In connection with the topic of a neder [vow] in this week’s parsha, we present a detailed letter of the Rebbe to a businessman – in which the Rebbe advises on the question of a neder that the businessman made and connects it to other relevant matters of the business. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
On Monday, June 25th, Melbourne’s newest registered school, Cheder Levi Yitzchok stunned a capacity audience of over 300 guests with a multidimensional display of the rich talents of its primary and secondary students.
Friday was grandparents’ day at Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull brought his 4-yr-old grandson Jack to try his hand at baking challah.
Being that the numerous shluchim and shluchos on campus are preparing for the upcoming year, I am posting an additional horaah (guidance) that the Rebbe gave Malka, which is pertinent for every Jew who goes to college or is moving out to live on his or her own to be conscious of.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Tzvi Rimler, a teacher and lecturer in Crown Heights, will lead a discussion on the topic of The Final Word, A fascinating look into the meaning of Amen and its lesser-known facts.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe signaling to the crowd to whistle during a farbrengen, late 1960’s.
A new video series on the topic of Moshiach, titled Developing Our Destiny, designed for sharing on social media was released today. Launched during this time of Bein HaMeitzarim, during which the Rebbe urged us to study and strengthen our efforts to merit the Geulah and the building of the third Beis Hamikdash.
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Matos-Masei is titled: Journey of our Life.
Mendy and Sara (nee Shear) Shollar (Crown Heights)
Zalman and Menucha Rina (nee Hecht) Goodman (Crown Heights)
Debbie Bensaid has lived in the Central African city of Kinshasa, Congo, for most of her life. She was three months old in 1991 when her parents moved to what was then called Zaire to establish Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa, growing up blocks away from the majestic Congo River and amidst the occasional civil war. Different, you might say, from the life of a typical Chassidic girl anywhere else in the world. Yet for her, Africa is home.
A movie production crew converted a grimy Crown Heights alleyway into a bustling Jamaica market scene.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the Nine Days for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
I was born in Newark, New Jersey, where my parents were sent by the Previous Rebbe as his emissaries. Their mission was their whole life, and I was raised in an atmosphere of service and of connection to the Rebbe.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. Here is this week’s video for Parshas Matos-Massei.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Matos-Massei. This week he answers the question: Can We be Happy when Life Slows us Down? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Beis Rivkah of Crown Heights have launched a new alumni initiative in an effort to reconnect and mobilize the past in an effort to help provide for the presently enrolled 2,200 students.
