A Chabad Shliach, who is the head of religious services at a Kosher rehab facility, is joining in to help break the taboo of substance abuse within the orthodox Jewish communities. “When the number of addiction cases are increasing then we are at crises levels,” he said in an interview to Fox News, which doing a feature on a “kosher” addiction recovery center in New Jersey.
Chabad houses near and far are currently running their own Build-a-Bear inspired workshops with a twist: cuddly challah pillows. The event, designed by CKids of Merkos 302, teaches children about the ancient origins of Challah and its deeper connection with Shabbos.
Mr. Bernard Perrin is a businessman and a supporter of Chabad in England. He was interviewed in March of 2015.
Thousands of Shluchos from around the world are in Crown Heights for their annual five day conference – the International Kinus Hashluchos – which is taking place over the coming days. Shluchos registered and already began partaking in workshops and Farbrengens.
Levi Baitelman (Vancouver, Canada) and Rivky Klein (South Africa)
A couple was killed Wednesday evening during a reported robbery in progress in their Crown Heights home on Winthrop Street.
In honor of Chof Beis Shvat, which this year marks the 30th year to the passing of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, Rabbi Lipa Brennan shares a personal story from which he learned a lesson in caring for another personal, especially if its someone they care about.
Budget international airline Wow Air was spotted using the OK Koshers’ kosher symbol without authorization on a number of dairy meals it serves on flights to Tel Aviv.
Chabad of Georgetown, Brooklyn held their annual Chof Beis Shvat Women’s Dinner last night, filling Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg’s Shul with close to two hundred women. The evening, emceed by Sterny Holtzberg, began with the candle lighting ceremony and the recitation of the Rebbe and Rebbitzins Kapital said by the Shlucha Rebbitzin Shulamis Holtzberg.
In honor of Chof Beis Shvat, Jewish Educational Media put together a video montage featuring nine personal accounts of people’s unique interactions with the Rebbetzin, who was known for her modesty, including many newly-recorded interviews from the My Encounter with the Rebbe project.
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 Mishpotim is titled: Which are the Greatest Commandments?
Former Chief of Israel, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, delivered a lecture on the subject of “Shabbat. The Day of Rest. Discover the religious, social, national, and family benefits of this important day”.
Hundreds of women and girls gathered for a Chof Beis Shvat gathering and farbrengen in honor of Chof Beis Shvat, the yohrtzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka.
Months of preparation are culminating in this final stretch of round-the-clock hustle and bustle as the untiring Kinus staff puts the finishing touches to what is set to be the largest International Kinus Hashluchos yet.
The American born teenager who is suspected of making hundreds of bomb threats to JCC’s and Jewish institutions in the US is back in custody after he briefly escaped.
An Israeli court ruled in favor of religious freedom. The ruling – handed down this weekend, sided with two religious newspapers who refused to publish an ad that did not fit their religious beliefs.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Mishpatim. This week he answers the question: Does G-d want us to be independent thinkers? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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