It may be summer in Brazil, but for 25 lucky Brazilian teenagers this was a winter to remember. This is the thirteenth year that Rabbi Noach Gansburg, a shliach of the Rebbe to Brazil, organized a trip during the brazilian summer vacation to visit North America.
Young Shluchim Sholom, Ellie and Zalman Francis – who are on Shlichus in New Haven Connecticut, enjoyed winter storm Nemos two feet of snow in a very unique way, building a Chabad House!
21 years ago Mrs. Pesha Leah Lapine was murdered al kiddush hashem, the Rebbe took it very personally and attended her Levaya. Later the Rebbe gave over a Sicha which was seemingly more addressed to g-d rather then the people in the room.
Tuesday, February 12th Mikimi, an organization which regularly hosts creative events, will be hosting an event at the Green Building in Carroll Gardens that will include a wine tasting, full dinner buffet, and jazz, followed by a comedy show.
Chabad Shliach Rabbi Dovid Weitman, chief rabbi of the Sephardi Community Beit Yacov Safra, was being greeted by Brazilian President Dilma Roussef, in a recent event celebrating the International Day of the Holocaust, apparently she didn`t know orthodox rabbis don’t shake hands with woman.
Pictures from the wedding of Shaya Zalmanov (Crown Heights) and Mouchke Pinson (Brunoy, France) which took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom Sunday night.
Did you say Perek Mem Aleph yet? Are you wearing your Bendel? Make sure you learn today’s Chitas! If you were to walk down Oholei Torah Elementary hallway over the past couple of weeks these would be some of the questions you would have been hearing.
In our Brooklyn neighborhood, it’s said you should put your kid on a waiting list for child care while she is still in the amniotic sac. And when it comes to preschool, don’t hold your breath — unless, that is, you’ve got good connections. When it was our turn, I attended workshops on applying to preschool, toured half a dozen schools and subjected my daughter to interviews masked as “play dates” with the current students.
The annual Chabad teen networks international Shabbaton opened this Friday in crown heights with over 700 participants.
Last night Mordechai ben David and the 8th Day performed before a sell-out crowd in the Brooklyn School of Music. Together they performed MBD’s “Timcheh Es Zecher Amalek” and the 8th Days “Tracht Gut”. UPDATE: Videos!
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