Daily Archives: February 2, 2012
Yud Shevat Farbrengen for Lone Soldiers
Mendel Levi, a shliach in RAP (Rabbi Avtzon’s Program), showed up at Mordechai Botnick‘s apartment in the Nachlot neighborhood of Jerusalem with 15 Lubavitcher soldiers to farbreng in honor of Yud Shevat.
Chicago Group Marks 6th Rebbe’s Historic 1942 Visit
Danny Altschul went down to Union Station in Chicago yesterday to commemorate an historic event that took place 70 years ago. When the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, stepped onto the platform on Jan. 25, 1942 to begin a week-long trip focused on inspiring and strengthening the local Jewish community and its commitment to Jewish education, thousands greeted him.
Chabad of Hungary to Receive Restitution Funds
In a decision by the Hungarian government, EMIH—the Jewish community represented by Chabad in Hungary—will begin to receive funds as part of Hungary’s annual restitution payments.
Celebrating a Ritual as It Comes Under Fire
A few dozen friends and family huddled around Rabbi Mendy Zwiebel and his family last week as he held his 8-day-old son on a pillow and invited loved ones to say prayers while a fellow rabbi organized his tools on a nearby table. The youngest Zwiebel—he was yet to be named—was about to go through one of Judaism’s most sacred rituals, the bris milah, more commonly known as circumcision.
Monsey Cheder Boys Hold Parsha Fair
In honor of Monsey Cheder Chabad’s 5th grade finishing Parshas Bo, the entire school was treated to a project fair where the students of 5th grade presented the story-line and the Mitzvos in the Parsha through 3-D projects, posters, tri-folds and dioramas.
During the Republican presidential primary debate in Florida last week, a man identifying himself as a Palestinian Republican asked the candidates what they would do to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were both given the opportunity to responed; who do you think did a better job?
Video: Romney and Gingrich Respond to Palestinian
During the Republican presidential primary debate in Florida last week, a man identifying himself as a Palestinian Republican asked the candidates what they would do to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were both given the opportunity to responed; who do you think did a better job?
Sterling Electronics, a Kingston Ave. landmark, has been sold by Yossi and Mendy Brickman to the store's manager for the past couple of years, Simcha S.
Sterling Electronics Has New Owner
Sterling Electronics, a Kingston Ave. landmark, has been sold by Yossi and Mendy Brickman to the store’s manager for the past couple of years, Simcha S.
The Rebbe often stressed the importance of helping Released Time in honor of Yud Shevat. Please enjoy this video of the Rebbe and the Released Time children during Sukkos 5737 – 1976.
Video: The Rebbe and Released Time
The Rebbe often stressed the importance of helping Released Time in honor of Yud Shevat. Please enjoy this video of the Rebbe and the Released Time children during Sukkos 5737 – 1976.
Driving from the school run yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing my six-year-old brother's full run-down of the latest school news: which teacher he likes and which he isn't so keen on etc. Despite being 16 years his senior, it’s almost enjoyable to hear it, not least as it reminds me of myself at that age. But in the middle of it all, he mentioned something that made me think.
Op-Ed: What Happened to the Moshiach Campaign?
Driving from the school run yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing my six-year-old brother’s full run-down of the latest school news: which teacher he likes and which he isn’t so keen on etc. Despite being 16 years his senior, it’s almost enjoyable to hear it, not least as it reminds me of myself at that age. But in the middle of it all, he mentioned something that made me think.
“How do you tell people about the importance of a mikvah and then tell them they have to drive 250 miles to get there?”
A mikvah for Jackson Hole, Wyoming
“How do you tell people about the importance of a mikvah and then tell them they have to drive 250 miles to get there?”
A Yechidus in 1951 That Inspired 10,000+ Tefillin
This picture, which I recently found, reminded me of a Yechidus that my father, Reb Avrohom Dovid Tennenhaus OBM, had with the Rebbe the night of Yud Shvat, 5711 – the evening before the Rebbe officially assumed leadership.
Beis Chana Alumnae to Gather for Online Farbrengen
Beis Chana Tzfat invites all its alumnae from the past 36 years to participate in their live streaming broadcast in honor of Yud Shvat.