Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim, under the auspices of the many yeshivos in Israel has been placed in charge of the visiting Bochurims spiritual and physical needs, has arranged a full study curriculum from morning to evening with a wide array of staff.
As a left-wing radical in the 1960s, I was advocating an anti-war revolution, until I met the Rebbe who drafted me into an entirely different revolution – and, while doing so, changed my life.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Chaplain (Col) Jacob Z. Goldstein, will lead a discussion about his experience as a senior Chaplain at Ground Zero in the wake of the terror attacks on September 11th.
It is customary to recite additional chapters of Tehillim from the beginning of Elul until and including Yom Kippur. This weeks letter is in answer to questions about the reciting of Tehillim such as – when and why the origin of saying Tehillim take place? why is it most often used by laymen? The answers are based on chassidic sources among others. The letter is signed by Rabbi Nissan Mindel, the Rebbe’s personal secretary, who on occasion would sign the Rebbe’s letters upon the Rebbe’s request.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs NItzavim. This week he answers the question: How can we get along with everyone? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Mike Greenberg (Houston, TX) and Rivky Levitin (Crown Heights)
Benny Begun (Woodmere NY) and Shira Hein (Teaneck NJ)
Yankel and Miriam Kagan (Crown Heights)
Shmuly Levitin (Crown Heights) and Bassy Teller (Crown Heights)
Eli and Chaya Mushka (nee Kalmenson) Uminer (Crown Heights)
Sholly and Goldy (nee Laufer) Freundlich (Crown Heights)
Milton Kramer, a scion of one of America’s oldest Chabad-Lubavitch families who bore his family’s tradition—and the responsibility that he felt came with it— proudly, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 26, in New York. He was 99.
As one year ends and another approaches, all eyes are on the holidays around the corner, and new ways to connect to our Rebbe. Tmimim around the world are occupied with elevating an important spiritual task by purchasing the full 45 volume series of “Torat Menachem” via Vaad Hatmimim for a special price. Read more for details.
Rabbis Menachem Spielman and Sruly Myhill, both formerly Shluchim to Singapore, were recently featured in the Otago Daily Times, of New Zealand, where they are continuing their Shlichus.
One man was shot in the back during the early morning J’Ouvert festival in Crown Heights, while two women were also injured by gunfire in the hours before the start of the festival.
Hundreds of Anash and Temimim in Montreal, Canada gathered on Thursday evening for an event marking the Siyum HoRambam, following the Rebbes directive to study it daily. Special guest at the event was Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook, the director of Vaad Hanochos B”lahak.
With the eyes of the world on this iconic Shul, Lubavitchers around the world are joining an effort to restore its cleanliness and beauty.
