The U.S. Department of Justice is considering whether to get involved in a lawsuit brought against the Russian Federation over the return of Jewish religious documents seized in the early 20th century.
A running Rabbi became the first ever Jewish orthodox leader to take part in the London Marathon yesterday.
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile, while Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba met with his purchaser in 770.
A group of Bechorim [first-borns] listen to a Siyum on the balcony of 770. Male first borns over the age of Bar Mitzvah (13) are obligated to fast on the 14th of Nissan, in recognition of the fact that during the “Plague of the Firstborn” (which occurred at midnight of Nissan 15) G-d “passed over” the Jewish firstborn when He killed all firstborn Egyptians.
The BBC dubbed Dnepropetrovsk a city of contrasts, illustrated nicely in a video featuring the clipped tones of an announcer over traditional prayer sounds indicative of any synagogue from Brooklyn to Brisbane.
The big Passover questions are the same every year, and easy enough to answer, starting with “Why is this night different from all others?” Little questions, though, sometimes arise that can stump even the experts. Like, what to do about the quinoa situation?
At Chayolei Tzivos Hashem’s Yud Alef Nissan rally, which broadcasted live from outside 770 eastern parkway to over 5,000 Chayolim in over 54 schools across the globe, as well as to hundreds of Chayolim who are part of the My Shliach program, something truly unique had occurred.
Newsweek’s Daily Beast named Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch educational division, and the longtime secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of blessed memory, No. 1 of the 50 Most Influential Rabbis.
As the Yom Tov of Pesach approaches, CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a series of pictures of of the Rebbe burning chametz outside his home on President Street, in Crown Heights.
When Rabbi Naftali Marrus does his spring cleaning, he doesn’t use a mop. He rolls with the Inferno.
With 650 Bochurim heading out on Merkos Shlichus this Pesach to conduct sedorim across the globe, a state of the art website – RovingRabbis.com has been setup to track the students and inform locals of seder times and locations.
