In 1965, on the eve of the anniversary of the passing of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneerson (1860-1920), a sudden request was made of Rabbi Mordechai Shusterman, the owner of a printing press.
Defying the brutal winter and its accompanying deluge of potholes, the city’s streets are now in the smoothest shape since 2005, according to the Transportation Department.
“We were past Plan Z.” That’s how Alan Rubenstein describes the lead up to his decision to send his son to Discovery Academy, a residential treatment center (RTC) for troubled teens in Provo, Utah.
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A meeting among senior traffic cops to encourage more ticket writing backfired yesterday when a Queens lieutenant boldly told top brass that officers won’t comply because they’re “afraid” of getting caught in the fallout of the Bronx ticket-fixing scandal, a source told The Post.
The New York Islanders are stuck with the aging Nassau Coliseum after voters rejected a plan this week that would have revamped the arena.
Rabbi Moshe Weiss spent much of Monday and Tuesday packing boxes with his colleagues, emptying the old Baptist church that the Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities has called home since it swung open its doors as the area’s first school of its kind in 2006.
Levi Aron, charged with first degree murder in the death of Leiby Kletzky, has pleaded not guilty.
Healthy centenarians lucky enough to have inherited “longevity genes” can thank their genetic makeup for their long lives. Unlike everybody else, they didn’t have to watch their diet, exercise daily or avoid alcohol to reach that age. They didn’t even have to stop smoking – although tobacco use would certainly harm their descendants.
Watch this brilliant clip to learn what real faith is all about. It’s not blind belief and acceptance of information or values. Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet illuminates the fundamental connection between faith and knowledge. True faith that is rooted in knowledge is exhibited in a person who synthesizes information and allows the logical consequences of this reality to have an affect on the way he or she lives.
One of the things I’ve found most refreshing about religious culture is the understanding of the importance of modesty. Though each woman may have different ideas about exactly what it means to be modest, there is a general agreement that putting forth some level of conscious effort to avoid looking like a backup dancer in a Snoop Dogg video is a good thing. And it’s fascinating to see the effect that it has on women’s interactions with one another.
First of all, I would like to genuinely thank all the staff that have helped my son grow tremendously in Gashmiyos and especially in Ruchniyos over the first part of the summer. My son has really gained a lot and has noticably excelled and matured of the short four weeks he spent at camp. There is one thing however I would like to address:
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