Reminder: Change Your Clocks on Motzei Shabbos
Yeshiva World News
On Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 a.m., time will revert back to standard, giving everyone an extra hour to sleep in.
Daily Archives: November 4, 2011
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Available for the 1st Time: Complete Rashi Sichos in English
With the beginning of the Bereishis Chitas cycle, Kehot Publications Society announced the release of Studies in Rashi, which contains 12 complete “Rashi Sichos” on Chumash Bereishis, selected from the Rebbe’s 39-volume Likkutei Sichos. The essays are presented, for the first time, in a bi-lingual Hebrew/English format.
Born into a secular Jewish family, Rabbi Michoel Kanterovitz returned to Judaism on his own at the age of 7. Over the course of his rabbinic career, he served Jewish communities in Canada, England and Australia. But it was the Rebbe who got him his first rabbinic post.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Vote of Confidence
Born into a secular Jewish family, Rabbi Michoel Kanterovitz returned to Judaism on his own at the age of 7. Over the course of his rabbinic career, he served Jewish communities in Canada, England and Australia. But it was the Rebbe who got him his first rabbinic post.
Prison Chaplains Gather at the Aleph Institute
Over fifty men and women who serve as Rabbis and mentors in the federal, state and local prisons gathered for the annual conference at the Aleph Institute in Pittsburgh.
Shabbos at Besht: Where is Lubavitch Headed?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Shochet will lead a discussion titled ’18 Years After Gimel Tammuz, Where Is Lubavitch Headed?’ On Motzei Shabbos, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin will give a lecture on ‘Who’s Who in Lubavitch: Rabbi Mendel Futerfas.’
Bloomberg Compares Forgetting to Move Your Car to Murdering Your Parents
Politicker
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg was asked about New York City’s unpopular sanitation parking stickers during his weekly appearance on John Gambling’s WOR radio show today. A Brooklyn councilman has introduced a bill that would ban the stickers, which are placed on cars that violate alternate side parking rules and are incredibly difficult to remove, but Mayor Bloomberg told Mr. Gambling he supports the stickers and he compared people who break the rules to someone murdering their parents and not understanding why they have to go to jail.
Sholom Rubashkin's appeal to the Federal 8th circuit for a new trial was denied yesterday. His only legal recourse now is to appeal to the United States supreme court within 90 days, which his lawyers plan to do. The Supreme Court almost never agrees to hear criminal cases if there is no major constitutional question involved.
Rubashkin Appeal Denied by 8th Circuit
Sholom Rubashkin’s appeal to the Federal 8th circuit for a new trial was denied yesterday. His only legal recourse now is to appeal to the United States supreme court within 90 days, which his lawyers plan to do. The Supreme Court almost never agrees to hear criminal cases if there is no major constitutional question involved.
British Government Wants to Regulate Bris Milah
Jewish Chronicle
There are fears that Jewish circumcision in the UK could be regulated by NHS bodies for the first time, following a move to curb malpractice in other ethnic groups.
Report: U.K. & U.S. Drawing Up Plan to Attack Iran
Daily Mail
The UK and U.S. are drawing up plans to attack Iran amid growing tensions in the Middle East, it was claimed last night.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a series of Photos of Rabbi Zalman Jaffe A”H and one of his grandchildren with the Rebbe, in the upstairs Shul in 770.
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