CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Many months ago some wonderful tenth graders in Melbourne, Australia took upon themselves the task of organizing a trip to New York to attend the annual Chof Beis Shvat high school program.
Today, Wednesday, Chof Gimmel Shvat at 10:00 PM EST, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha. There will also be a live Q+A following the shiur, email your questions to weeklylearning@gmail.com during the shiur.
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Picture Description: The Rebbe at a Farbrengen Yud Shvat 1970. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
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DAVOS, Switzerland — Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar is taking part in the World Economic Forum, January 23-27 in Davos, Switzerland.
The 38th annual World Economic Forum officially opened Wednesday evening. Among the world’s leading business leaders and diplomats, guests include U.N. Secretary-General UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, US Secretary of Sate Condoleezza Rice, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Jackie Stern very comfortably admits that she attempted to kosher her kitchen seven times and tried tying the knot with her husband Andy five times since meeting him 38 years ago. From her Los Angeles home, with the sunlight gently filtering in, Stern smiles as she explains how the fifth time, the time she wed in accordance with Jewish law, evolved.
REDONDO BEACH, CA — A sacred mission turned into a huge headache Wednesday for members of Chabad of the Beach Cities, who trekked to the hills in search of snow – and then got stuck in it.
The synagogue members left at 4:30 a.m. for the hills east of Bakersfield to find snow they needed for a new ceremonial bath house they’re building. With fierce weather on the way, the group wouldn’t have had to go farther than the Grapevine for fresh powder.
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