Picture of the Day: Tefilin at World Cup in the Amazon
Rabbi Arieh Raichman, Shliach to Manaus in the heart of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, puts on Tefilin with a Jewish soccar fan at yesterday’s World Cup match between Honduras and Switzerland.
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Picture of the Day: Gan Yisroel Bound
A van filled with excited children made its way from Boston, Massachusetts to Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, where the children will spend their summer.
Picture of the Day: A Shliach’s Birthday Gift
In honor of Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Itkin‘s 30th birthday, his wife wanted to give him a true Shliach’s birthday gift – having 30 men come to the Tuesday morning Minyan and put on Tefillin. In true Lubavitch style, especially when you have a Shlucha working on things, over forty men arrived at Chabad-Lubavitch of Greene County in Kingston, NY this morning to put on Tefilin – one of them for the first time in his life!
Picture of the Day: A Higher Duty
U.S. Army Colonel Chaplain Jacob Goldstein helps a fellow soldier put on Tefilin for the first time in his life during a military exercise at the Ft. Hunter-Liggett Army Base in Central California.
29 Years to the Passing of Rabbi Yosef Goldberg
Today, the 22nd of Sivan, marks the twenty ninth yohrtzeit of Rabbi Yosef Goldberg OBM, who served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France for over 40 years.
From Days Gone By: A Younger Reb Yoel
The Kahan family poses for a portrait, circa early 1950s. To the right is a young Reb Yoel Kahan, later to become the Rebbe’s chief Chozer. Standing next to him is his father, Reb Foleh Kahan, a survivor of Stalin’s Gulags, where he spent 10 years for the crime of practicing Yiddishkeit in the Soviet Union, and his sister, Mrs. Gitta Gansburg. Sitting in front is his mother, Mrs. Rivkah Kahan.
From Days Gone By: Rabbi Nachman Sudak, OBM
A collection of vintage photographs of Rabbi Nachman Sudak in his youth, later to become head Shliach to the UK. Rabbi Sudak passed away yesterday, Sunday, 17 Sivan. In the last photograph he is seen standing next to his father-in-law, Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov, OBM.
Picture of the Day: Summer Yeshiva Gets New Pool
Despite rainy weather this morning in Upstate New York, construction began on a brand-new state-of-the-art swimming pool that will enhance the experience of those attending Camp Shaloh – the summer home of Yeshivas Hadar Hatorah.
Picture of the Day: Bar Mitzvah at a Wedding
While filming a wedding in Miami, CJ Studious employee Mendel Mish learned that one of his fellow photographers, Jared, was Jewish and had never put on Tefilin in his life. Mendel helped him wrap up right then and there, making the event a double Simcha – a wedding and a Bar Mitzvah.
From Days Gone By: Peres Learns B’Chavrusa
Outgoing Israeli President and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres is seen in this photo studying Gemara with a Chavrusa during a visit to the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Lod in 1984. Yesterday morning, MK Reuven Rivlin (Likkud) was elected by the Knesset to replace Peres as Israel’s head of state.
Picture of the Day: Tefilin on the Run
Lubavitcher Bochur Mendy Wilansky helps a Jewish marathoner put on Tefilin as he runs alongside him at the Comrades Marathon in Durban, South Africa.
Picture of the Day: Terry the Shadchan
Terry Spiers, the UPS driver who introduced young Crown Heightsers Zevi Goldin and Chana Simon to each other, poses for a photo at their wedding in the Razag Ballroom Monday night. In his hands are custom cookies served at the Simcha for dessert, one of which bears the UPS logo in his honor.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing coins for tzedakah before entering his car on his way home, circa mid 1980s.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe holding his Sefer Torah during Shachris in 770.
Picture of the Day: Biographers Exchange Books
Both Rabbi Chaim Miller and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin recently published extensive biographies on the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The two met in the Upper West Side of Manhattan to exchange copies of their respective books – and posed for the obligatory photo.
Photos: 4th Graders Create Edible Arts & Crafts
Rabbi Yisroel Osdoba‘s fourth grade Oholei Torah students created delicious edible art-and-crafts – Har Sinai and Luchos made from candy – for the upcoming Yomtov of Shavuos.
Picture of the Day: Pizza and Philosophy
Members of the Berkeley High School Chabad Club enjoy pizza while discussing Chabad philosophy with young Shliach Mendel Kehati.
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