Have you ever wondered why the challahs we eat during the month of Tishrei are round? Yes I know it is much easier for the bakery to make round challahs than braided ones. However this is a minhag in Jewish communities for hundreds of years, and people didn’t just do it out of convenience.
Police evacuated businesses and rerouted traffic Thursday afternoon when a suspicious package was discovered near the Chabad House in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia.
Dozens of people rallied in Crown Heights yesterday, Thursday, in a call to end gun violence, following the death of an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who was caught in a crossfire during a not-unusually violent Labor Day.
On the occasion of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish Educational Center Chabad-Berlin welcomed German politicians and public figures for a reception. Ambassadors, ministers, government members and representatives of parties gathered at the annual new year reception to commemorate the beginning of the Jewish year 5776 and express the importance of supporting Jewish culture in Berlin.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Elie Matusof will lead a discussion on the topic – All about the Daled Minim.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing coins for tzedakah to children during Tishrei, 1986.
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