With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Herchel Pekkar OBM, a Crown Heights silversmith known for his work in crafting the Chanukah menorah that is lit each year in 770. He passed away on Thursday, the 27th of Av, 5781.
In the week of Parshas Re’ey, where we learn the laws of kashrut – we bring a letter in which the Rebbe emphasizes the importance of yiddishkeit as a continuous daily experience and underlines some important aspects of the mitzvah of kashrut.
The Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers selected Bassie Shemtov to be the third Disability Pride Month Game Changers honoree for her dedication to ensuring that individuals with disabilities receive the support and friendship they deserve.
Sandra Bram’s first encounter with Chabad was typical of many college students. On a breezy California afternoon in the fall of 2009, clad in jeans and a T-shirt, she first met Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook on the campus of California State University of Northridge. A college campus was the last place she thought she’d ever see an Orthodox rabbi.
After 53 years in the dark, a new maamar from the Rebbe’s is finally being released for this Shabbos, put together from the shorthand notes of Rabbi Shalom Jacobson obm.
As Germany prepares to put a 100-year-old man on trial for Nazi war crimes, public prosecutors in several German states have announced that they are investigating more than a dozen other suspects.
R’ Moti Chassin was born into a traditional family in Akko. He visited the local Chabad House one evening and was immediately won over by the liveliness and joy and the complete, selfless obligation to Torah and Mitzvos. Now, after succumbing to COVID-19, his family needs our help.
Cops in Brooklyn are looking for the shooter who gunned down a 42-year-old woman in front of an apartment building on Wednesday night.
Chabad musician Shneor Lerer has released another track of relaxing nigunim played on piano for the wider Chabad community.
A group of armed commandos believed to be from Iran stormed an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman — and were thwarted when the crew disabled the engines, according to a report.
The NYC Department of Transportation will begin milling Eastern Parkway from Plaza Street to Brooklyn Ave on Thursday at 6:00pm, creating road closures overnight.
Border Police forces raided a factory in the town of Ar’ara, on suspicion that it illegally imported meat from Judea and Samaria, forged documents, and sold the meat to well-known stores around the country.
Rabbi Emanuel Quint (1930-2018) was the author of the ten-volume A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law. He was also the dean of the Jerusalem Institute of Jewish Law, which he co-founded with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. He was interviewed in April of 2014.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the month of Elul (up to but not including the period of Selichos) for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
While taking photos or videos on our phones has become such a big part of our lives, not everything we share needs to become a permanent digital record.
A Jewish boy wearing a local Jewish camp shirt was targeted in Crown Heights Wednesday and shoved off his scooter in an unprovoked assault.
The Biden administration is finalizing plans to require that almost all visitors to the US from overseas be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, Reuters reported Wednesday.
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