With the start of the new Rambam cycle those who are learning three chapters a day will be learning Hilchos Deot this week. Those learning one chapter a day will get there in the middle of Iyar. As you know the first two Halachos of the fourth Perek discuss healthy living.
The Rebbe encouraged Jewish people to visit the Ohel on Lag B’Omer, saying that on that special day and the Rashbi could be found there.
You’ve seen it before: His radio buzzes, he picks it up and hears the call for help, and poof! He’s out running as if he has a cape on his shoulders ready to go save another life. But there’s much more to this scene that what meets the eye.
This afternoon, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced the winners of its coveted annual awards – and did not include the deeply objectionable New York Times series on the Orthodox Jewish community and their yeshivas.
Following a devastating illness, Reb Akiva Wagner returned his soul to its Creator. He passed away the day after his 55th birthday.
The Levaya for Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Chabad Yeshiva in Toronto, Canada, passed by 770 Monday afternoon, where a large crowd of Anash waited to bade farewell.
Amidst a resplendent display of British pomp and national pride, King Charles III ascended to the throne of England on Shabbat, and Jewish communities throughout the Commonwealth celebrated the coronation with special prayers for his welfare during Shabbat services, followed by expressions of goodwill for the new king.
Nervously fretting over her special day, a Kallah is still worrying if every detail will be right for her wedding. Right now, a Chosson is looking at the cost and wondering “How will we afford it?” Have you helped KSCVK make a wedding yet? There is just one week left to buy your tickets for the KSCVK auction.
Last Thursday, over 1,600 bochurim from across the globe took the first Moshiach Chidon test. The test covered the first booklet in the new curriculum provided by the Moshiach Chidon.
Dovid Goldstein was 7 years old in 1981 when a bearded man entered his father’s store in McAllen, Texas, and changed his life forever. A “prodigy” of McAllen’s Temple Emanuel Sunday School, the boy was a world away from Chassidic Brooklyn, N.Y., where the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson—led the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
Hundreds of thousands of Jews will be in Meron Monday night and Tuesday to celebrate Lag Ba’Omer. The holiday marks the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi). Join the Simcha through a live broadcast.
Today, Monday, the Crown Heights community will be joining together for a Shnas Hakhel Bonfire taking place in front of Wingate High School on Kingston Ave. Updated Schedule in Extended Article
The Great Parade will be arriving soon, and the players, marchers, and band members are hard at work preparing. Watch as this group do a dress rehearsal for the exciting day.
With great sadness we report the untimely passing of Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Toronto, Canada. He passed away on Monday, the 17th of Iyar, 5783 following an extended illness. Updated with Levaya Information
Over 200 youths gathered for a MEGA HAKHEL BBQ in honor of Lag Baomer with their shliach Rabbi Shmulik Tewel in Aubervilliers France.
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