Today, Chabad.org is proud to announce and share with you a first look at a brand new digital platform that will transform how millions access the hundreds of Torah books on Chabad.org, with thousands more being added on a regular basis.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this one fits the bill. This photo was taken this evening from a Crown Heights street as the sun was setting on another day in the Shchuna.
As in past years, Agudath Israel of America’s Washington Office has worked closely with agencies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help avoid potential problems for travelers carrying arba minim.
For many years, overhanging branches along streets bordering Washington Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, located on the outskirts of Boro Park and Midwood, have prevented Kohanim from traveling along these roads. Thanks to Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, that problem has been resolved.
During the Ten Days of Teshuvah – between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we share a brief letter of the Rebbe about teshuvah – returning to our essence – and the centrality of the “deed” in the Jewish religion.
At daybreak on Thursday, Rabbi Fishel Zaklos of Chabad of Naples sent a message to his community that Chabad was coordinating a volunteer medical rescue team together with helicopters from Hatzalah Air. “If you need food, water, medical attention or evacuation, please let us know. We’re here for you.”
Just in time for the High Holidays, privately-commissioned films of the Rebbe have been published.
In honor of Vov Tishrei, the Rebbe’s home at 1304 President Street will be open for davening for the following hours.
Just how far will a Chabad Rabbi go to get what he needs? This promotional video is for an upcoming new JLI course titled “My G-d”, and yes, it’s hilarious.
The NYS Jewish Gun Club has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against New York state officials, as well as filed an application for an emergency injunction to stop New York State from enforcing the aspect of the CCIA that designates places of worship or religious observation as “sensitive places.”
Governor Kathy Hochul today commemorated National Drive Electric Week by directing the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take major regulatory action that will require all new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in New York State to be zero emissions by 2035.
NCFJE has added an East Flatbush location! This location will only be offering on-line sales with limited supply located on the corner of Troy and Rutland.
Shortly before an emotional and historic Rosh Hashana in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the city’s mayor presented an award to the city’s chief Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz for “his many years of religious service.”
With power out at Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz read from the Torah with community members shining flashlights. Chabad of Southwest Florida, located in Fort Myers, became a shelter and an island of safety from the severe damage wrecked by Hurricane Ian.
Since 1991, Rabbi Avraham Friedman has served as a Chabad emissary in Coral Springs, Florida. He was interviewed in April of 2011.
