MORRISTOWN, NJ — On the 5th of Teves there was an Honor Roll Book Presentation made. Some 39 students who volunteered to do extra study in connection with the 19th of Kislev (the Chassidic New Year) were rewarded a memento to encourage their accomplishments. Then at the end, a grand Raffle was made by Rabbi Brafman (the Rosh Kolel) to award two students with various sets of books.
It’s 7:00 am, students of ULYOP & Hamasifta gather in Crown Heights to meet at their home away from home, United Lubavitch Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway. At the same time the school’s talmidim from Flatbush, Queens, and Brooklyn heights are trekking towards the same goal. After the day’s Tanya and a hardy breakfast the vans are loaded, at 9:12am their over 200 mile journey to snow covered Saratoga Springs began. For yet another unforgettable Shabbos & Chanukah by Rabbi Avraham Abba Rubin, the Rebbes shliach to Saratoga Springs.
On Sunday, Dec.13, the Jewish Discovery Center in Clarks Summit, PA, hosted a special Chanukah brunch. The event was complete with crepes, latkes, smoked fish and lox, crafts, games and fun for all ages, including the Wheel of Fortune Chanukah game show hosted by Rabbi Benny Rapoport.
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Credit to: Levi Avtzon, Mendel Stilerman, Mendal Greisman, Aharon Liberow, Peretz Garelik, and Yossi Briyski
On the fifth of Tevet, 5747 (1987), U.S. Federal Court issued a decision in favor of Agudas Chassidei Chabad (“Union of Chabad Chassidim”) regarding the ownership of the priceless library of the 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. The ruling was based on the idea that a Rebbe is not a private individual but a communal figure synonymous with the body of Chassidim.
New translations of two classic ma’amarim, are creating a buzz at the Kehot Hei-Teves sale.
The first is the Bar Mitzvah Ma’amar—“Channeling the Divine,” recited by every bar mitzvah boy.
Throughout the nights of Chanukah El Al had a 10:15pm flight taking off from London’s Heathrow Airport to Tel Aviv, Israel. These lucky passengers and flight crew were welcomed in boarding lounge by the Bochurim, who distributed delicious jelly doughnuts and a travel size Chanukah Menorah with candles for they trip. The passengers and crew enjoyed the company and Divrei Torah while waiting for their plane. Thousands of Menorahs and doughnuts were distributed throughout the nights of Chanukah.
The island of S. Catarina off the south coast of Brazil which is the home to a handful of Jewish families and many Israeli backpackers, was also able to celebrate chanukah this year with a chabad taste.
On Wednesday December 16th 2009, in honor of the sixth night of Chanukah, over 300 people got together at the Seymour J. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School in Chicago for a very special event: The lighting of the World’s Largest Toy Menorah! Rabbi Avraham Varnai and his fourth grade class wanted to help children that are ill to experience the joy of Chanukah. They started collecting brand new toys and built a beautiful menorah.
The students of Cheder at the Ohel were all tingling with excitement throughout the recent Chanukah event held for their families during Chanukah at Cheder Tzeirei HaShluchim. Shouts of “pick me, pick me” were heard as the fascinating magician showed them all types of mystifying tricks. They tried to figure out how he did them and what he was going to do next. The parents loved watching their children’s enthusiasm. Great fun was had by all.
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