Summer is conference season for Chabad emissaries. Whether they serve college students, teenagers, the elderly, the ill, or the professionals, a tailor-made conference provides them with tools to hone their skills, network with colleagues, and swap ideas.
This may not be the first group of Yeshiva students to receive Rabbinical ordination in Moscow, but the excitement of it is no less than the first time. Most of these students did not receive a Jewish education as children, yet they worked hard and persevered at Torah learning until they reached this milestone.
Michoel Pruzansky “Chozer Elecha,” a cover of the widely popular Israeli hit ‘Chozeret Elicha’. Upon hearing the song, its lyrics and message for the first time, Michoel immediately knew he needed to record this song. Teaming up with producer extraordinaire Avi Newmark and the man behind some of the latest hits, Ian Freitor, after 6 months of hard work, this track is being released.
At a wedding that took place last night in Lakewood, New Jersey, Rabbi Levy, the head of the OK Kosher Organization, met his Rosh Yeshiva from 53 years ago. A member of Moetzet Gedolah HaTorah in America a Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky, the Rosh Yeshiva of Philadelphia. At the brief meeting, Rabbi Kamenetzky praised the work of the OK.
Eli and Mushkie (nee Andrusier) Posner (Cooper City, Florida)
The wedding of Meishe Vishedski of Kiev, Ukraine and Dobi Azimov of Paris, France took place today, Monday with a large crowd in attendance.
Fifteen fires broke out from morning until this hour (Monday) in the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip – all of them from incendiary balloons launched into Israel.
Continuing the 37 year annual tradition for Rabbi Borenstein’s Eighth grade class, they all got together in the backyard of his Balfore Place home for a Siyum and barbeque.
New on Ashreinu: The Moshiach Series, which includes six sections on an array of different concepts connected to Moshiach, carefully researched and curated from the huge audio library of the Rebbe’s talks.
Sara Slapochnik (New York) and Aaron Wolko (Melbourne, Australia)
Haitian-born Gabriel Pierre is gentle, kind, thoughtful and eager to help others—the perfect candidate to serve as an aide for an elderly person with dementia. It also made him the perfect candidate for smooth-talking scammers who robbed him of his life savings of $18,500.
Nissi (ben Shmuely) Andrusier (Florida) to Chaya Ben Ishay (Natzrat Illit, Israel)
L’Chaim: Monday, 1419 President St at 8:30pm
Perrigo Company plc is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall of 35-ounce, 992-gram containers of Parent’s Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron.
Tonight, Sunday, the Raskin family will be holding a community Shloshim gathering in honor of their father, Rabbi Sholom Ber Raskin obm. The gathering will take place at Lubavitcher Yeshiva at 8:00pm.
The chief of staff of the Ethiopian Army, Gen Seare Mekonnen, was shot to death by his own bodyguard on Saturday evening in the African country’s capital, Addis Ababa. Another general, Gezai Abera, was shot as well. According to the Ethiopian government, the assassinations were related to the assassination of the governor of Amhara, earlier on Saturday. Governor Ambachew Mekonnen and his senior adviser were both killed at a meeting and the attorney general was wounded.
The topics in this week’s 265th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Do I Find a Mashpia? What Distinguishes Between Different Kosher Certifications? Should I Be Choosing One over Another? Should I Accept a Once-In-A-Lifetime Offer to Play a Role in a TV Show? Is Same Gender Relationships Prohibited for Females as It Is for Men? What to Do About Social Anxiety in Everyday Life?
The pediatricians of Crown Heights and the NY Department of Health support and recommend that all children between 6-12 months receive the MMR vaccine to help protect them from the current measles outbreak in Crown Heights. A group of volunteer doctors and nurses are making this super easy by arranging a free vaccination clinic this Monday.
