Over one hundred thousand viewers from across the globe tuned in to a Chof Av online event broadcast in four languages. The 2-hour farbrengen event, packed toichen and entertainment, covered aspects of Reb Levik’s teachings, his life story, and his legacy.
A multi car crash sent a vehicle onto it’s side Tuesday night in Crown Height, thankfully leaving no serious injuries. Police and firefighters responded to the accident and are investigating.
In the emerging field of audio/video restoration, few organizations can match the output of Jewish Educational Media’s archive. With 40 years of recordings of the Rebbe collected and documented, a priceless collection of audio material has thankfully been preserved, plucked from the dustbin of history.
Amid a surge of in incendiary balloon attacks from the Gaza Strip, the IDF has deployed new interception technology on Israel’s border with the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.
In a beautiful resort nestled in the French Alps, bochurim and anash gathered together for a Yarchei Kallah and farbrengen in honor of Chof Av.
The broadcast of Vaad Or Vechom included 15 presenters, a Farbrengen at the Rebbe’s Ohel broadcast live and a special announcement from the white house. Watch a recap of the most memorable event.
Join Live at 8:00 PM ET: Chassidim worldwide will unite for a central Farbrengen marking Chof Av, featuring a special film walking through the life of Harav Levi Yitzchok, the Baal Hahilula.
The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the U of I has been growing steadily since its inception on campus 17 years ago. The time has now come to expand their home to accommodate this growth and ensure Jewish students will always have a home away from home while away at school.
The study of Torah is not simply a commandment, it is one of the essential components of Jewish existence. In this video, Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz OB”M speaks of the ability of Torah to bring about unity within the Jewish people, and within humanity at large.
A large blast leveled homes outside the Jewish area of Baltimore, Maryland. Firefighters responding to the scene managed to free multiple people from the rubble, with only one having sustained fatal injuries, whole three others were listed as critical according to local reports.
Author and historian, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, gives a tribute to Rabbi Adin Even Yisroel Steinzaltz obm, in a multipart series filled with memories following the gaon’s passing.
On Monday morning, Chof Av (Kazakhstan Time) the Honorable Paul Packer, Chairman of the United States Commission For the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, made a special announcement proclaiming the resting place of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, the Rebbe’s father of righteous memory a national heritage site.
Throughout the past months as the world trembled before our eyes, one thought kept crossing the mind of chassidim everywhere. How would the Rebbe respond? How would the Rebbe view the natural and man-made disasters dominating the news cycle? The Answer can be found in the Rebbe’s Torah, and for JEM, that means making it more accessible by all.
Just in time for Chof Av, the 76th Hilula of HaRav HaGaon HaMekubal R’ Levi Yitzchok Schneerson zt”l, the Rebbe’s father – a new sefer elaborating on his Torah novellae has been published.
The topics in this week’s 321st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Chassidus Applied to Chof Av: Seeing the Divine in Everything; Teachings of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak; Re’eh: Behold the Gift of Clarity; Can the Rebbe Be Moshiach? What Should We Do About Liberals Trying to Force Our Schools to Teach Their Agenda? Are We Facing a Real Moral Battle in the Upcoming Elections?
The world knows Rabbi Steinsaltz as a towering Torah scholar. The Lubavitch community, however, was also privy to another endearing trait of personality: The straight talking, straight shooting, say-it-as-it-is analyst.
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz), the world-famous Talmudist, Kabbalist, educator, community rabbi, philosopher, prolific author—and, above all, devoted Chassid—who was internationally regarded as one of the leading rabbis of this century, and was once hailed by Time magazine as a “once-in-a-millennium scholar,” passed away in Jerusalem on Aug. 7. He was 83 years old.
