With great sadness we report the passing of Harav Dovid Schochet OBM, one of the oldest Chabad Rabbonim and an incredible Talmud Chachom who served in multiple Rabbinical position in Toronto, Canada. He passed away on Sunday, the 18th of Shvat, 5784.
The widespread estimation is that 20% at least of the tunnels have been destroyed, and 40% have been seriously damaged.
On Motzoei Shabbos of Yud Shevat, over 4,000 Bochurim from 54 yeshivas came together in 770 for an unforgettable Hour with the Rebbe. An astonishing two thousand Bochurim enthusiastically completed the review questions and participated in an extraordinary raffle featuring a rare Ksav Yad kodesh of the Rebbe. Tonight, the suspense ended as Hillel Rappaport, a student at the Yeshiva of Queens, was thrilled to be announced as the raffle’s winner.
In powerful Hollywood circles, Marshall B. Grossman was known as a consummate litigator who represented clients like Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and J.K. Rowling, and corporations like Apple, Blockbuster and Netflix. Grossman, who passed away in October at the age of 84 after a 10-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, was a no-holds-barred lawyer who litigated the first successful consumer class action in California.
France has announced that it will suspend funding from UNRWA, joining various other nations to make similar decisions amid allegations of the organization’s employees involved in the Hamas October 7th massacre.
As Chassidim search for ways to appropriately prepare themselves for the day of Chof Beis Shevat and learn about the life of the Rebbetzin, Or Vechom Hahiskashrus is pleased to share an entire media collection of videos related to the day available to watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Three US service members were killed and 25 others wounded in a drone attack Saturday night in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border — a major escalation in already dangerously rising Mideast tensions.
He grew up in Warsaw, living a happy childhood until the year 1939. Having courageously and miraculously endured the hardships of 12 separate camps, his legacy and message continue to inspire all those who meet him. Today, he is the sole survivor from his family.
A young family vacationing in the Bahamas felt hopeless after being taken to a local medical center with their five year old having a hard time breathing. Faced with difficult decisions, they asked their local Chabad and Hatzalah for help and Hatzolah Air a.
The “Bais Chaya Campus” which spans a number of buildings is not only a Jewish Children’s Home. It is also a Chabad House with regular activities and events for all its Jewish neighbors. As the community grew and expanded, the need arose to build a mikva which would serve the neighboring communities as well.
In 2015, a fragment of a chalk or soft limestone bowl was unearthed in the Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavation in the City of David Givʽati Parking Lot in the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The vessel was published and immediately aroused the curiosity of researchers. “Such stone vessels were used extensively by Jews as they were considered unsusceptible to ritual impurity.”
Chabad of RARA, the Rural and Regional Australia, made a trip to Uluru this past December. Take a look at some of the amazing photos that made it back.
Britain, Italy and Finland on Saturday became the latest countries to pause funding for the United Nations’ refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), following allegations its staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
n the weeks that have followed the launch of Merkos 302’s Kollel L’lomdei Dach, the excitement and success of this new Chassidus learning initiative has become increasingly evident.
Mendel is a Hasidic photographer from New York. While studying in Israel in 2021, Mendel wanted to show the world the side of the IDF that anyone who actually goes to Israel would see, and the Smiling Soldiers Project was born. He sat down for a portrait with Yisroel Teitelbaum of The Jew Project.
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