Checking our mezuzos and tefillin is one of the customs we do in preparation for Rosh Hashanah during the month of Elul. In the letter we share – the Rebbe addresses the question of mentioning the reward associated with the mezuzah, in terms of protection, when promoting the mezuzah campaign which he initiated.
The Coronavirus Cabinet decided Thursday night to institute a full lockdown over the entire State of Israel beginning either the night of Wednesday, September 16, or the night of Friday, September 18, the first night of Rosh Hashannah. The lockdown will last for two weeks and encompass the Yom Kippur holiday as well.
On Sunday night, Anash of Pittsburgh got together in the courtyard of Lubavitch Center for a grand Chai Elul Farbrengen.
Mendel and Esther (nee Karp) Rosenberg (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Century 21 Stores, an iconic New York off-price department store chain, filed for bankruptcy with plans to shut down, becoming the latest victim of the retail industry carnage that’s accelerated during the pandemic.
Menachem and Mushky (nee scharf) Benarousse (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Rabbi Hershel Feigelstock served as principal of Tomchei Temimim, the Lubavitch yeshivah in Montreal, from 1953 until his retirement in 1993. Since then he has continued to serve as the president of the school’s board of directors. He was interviewed in July of 2010.
It was called the washing machine, this relatively small place in the Rebbe’s Shul. It constituted some 400 square feet, and was only thus called on Rosh Hashanah. The washing machine was an experience.
Tesla, the sleek new vehicle on the road, gathers lots of attention as it glides silently down the street, with lots of pictures taken, and envious eyes following it around. Some people though, take envy a little too far, and in the case of a car thief Tuesday night, make the mistake of trying to steal one in Crown Heights.
Fit, style, silk or wool the “Sartoria” Sacho Kapota store in Crown Heights will be hosting a Tishrei sale on Kapotas in store and on line.
Governor Cuomo announced Wednesday that a deal was struck that would allow indoor dining to continue in New York City starting September 30th, with restrictions.
Dov Amsellem (Paris, France) to Hendel Mergui (Paris, France)
Just days after leaving quarantine in Connecticut, the new group of Kvutza bochurim from Israel who have come in to learn in 770, are heading back into quarantine for two more weeks.
The beginning of the school year is a hectic time, especially for Mechanchim. Nevertheless, over 100 teachers and principals took time from their school work to attend an educational and inspirational Chai Elul farbrengen.
When Rabbi Moshe Levin of Los Angeles received a call one day in August from his friends, Yosef and Alona Cohen, he was quite taken aback, to say the least. Four Million Masks later, it all makes sense.
Britain’s government is banning gatherings of more than six people in England, as officials try to keep a lid on daily new coronavirus infections after a sharp spike across the UK that has been largely blamed on party-going young adults disregarding social distancing rules.
Geoffrey Davis lived in Crown Heights in his youth and has a story of the Rebbe to tell that touched him until this very day. So inspired, he wrote a comic book about the incident, which ultimately became an animated video on YouTube with over one Million hits. Davis made a stop on to visit Rabbi Naftali Sirota who drives the Crown Heights’s Jewish Library Bus, and donated a copy of his book to the library.
