In honor of the annual cycle of learning Meseches Sotah during the days of Sefirah, kovetz Chassidus Meluketes, a remarkable compilation of Chassidus and Kabbalah on Daf Yud Aleph of Sotah has been published.
Anyone who walked into the central Marina Roscha shul in Moscow during this past month of Nisan was greeted by a phenomenal sight; dozens of yeshiva students, Tmimim, sitting and learning Torah from the early morning hours until night.
In this week’s letter, in connection with the topic of kosher animals, the Rebbe gives some food for thought to a medical doctor on the mitzvah of kashrus.
Halina Friedman was born in Lodz, Poland in 1933, the only child of her parents Wolf and Anna Herling, who were prosperous merchants. Anna spoke fluent German, had an “Aryan” appearance, and was a practical and resourceful woman – which would help her save Halina and other family members during the Holocaust.
Zehava Gealel was born in 1935 in The Hague, the Netherlands, the middle of Jocheved and Zeev Stahl’s three children. The family owned a kosher dairy products store. In 1942, two years after the conquest of the Netherlands, when Dutch police accompanied by Germans arrived to take the family members into custody before internment in the Netherlands pending deportation, Zeev claimed that all his children had a contagious disease.
Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Shmuel Naar was born in 1924 in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a family of 11 people. His father Shlomo was a journalist for local Jewish newspapers. Shmuel attended the Jewish school in Thessaloniki, and later the Alliance High School, but he did not get to complete his studies there. In the spring of 1941, the Germans occupied Thessaloniki and persecution against Jews began.
As the race for Governor of New York heats up, a new contender has entered the ring. Jewish Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin made the announcement of his run for the office of Governor this week.
Author and Historian, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, gave a tribute of memories from Rabbi Yehuda Leib Denberg OBM, who passed away over Pesach. The tribute includes insights into his life, his activism and personality.
A massive network of Iranian spies is operating inside Europe, stretching through 22 cities across the continent. The network’s plans for terrorist attacks using explosives, acid and toxic chemicals were detailed in documents discovered by German police and obtained by the Jewish Chronicle.
The MTA is reminding motorists that on Sunday, April 11, tolls on MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ nine NYC tolled crossings are increasing along with the creation of a new mid-tier toll rate for those with E-ZPass tags issued through the New York Service Center who mount their E-ZPass tags improperly. The toll increase and the new toll tier were adopted by the MTA Board on Feb. 18.
After a busy Pesach season helping those in need in the community, Rabbi Benjy Stock of CSSY says thank you to the Crown Heights community for their support and help to provide materially and financially.
David Scott Portnoy, an American internet celebrity, blogger, and founder of the sports and pop culture blog Barstool Sports, went viral in the Jewish world after a photo circulated of him putting on Tefillin with a Lubavitcher on an LA street. This is the story of how it happened.
The United States is prepared to remove sanctions on Iran to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, including those that are inconsistent with the pact, the US State Department said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
The latest meeting between H.E. Hafsa Al Ulama, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates and Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal last October at the Chabad Jewish Educational Center was followed by a response visit to the UAE Embassy. Rabbi Teichtal presented I.E. Ambassador Hafsa Al Ulama with an in-house published German-Hebrew Sidur as well as handmade Mazza as a sign of respect and friendship
From 1978 until 2006, Rabbi Yeshayahu Herzel served as the rabbi of Kfar Tavor, Israel. Presently he serves as the rabbi of Nof HaGalil, where he was interviewed in May of 2015.
