When an organization puts on an impressive community event, it is not unusual for them to make an appeal for the attendees to reciprocate and make a donation. At “120 Celebration”, an event coordinated by Chabad Houses in Southern Florida, celebrating 120 years since the Rebbe’s birth, there was a pledge card handed out together with the program. But no envelope.
Rabbi Elchanan Jacobovez (1945-2020) was a teacher in Nachlat Har Chabad, Israel, for many decades. He was interviewed in September of 2014.
The OK Kosher Certification agency has released an alert notifying the community that select bottles of the popular 1800 Tequila bear an unauthorized OK P symbol.
Almost 90 years later—with the largest refugee crisis since World War II underway—the Chabad yeshivah in Dnipro, Ukraine, fled the shelling for Germany. There the present and past history met.
As reported here on CrownHeights.info, last Sunday was “Mega Thank you” day to recognize hundreds of Rebbeim of Crown Heights, showing admiration for what they do with over $1M of gifts.
A Special reception took place in Albany New York as the Senate and Assembly opened in honor of the Rebbe.
A unique panel inspired bochurim of Paris, regaling them on Yud Alpeh Nissan by the Rebbe throughout the years.
Mariupol was besieged so quickly that few residents were able to flee. But Rabbi Cohen had a leg surgery scheduled for mid-February in Israel, and with the Russian army looming at the border, he followed advice to take his whole family along.
Chaim V’Chessed has learned that all A-class visa holders will also be exempt from the pre-flight PCR requirement. A-class visas include toshavei arai and students and their families.
In honor of 11 Nissan, there was a historic event in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to the annual proclamation by the Mayor – proclaiming Education Day in Cincinnati – the entire City Council voted unanimously on an official resolution for Education Day.
In anticipation of Pesach, the New Haven Anash Community is launching a major communal initiative in conjunction with Vaad Or Vechom HaHiskashrus: a universal campaign to distribute shmura matzo.
Lined, primed, and ready to roll. This video shows Anash of Detroit as they held a Mitzvah Tank Parade through the streets of the city.
Motty Wilhelm (Crown Heights) to Peri Rimler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
A special book with a big promise awaits you in all fine Jewish book stores: it will take the pressure off your Pesach cleaning and other preparations.
Reb Moshe Braun grew up in a vibrant Traditional Jewish home which was steeped in art. After completing the Honors Art Track in high school, he went on to study fine art at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, earning a BFA with a concentration in Industrial Design. He is a renowned Chasidic Artist and Gabbai of the Aish Kodesh shul in his community. Moshe, his wife Marla and their children live in the welcoming community of Ramat Beit Shemesh nestled in the foothills of the Jerusalem Mountains.
Thanks to the innovative new OneMitzvah platform, this year’s Yud Aleph Nissan parade of mitzvah tanks will include a completely new element: raising Mitzvos.
Over sixty university students from across North America joined the Chabad on Campus International Heritage Links Trip, spending seven days exploring one thousand years of Jewish history, the cradle of Chassidus, and the devastation that was wrought in that part of the world.
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