Very often, I posted stories that I have heard by various farbrengens of mashpiim and chassidim, and many have informed me that they use it in the shul farbrengen or Shabbos table with their family, but lately due to the guidelines of Covid I have refrained from participating in most farbrengens. But I do recall some Sukkos farbrengens of Reb Yisroel Friedman, so I will use one of the points he stressed to present a thought of mine on chinuch.
The Levaya of R’ Shmuel Zushe Heitler OBM, a Crown Heights resident who passed away this week, made it’s way past 770 Friday morning, with those who knew him coming out to pay their respects.
The UAE Jewish Community made themselves known this week by erecting a sukkah at the foot of the worlds tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The sukkah was built under the auspices of Shliach Rabbi Levi Duchman.
A unique recording of Rabbi Nisan Gordon as he practices the nusach of Kol Nidrei has been unearthed by his son Binyomin Gordon. The unique recording is being published here for the first time.
Take a look at this photo gallery as the Chabad community of Paris, France prepares for the Yom Tov of Sukkos.
Mendel and Mushky (née wilhelm) Naparstek (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe during Hoshaanos.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, announced in the early hours of Friday morning that they had both tested positive for COVID-19.
House Democrats on Thursday night passed their scaled-backed $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package as top-level talks to deliver a bipartisan deal drag on.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and historian has launched his new website, www.rabbidalfin.com, giving everyone a new opportunity to start the new year with high quality material that inspires one to grow and implement a true, healthy paradigm shift.
The subway stop on President Street and and Nostrand Ave in Crown Heights got a new name Thursday afternoon, in an ceremony that shut down streets at the intersection.
Why does Chabad not decorate the succa nor sleep in it, as is customary for so many Jews to do? The Rebbe gives some Chassidic insights into this question.
Many drivers who routinely wait to fill up their tank at a cheaper New Jersey gas tank might now have to think twice, as the state raised it’s gas tax Thursday.
With great sadness we report the passing of Crown Heights resident R’ Shmuel Zushe Heitler OBM, a man with a love of learning and Torah.
On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, The NBA reached out to Chabad of Greater Orlando to help provide them with their Rosh Hashanah needs.
Ask The Rav, a Chabad website for asking Halachic questions to a Rav, has published a list of commonly asked questions regarding Sukkos, along with the answers.
It has been the busiest Tishrei that Colel Chabad has ever seen, and now an anonymous donor has stepped up and offered to match every single donation until they reach their goal.
