Last night, Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky was joined by Springfield, Massachusetts, Mayor Domenic Sarno and Congressman Richard Neil for a Menorah lighting ceremony in Court Square. Also, children from the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy filled the courtyard to see the Menorah lit, which it was so big it had to be lit with a lift.
A bomb threat targeting 770 was called into 911 and forced a complete evacuation of the buildings. Taking no chances, the NYPD enlisted the help of the neighborhoods volunteer patrol Shomrim to assist with the evacuation.
Rabbi Turk’s Seventh grade class at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva got off to a great start this Chanukah, with an amazing night of mivtzoim in Manhattan.
Last night, Monday, Dec. 7, the second night of Chanukah, was the 36th Annual South Florida Chanukah Festival. The event welcomed a crowd of over 10,000 people, and thousands more via the live webcast on CrownHeights.info!
Tens of thousands of Satmar Chassdim flocked from Kiryas Joel to the Union-Bedford Armory in Crown Heights on the eve of Chof Alef Kislev to celebrate the day Rabbi Yoel of Satmar was rescued from the flames of the Holocaust.
Philanthropist and businessman R’ Yosef Yitzchak Popack and his wife Batsheva have once again given a special gift to all the teachers and morahs of Oholei Torah in honor of Chanukah. New to this year is the additional support from the Oholei Torah PTA, which sponsored the Mesivta and administrative members divisions.
Representatives from many of the Crown Heights Jewish schools met this afternoon with members of the NYPD’s counter-terrorism division in order to discuss safety and security matters.
Chabad Hebrew Schools all over the world are marking Chanukah of the Hakhel year by joining together in song! One energetic anthem, one spirited dance, performed by hundreds of Jewish children expressing their love for Torah, their youthful exuberance, and their Jewish unity and pride.
A Chanukah party for Israelis and Hebrew speakers was held for the first time in Brussels, Belgium.
This year’s presentation at the Parliament House of Victoria of the lighting of the Chanukah Menorah and the Speeches given by the guest speakers – organized by Chabad of Melbourne-CBD under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Herzog – surpassed any of the twelve previous functions given at Parliament in past years.
A charred pile is all that is left of the home Rabbi Zalman Zvolonov was building here on 69th Road. It is the seventh and latest in a string of arsons in Forest Hills, and residents are on edge.
Creative and edible Menorahs, candle making and Mivtzoim are just a few of the ways students in Darchai Menachem prepared for Chanukah. This dancing menorah is one of many cool menorahs soon to be posted. Posted by Darchai Menachem on […]
