In the late 1980s, Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz was a Chabad emissary in Los Angeles, California. He recalls having a great idea to pitch to producers in Hollywood. But after he asked the Rebbe for his blessing, all his plans were changed.
With great sadness we report the passing of Anita Isaac OBM, the sister of Crown Heights resident Mazal Zirkind.
A lone missionary spreading Kfirah has been targeting Jewish homes in Crown Heights, leaving a missionary book on Union Street homes that have a Mezuzah and spreading leaflets at homes without.
With renewed rocket fire expected to last for days following a dramatic IDF operation targeting terrorists in Gaza, Chabad centers in Israel’s south announced the immediate cancellation of hundreds of Lag BaOmer parades. Within hours of the order from Israel’s Home Front command to evacuate towns along the Gaza border, the Chabad-Lubavitch Youth Organization of Israel launched a virtual program for kids.
On a specially-built raised platform in front of 770, the Rebbe’s talks on Lag B’Omer 5750 – 1990 were addressed to tens of thousands who had gathered from around the world to be present at the Lag B’Omer parade, a grand salute to Jewish pride.
Rabbi Akiva Gershon Wagner, the beloved founding rosh yeshivah (principal) of Yeshivas Lubavitch in Toronto, whose deeply insightful Torah classes enlightened and inspired thousands of students in classrooms and online, passed away Iyar 17 (May 8) after a long illness. He was 55.
Israel’s military targeted the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement early Tuesday. The Israeli army spokesperson’s unit said it killed three leaders of the terrorist organization.
At the Lag B’Omer Hadluka of the Lelover Rebbe last night, much of the singing took place around Chabad Negunim, and was filmed by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin.
Rabbi Nissan Mangel, Holocaust survivor, and renowned author and lecturer, was all but 10 years old when he came to the concentration camps. This interview is by Annabel Anisfeld, an Actor / Writer / Director from London, England, and a recent graduate from NYU Tisch.
Chabad photographer Dov Ber Hechtman has been in Meron since before the beginning of the festivities documenting the sites, crowds, and events that have converged at the holy gravesite of the Rashbi.
Join this live broadcast at 10:30am of the grand Lag B’Omer parade at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in New York, where thousands of Jewish children are gathering for this special event.
The Brownsville Anash community celebrated the joyous day of Lag B’Omer with a marching band parade, BBQ, bounce house, bonfire, face paint, and balloons.
In honor of the upshernish of the son of Yosef Kramer, he shared a Pirsum Rishon of three short movie films of Lag B’Omer Parades by the Rebbe from three different years.
Just in time for Lag B’Omer, an EDM Mix made by the Davidov Brothers, two shluchim from Toronto, Canada, is now available to the public.
In honor of Lag B’Omer, the The Hilulo of the Rashbi, Rabbi Michoel Seligson has provided an overview on the date, minhagim, joy and parades relating to this joyous day.
A Lag Ba’omer bonfire and celebration took place for the 38th year running on Empire Boulevard, in the backyard of the Horowitz family home. There, the Horowitz family and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei have held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
Originally released a few years ago, DJ Farbreng has added his unique sound to this upmix to help connect to Heilige Reb Shimon on this special day of Lag B’omer.
