Shabbos Avos U’Banim Brings Fathers to Cincinnati
This past Shabbos, Parshas Teruma 5786, over 50 fathers (of talmidim of Shiuirim Aleph and Gimmel) arrived at Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati for the annual “Shabbas Avos U’banim”.
This past Shabbos, Parshas Teruma 5786, over 50 fathers (of talmidim of Shiuirim Aleph and Gimmel) arrived at Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati for the annual “Shabbas Avos U’banim”.
A large-scale Shabbaton for the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s shluchim took place in Dnipro, bringing together over 50 shluchim from 16 cities across Ukraine. The forum was initiated by JRNU (Jewish Relief Network Ukraine) in partnership with the Dnipro Jewish Community.
In a powerful display of Jewish resilience, eight thousand Jewish teens filled Nassau Coliseum for the closing ceremony of the 18th annual CTeen International Shabbaton, showcasing stories of a generation turning to Judaism’s timeless teachings for strength and refusing to back down in the face of adversity.
As has become the custom throughout the winter months, the popular “Avos U’Bonim” learning program brought together Jewish boys from across Moscow, representing many segments of the community.
In a historic display of Jewish pride and resilience, three freed Israeli hostages led 7,000 gathered in the Shema at CTeen’s Times Square Takeover, a new CTeen Lounge was dedicated in tribute to Rabbi Eli Schlanger, and the world’s largest teen network announced its 900th chapter.
The famed Yeshiva, Tomchei Temimim Brunoy, hosted a night of dancing for the month of Adar this Motzei Shabbat, Parashat Terumah.
From the pre-shabbos chavrusah learning, visiting the rebbe’s room in 770, and followed by a powerful Kabbalas Shabbos where the Crown Heights community welcomed the teens to takeover the main shul, the CTeen Shabbaton ha rocked Crown Heights.
Running Thursday through Sunday night, the Shabbaton fans teens out across 23 different tracks through New York City before drawing them back to Crown Heights for a powerful Shabbos candle lighting, opening 25 hours of tefillos, meals, learning, and inspiration.
When Segev Kalfon was held hostage in Gaza, he pledged to shout Shema Yisroel to the world. He got his chance on Friday, when he donned tefillin with the teens taking part in the CTeen Shabbaton.
New York City’s top elected officials joined more than 4,500 Jewish teenagers from 60 countries on Thursday night to kick off the 18th annual CTeen International Summit—the world’s largest gathering of Jewish teens.
Dashev’s portrait of Reb Yoel is part of the photographer’s ambitious Rabbi Project: Some 200 portrait sessions conducted across more than a decade, creating what Dashev calls “an encyclopedia of contemporary Jewish rabbis and personalities.”
The convoy will depart from the Lubavitch Educational Center (LEC) and drive through the city before the tanks disperse to their various mivtzoim locations to distribute Shmurah Matzah and help Yidden with Tefillin.
In the years following the Holocaust, a 19-year-old university student wrote to the Rebbe expressing deep disillusionment and suicidal despair. The Rebbe’s response was not a single letter, but a sustained, multi-year correspondence that challenged the young man’s perspective, gave him a historic sense of purpose, and ultimately saved his life.
They’ve come from Morocco, Moldova, and Slovakia, from rural towns where they’re often the only Jewish kid in their school. By Thursday evening, 4,578 teens from 486 cities and 60 countries will have arrived for the 18th annual CTeen International Shabbaton, the largest gathering of Jewish Teens.
On Monday night, our community showed up in a powerful way. Now, there is one final action that can make all the difference.
The property, set on a beautiful 5 acre campus, was the former site of Temple Beth Shalom, a local reform temple. The site currently has a space that can be used as a shul with capacity for 350 people, social hall with capacity for 280 people, a commercial kitchen, offices, and a wing with classrooms.
Nearly eighty students of Yeshiva Ketana ‘Tomchei Temimim’ in the Istra neighborhood of Moscow participated in a special campaign to study by heart the entire 25th volume of ‘Likutei Sichos’.