Snail Mail: USPS Deliveries Start to Slow
The US Postal Service will begin slowing deliveries Friday, part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to slash costs.
Pandemic Deaths Eclipse 700,000 in US
The death toll from Covid-19 in the United States surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, amid a resurgence in cases due to the highly contagious delta variant.
This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Bereishis:
US Senator Rand Paul Blocks Swift Passage of Iron Dome Funding Bill
In the latest hurdle to Israel receiving $1 billion in funding to replenish its Iron Dome missile defense system after May’s Gaza conflict, Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky has blocked swift passage of the bill.
Weekly Story: A Sukkos Farbrengen
Being that I posted throughout Sukkos about the ushpizin, I was excited to hear the following anecdote in a Simchas Beis Hasho’eiva farbrengen led by Rabbi Telsner about them. As always your feedback is always appreciated.
On his wedding day, at the Torah reading alongside President Zalman Shazar, to whom he had been dispatched by the Rebbe as his personal agent.
Weekly Dvar Torah: The Beginning All Over Again
In this weeks Dvar Torah, Rabbi Yosef Katzman talks about the cycle of the Torah, and how the beginning gives direction for the entire year.
Religions Exemptions Upheld By Court in Hochul Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
In a late Thursday development, a three judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit effectively put on hold — for two weeks — on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vaccine mandate for health care workers; but only for those who are claiming a religious exemption.
Baby Girl!
Berel and Mushka(nee Sasonkin)Kesselman (Concord, California)
LIVE NOW: Vaad Hatemimim To Host Live Tishrei Panel
A special panel exploring Tishrei 5742 will be held LIVE via Zoom on Thursday, Isru Chag at 8:00 PM EST, in connection with the ‘Tishrei with the Rebbe’ program for American Bochurim.
Weekly Letter: Bereshis
The article we are sharing this week about Bereshis, was written by Rabbi Nissan Mindel and reviewed and noted by the Rebbe – as was done with most of Rabbi Mindel’s writings (which he wrote for his monthly children’s magazine Talks and Tales and other publications). The Rebbe’s corrections and notations are included in this final draft. Rabbi Mindel wrote other articles of this nature, about other parshios as well.
Festive Sukkos At Beth Chaya Mushka in Paris
Chabad photographer Morde’hai Lubecki caught the festive moments of Sukkos at the central Beith Chaya Mushka building in Paris, France.
Poway Chabad Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison
A California court has sentenced the gunman responsible for a deadly synagogue shooting in 2019 to life in prison.
NYPD Launches Precinct Greeter Program to Improve Customer Service
As the NYPD continues to work on improving customer service and neighborhood relations, the department has launched a new greeter program featuring “community guides.”
Baby Girl!
Schneur Zalman and Hodaya (nee Rosenbaum) Hadad (Nanuet, NY)
Senate Parliamentarian Nixes New Dem Immigration Plan for $3.5T Spree
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough denied a bid by Democrats Wednesday to make language giving millions of immigrants legal status part of the massive $3.5 trillion spending bill — dealing a second blow to the party’s efforts to expand the scope of the already massive proposal.
Practical Halacha With Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz
Learn Kitzur Shulchan Aruch A Few Minutes A Day and Finish in a Year. Plus join with a new Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Shiur by Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz.
Shiva Information For Mrs. Pola Slavin OBM
The family of Mrs. Pola Slavin OBM will be sitting shiva in Crown Heights following her passing. Times and location in extended article.
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