BESHT: Sefiras Ha’omer – Illuminating Our Days
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Boruch Sholom Jacobson is a shliach to Hunter College in NYC. He will be giving this week’s Shiur on Sefiras Ha’omer – Illuminating our days.
Daily Archives: May 8, 2026
A Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens – Parshas Behar-Bechukosai
The Rebbe held 35 farbrengens on Shabbos Parshas Behar-Bechukosai. The sichos from these farbrengens span close to 1,000 pages in the Yiddish Hanochos (transcripts) in Sichos Kodesh, and 125 pages in the English Hanochos published by Sichos in English.
Weekly Story: Sometimes the further you are, the closer you really are
In this week’s post, I am going to try through two stories to answer a question that I was asked about a concept that I recently mentioned a couple of times during the last few weeks in A Taste of Chassidus.
New Chabad Shluchim Serve The Jews of Brookmont, MD
Rabbi Leibel and Devora Simpson, together with their children, Mendel and Mussi, serve a cluster of growing communities nestled along the Potomac River, including Bannockburn, Cabin John and Glen Echo that are home to many Jewish individuals and families.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Sweat Now, Sweetness Later
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman changes your view on the simple approach to this week’s Parsha, creating the context that allows you to understand it with a positive, forward thinking mindset.
Blue States Have Bled $2 Trillion in Wealth to Red States in the Last Decade — and New York Leads the Pack
Nearly $2 trillion in economic growth has left blue states and headed for red states in the last decade, according to economic data from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, a conservative economic group.
Thousands of Jewish Children Celebrate Lag BaOmer Across Ukraine
Children — including many families displaced from other parts of the country — participated in gatherings, educational performances, recitation of the Twelve Torah Verses, and activities emphasizing Jewish unity, kindness, and commitment to Jewish values.
US To Start Revoking Passports for Thousands of Parents Who Owe Child Support
The department told The Associated Press on Thursday that the revocations would begin Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. That would apply to about 2,700 American passport holders.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, alongside senior ministers, governors, and party leadership from across Germany visited the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Campus in Berlin on May 4, 2026.
German Chancellor Visits Jewish School, Affirms Stance Against Antisemitism
Hundreds of children from the kindergartens, preschools and elementary schools of Berlin’s Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Campus gathered together on Monday to welcome German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, alongside senior ministers, governors and party leadership from across Germany.
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