Our letter this week – the week we read about the shluchim sent by Moshe to scout the land of Israel – deals with the role of shluchim of the Rebbe in our day. The Rebbe clarifies to one critical of shluchim – who are not involved in certain activities or projects – what is the essential and primary duty of a shliach.
Ein Anachnu Maspikim, our essence as Yidden is gratitude, we can’t stop won’t stop thanking You Hashem. You do everything for us! Thank You Hashem.
The Blau family will be completing a Sefer Torah this week Thursday in Crown Heights in memory of Rabbi Menachem Meir Hakohen Blau OBM.
Today is the last day of school, and while I am not usually one to be emotional, I am filled with gratitude and deep emotion. Gratitude to Hashem for all His blessings, to the Rebbe for creating the incredible institution of Oholei Torah, and to my son’s Rebbee, who has made a remarkable impact this year.
Rabbi Levy Wineberg has been serving as a Chabad emissary in Johannesburg, South Africa, since 1983. He was interviewed in December 2019.
Around 50 years ago, excavations led by Prof. Dan Barag, Prof. Ehud Netzer, and Dr. Sefi Porath at the ancient Ein Gedi synagogue (dating back around 1500 years) uncovered the location of the synagogue’s Holy Ark. Inside were charred lumps that looked like utterly burnt coals.
A Toyota Prius, stolen at gunpoint in Crown Heights Tuesday night, was recovered Wednesday after a brief vehicle pursuit and identification by a Shomrim volunteer.
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