An unhinged man was nabbed for hatching a plot to rob a Brooklyn synagogue and then fight off cops with pipe bombs and guns, authorities said.
CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute present a beautiful timeline of Yom Kippur Memories with the Rebbe with stunning pictures.
In this week’s JEM Living Torah clip: On his way to Afternoon Prayers on Yom Kippur Eve, the Rebbe places coins in all the charity boxes set out in 770. On his way to Kol Nidrei, the Rebbe blesses the students of Tomchei Temimim.
The Rebbe says:
1. There is an argument in the Talmud regarding the atonement for our sins on Yom Kippur:
Opinion one: The Rabanan (Rabbis) say that Yom Kippur only atones for those who do Teshuvah (repent).
Opinion two: Rebbi says that even if one did not do Teshuvah Yom Kippur atones for him, because “the day itself atones for him (Etzoomay Shel Yom Michaper)”.
Chabad of the South Hills Jewish Center for Living and Learning hosted a special pre-Yom Kippur lecture with Rabbi Shais Taub entitled The Art of Forgiveness: Return to the Sacred Self.
“Echoes of a Shofar” is the premiere episode in the “Eyewitness 1948” short film series produced by Toldot Yisrael and the History Channel. Since being posted less than two weeks ago, the video has been viewed more than 90,000 times on YouTube and is now available at the chabad.org video site, Jewish.TV.
A monster storm ripped through the city Thursday evening, killing one person, snapping mighty trees, and flipping tractor-trailers like toys.
Kapores in Meah Shearim, in Jerusalem.
As Jewish households fill their tables with all manner of delicacies during the most festive month of the Hebrew calendar, organizations the world over are striving to make sure that those who might otherwise have gone to bed hungry have what to celebrate.
Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended Citywide today, Friday, September 17 for restoring areas after Thursday’s rainstorm. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
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