This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will speak on the laws of chanukah, including; When is the optimal time to light the Menorah? Where is the best place in the house to light? Can I light at a friend’s house? I forgot Al haNissim, what should I do?
A new sefer, Otzar Pirushim Al Tanya, has been published in honor of Yud Tes Kislev. The Sefer is a 584 paged encyclopedia of commentaries on the first 3 perakim of Tanya, compiled from hundreds of seforim written by Geonim-Chassidim, Roshei Yeshivos, and Mashpyim, from each of the seven generations of Chabad.
This Shabbos is Yud Tes Kislev, Chag Hachagim and Rosh Hashanah L’Chassidus, and a day that chassidim always farbrenged, so I am posting two of the points that I will be mentioning in the farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev. The first one is about Yud Tes Kislev and the second one is in connection to the Chalukas Hashas, which the Alter Rebbe instituted and is part of darkei Hachassidus.
In his weekly letter, Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski delves into the question, “Why do you learn Chassidut? What does it give you? What are you actually looking for?”
in honor of Yud Tes Kislev, Chag Hageulah, an incredible early Maamar from Rebbe Ahron Halevi of Shtrashele, Talmid Muvhak of the Alter Rebbe, has been released. This amazing Maamar is being published for the first time from the Manuscript.
Shazak has released its weekly Parsha Post for the week of parshas VaYishlach, and has made it available for all here on CrownHeights.info.
The Governor announced Thursday that he will be signing an executive order expanding eligibility for New York State’s COVID Rent Relief Program and reopening its application window.
Mrs. Reitza Kosofsky, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 88, was the longtime president of F.R.E.E. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe) of Chicago and an indefatigable pioneer of outreach in the Russian-Jewish community since 1973.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he enters a gathering for Nshei Chabad.
