BESHT: Hachana for Yud Shevat
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz is the principal of Cheder Menachem and a popular Magid shiur with podcasts covering Halacha and daily shiurim. He will be giving this weeks shiur on Hachana for Yud Shevat.
Daily Archives: January 23, 2026
Weekly Story: Overcoming Challenges – Yud Shevat
Being that we are in the week before Yud Shevat, I am posting two stories of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s childhood which I am still unsure and debating whether they should be included in his upcoming two volume biography.
ALIVE – The Beis Rivkah High School Production
Beis Rivkah has announced the BRHS Production for 5786 – ALIVE.
Weekly Dvar Torah: A Better Jew in America — Two Rebbes, Three Stories, One Fire
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman tells a story from the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, and how America was changed instead of changing others.
New Yorkers Get Zapped with 10.4% Con Edison Rate Hike Over Three Years
Con Ed will hike electric bills by 10.4% and inflate gas bill 15.8% – costing the average Big Apple resident an eye-watering $600 more per year by 2028.
Family members of the deceased light candles in their memory.
Australia Honors Victims of Bondi Chanukah Massacre With National Day of Mourning
National Days of Mourning are exceptionally rare in Australia. The nation has observed only a handful since its federation in 1901: for the Bali bombings in 2002; for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine in 2014; and most recently for Queen Elizabeth II, in 2022.
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