LIVE: Shloshim Event For Rabbi Yisroel Rapaport
The Shloshim memorial service for Rabbi Yisroel Rapaport will take place Sunday, virtually at 7:00pm.
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Publisher Releases New Book Written by Canadian Chabad Woman
Ester Zirkind who lives in the Toronto Chabad community, recently had her book “Where Is the Daughter I Raised?” published. It is currently being sold in North America, Israel, Europe etc.
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Cincinnati Yeshiva Launches “Bricks for 770” Campaign
After receiving the approval from the city of Cincinnati to renovate the Yeshiva in the shape of 770,Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati has launched a matching campaign to raise the funds to begin construction.
Why Did Rabbi Brook Give the Instruction to “Stop the Presses”?
As Toras Menachem volume 72 went to print, a phone call arrived which stopped everything in its tracks. The Rebbe’s answer took forty-seven years to reach its destination.
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Photo: Loneman Photography
Could you imagine a miracle that provided a permanent location for a Chabad House loan free? Musings on bitachon from Rabbi Chaim Bruk of Chabad Lubavitch of Montana.
Here’s My Story: The Code of Jewish Love
For the past two years, Mrs. Shulammis Saxon has been living in Israel, where she teaches at the Oryah Seminary in Jerusalem and also gives online classes for women. She was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in August of 2013.
New Maamar From the Tzemach Tzedek Transcribed from Manuscript
On the week Parshas Trumah 1849, the Tzemach Tzedek said a truly amazing Maamar presented here with remarkable notes by Reb Hillel Paritcher. This maamar is being published here for the first time from Manuscript.
The Poltaveh Niggun Featuring The Brooklyn Tenors
As we near the first anniversary of the start of the COVID pandemic and its tragic effects, a live virtual event was held to remember those we have lost and to thank those who have selflessly given of themselves in the community. Here’s an excerpt featuring The Brooklyn Tenors.
20,000 Jewish Teens Take Annual Convention to a New Dimension
Jewish teens around the world like these in Bucks County, Pa., joined locally in groups and together online for the three-day 12th annual Cteen annual convention.
In a normal year, Zach Ollivierre, 17, would have been eager to travel cross-country from Mission Viejo, Calif., to Brooklyn, N.Y., and stand in front of thousands of his peers to talk about what’s important to him as a Jewish teen. But when he spoke to a much larger group than ever before, gathered together this year for the 12th annual CTeen Shabbaton, he did it sitting down from home and he did it by video.
Hundreds of Yaldei Hashluchim Received Mishloach Manos
Four hundred shluchim families, across the US and Europe, were deeply moved to receive mishloach manos packages from MyShliach and Uforatzto Circle. This heartwarming gesture, generously sponsored by Mr. Menachem and Dini Gurevitch means so much to these remote shluchim kids, for many of whom this was the only mishloach manos they received.
Photo Gallery: Purim Across Paris
We present a photo gallery of Purim scenes from across Paris courtesy of chabad photographer Morde’hai Lubecki.
“Chazak” The Story of Yudi Dukes
Watch an unbelievable documentary by Leibman Productions about Rabbi Yudi Dukes, and his courageous journey through COVID-19.
The Loving Determination of the Los Angeles Jewish Burial Society
Members of the Los Angeles Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society) at work.
When the coronavirus pandemic spiked in California last month, it brought unprecedented numbers of the deceased to local mortuaries. Yet despite a staffing shortage—also due to the pandemic—the members of the local Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society) have been doing everything in their power before and since the surge in fatalities to ensure a proper and timely Jewish burial for everyone who needs one.
20th Annual Melave Malka Dinner in Tribute of the FSU’s Central Gmach
In what has become a yearly tradition, the central Gmach of the FSU once again held its annual Melava Malka Gala Dinner on Shushuan Purim.
JEM: Child Burnt In A Fire – A Miracle Was Needed
As a young child, Rabbi Psachya Korf arrived to the emergency room after a terrible house fire. Doctors scrambled to airlift him to a special treatment center and warned his parents that his prognosis was not too optimistic. That’s when his father, Rabbi Pinchas Korf, rushed to the Rebbe for a blessing.
Obituary: Rabbi Chananya Eisenbach, 77, Renowned Yeshivah Head and Prolific Scholar
The later part of his life was spent in Argentina, where Eisenbach served at the helm of the Ohel Yosef Moshe Kollel in Buenos Aires.
Rabbi Chananya Yosef Eisenbach, a renowned Chabad-Lubavitch rosh yeshivah (academy head) and author of many scholarly Torah works who served Jewish schools and communities in Israel and Argentina, passed away on Feb. 12 due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 77 years old.
Portugal’s Jews Welcome Home a Long-Lost 15th-Century Torah Text
A page from the Book of Joshua commentary printed in Leiria, Portugal, in 1494. Printing was introduced into the country in 1487, and Judaism was banned just 10 years later. It is part of the collection at the Aaron and Joshua Nasser library in the newly-built Avner Cohen Casa Chabad in Cascais, Portugal.
The year was 1497. Just five years after leaving his native Spain due to the Edict of Expulsion, Rabbi Avraham Saba stood tearfully beside an olive tree outside of Lisbon, Portugal. There, under what he described as a “tree of tears,” he buried his most precious possession, his manuscript commentary on Chumash, Pirkei Avot, Ruth and Esther. Rabbi Saba was never permitted to return to Portugal to recover his manuscripts or his family.