When you look at the tombstone of Walter Galler, you notice something striking: The Hebrew words “Kosher L’Pesach” (Kosher for Passover), inscribed, upside down, on the top of the stone. The photo of this unique headstone and the story behind it was shared with me by Rav Moshe Silberhaft of South Africa.
With great sadness we inform of the passing of Rabbi Aharon Serebryanski, an elder Chossid and senior Shliach in Melbourne, Australia, who passed away on Sunday (Melbourne time), 9 Nissan, 5779.
The L’Chaim of Mendel Chazanow of Manalapan, NJ, and Leah Fine of Montreal, Canada happened Thursday night at Bais Rivkah 310 Crown St.
An Israeli air strike in central Syria wounded six combatants early Saturday, the official SANA news agency reported. A Britain-based war monitor said the strike killed several Iranian fighters and wounded 17 Syrian troops and their allies.
Mrs. Dikla Steinmetz is sitting shiva for her mother, Rivka Rut Schwartz obm from Petach Tikvah Israel. She will be sitting in Crown Heights at 770 Lefferts Ave Apt B4L until Thursday morning. Times in extended article.
Yankel Katzman (Crown Heights) to Chaya Mushka Dubov (London, England) L’chaim: Sunday night at Geshem Shul-Anshei Lubavitch, 578 Albany Ave
Shliach Rabbi Avremi Zippel joins the Chabad Pulse Podcast to talk about his experience on going public with his story of surviving physical abuse, and speaks about what he thinks the community can do better. The topics being discussed in this podcast may not be suitable for minors.
Morris Khan, Beresheet’s largest funder and president of SpaceIL, announced on Saturday night that he is establishing Beresheet 2 to complete the mission of an Israeli spacecraft landing on the moon.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Metzorah:
A Physician Assistant in Williamsburg, which was hard hit with the Measles outbreak, penned an Op-Ed on the vaccination that can protect against the measles. This Op Ed was written for the educated, uneducated, and supposedly educated parents of the Crown Heights Jewish community.
Rabbi Avtzon is a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbeim and their chassidim. He is available to farbreng or give a talk in your community and can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com
Rabbi Yirmi Cohen visited Member of Paliament of the Government of Canada, Mr. Michael Levitt, of Toronto, and gave him Hand Baked Matza for the Passover Seders. He also sold his chametz (unleavened bread) and put on Tfillin. He is one of the few Jewish M.P’s in the Canadian Government.
Following the spread of measles to the Detroit Jewish community, a massive push was made to stem the tide of the virus, this time successfully. Listen as one of the people infected tells you about experience, and sheds light on why it is imperative to get vaccinated.
When members and supporters of the JEM Foundation from around the world gathered in New York City for the Foundation’s International Gala, they were treated to a number of special presentations. This one, “three Pioneers,” speaks on the start of the Farbrengen Broadcast.
Despite not landing properly on the moon, Beresheets’ successful lunar orbit and attempted landing on the moon still made history as the first privately funded spacecraft to achieve those milestones. XPRIZE is recognizing those historical achievements by granting a $1 million Moonshot Award to SpaceIL, the nonprofit organization behind Beresheet.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he listens to the announcement being made at the end of a children rally, circa 5731.
The “V’eleh Shemos – Menachem Mendel” initiative is a worldwide project currently aiming to collect all those named Menachem Mendel after the Rebbe, and feature them in a special album. In conjunction, JEMCentral presents a first hand story regarding naming a child after the Rebbe.
