With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Shterna Sara Kalmanson OBM, daughter of the Mashpia Rabbi Heshel Ceitlin who spent her life on Shlichus in Cincinnati. She passed away on the Rebbe’s birthday, Yud Aleph Nissan 5779. She was 69 years old.
In what can only be described as unprecedented, over five hundred doctors representing numerous Jewish communities across North America have signed a letter confirming the need for all children and healthy adults to get immunized, according to the CDC schedule.
Every year, in the days and weeks leading up to Pesach, the Rebbe would encourage all Jews to give money to “Maos Chitim,” (“wheat money”), the fund established to provide money to needy families so they could celebrate Pesach appropriately. Watch a story of the Rebbe on providing for the needy.
Celebrations marking the Rebbe’s birthday were opened in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Monday, which symbolizes, perhaps more than anything, the revolution that the Rebbe initiated for this event occurred in a place where there is no more Tel Aviv than could be: on the 12th floor of the Tel Aviv municipality, near the office of Mayor Ron Huldai.
The leader of the gang which attacked Argentina’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich, was arrested Tuesday night by the local police.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that cutting military and economic aid to Israel as a way to signal opposition to Israeli policies should be “on the table.”
Deputy Inspector Francis Giordano, the boss of the NYPD’s 71st Precinct that covers Crown Heights, made a pre-Pesach visit to the true heart of Crown Heights, 770. He was accompanied by community affairs officers including Detective Vincent Martinos.
As hundreds of children gathered in front of 770 on the Eastern Parkway for a rally in honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, drone operator Yisroel Teitelbaum took unique shots of the event.
With 50 boys participating in the Hilichos Olom Chidon, the audience of parents, melamdim, community members and fellow students were astounded at the ability of the participants to quote the Halochos asked of them almost verbatim. The winners of the Chidon acn be found in the extended article.
In honour of Yud Alef Nissan special video footage has been released of the Friends of Crown Heights Dinner that took place March 26, 1995.
Rabbi Lesches of Melbourne Australia has sent out reminders of Halachos and customs pertaining to Pesach, which falls out Friday night, April 19th at sundown.
Responding to the ever-increasing need for a positive, empowering and individualized Yeshiva experience, a new Zal is opening in Long Island,NY to cater to Bochurim looking to develop themselves as Chassidim in a conventional, top-notch Yeshiva, with customized learning plans to suit their individual interests.
A special celebration was held in the New York State Capitol in honor of the 117th Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson.
Moishy and Rivka Korf (Sunny Isles Beach, FL)
For the first-time ever, the tiny Carribean island Jamaica at just over 4,000 sq. miles, declared April 16, 2019 as Education and Sharing Day. “This is incredibly historic,” says Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, Chabad rabbi and emissary to the island, of this first.
The winners of this year’s MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest were announced live during the special Yud Alef Nissan Edition of the MyLife: Chassidus Applied Webcast. In the extended article is a full list of all the winners, with links to their essays.
In 1905, during the times of the Pogroms in Russia, a story is told of the Rebbe as a child. At the time, the Jews would hide in silence in a cellar, fearing for their lives. When one of the children would start to cry, the Rebbe, as a three year old, would approach each one in their own way to calm them down. These photos are allegedly from that cellar in Russia.
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