 34 students of Oholei Torah, Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St., Cheder Lubavitch of Morristown and Cheder Chabad of Monsey competed against each other in the final round of the Chidon Shoneh Halachos.
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