Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, under the leadership of Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, held a Grand Chanukah Menorah Lighting on a large cruise for the Ft. Myers and surrounding region’s Jewish community.
Over 200 members of the French-speaking Jewish community of New York celebrated the 8th night of Chanukah at the French Consulate in Manhattan with Rabbi Mikhael and Esther Cohen.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Baruch Aharon Ben Dina, a member of Anash in L.A. who is in urgent need of a miraculous Refuah Sheleimah.
The Lubavitch Yeshiva of London arranged for the message of Chanukah to reach nearly two million people, through two magnificent advertising boards at Henley’s corner, one of london’s busiest intersections.
All corners of Kharkov, Ukraine, were lit up with public menorah lightings and Chanukah lights in homes of young and old. This year, a new menorah was lit throughout Chanukah in the Barabashova Market — the largest in Europe.
The cold weather didn’t stop Kiev’s young Jewish professionals from celebrating Chanukah with warmth and enthusiasm, nor from sharing that warmth and joy with the elderly and the less fortunate.
After Yud Shevat 5710, the Rebbe advised many to carry a picture of the Frierdiker Rebbe in their wallet. Seeing him or his picture adds vigor to the persons’ avodas Hashem.
Continuing the tradition instituted by the Rebbe to purchase seforim on Hey Teves – the annual Hei Teves sale at Kehot Publication Society is already in full swing.
Dozens of Jews and supporters lined up with signs and bullhorns praising and thanking President Donald Trump, as he was set to pass by on his way to the Mar-A-Lago resort. As the president passed the motorcade slowed and he enthusiastically waved to the crowd.
Yehuda Leib and Inbar (nee Elyashiv) Katz (Mill Basin, Brooklyn)
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of the Rebbe at the Ohel, early 1960’s.
Seeing as Chanukah was celebrated this week – with its emphasis on chinuch – as well as the parsha of Vayigash, where Yehudah confronts the viceroy of Egypt in order to save Binyomin – which represents every Jew’s self-sacrificing efforts to save the Jewish child (Binyomin) we share a letter of the Rebbe written to a supporter of an out of town Lubavitcher yeshivah who wished to introduce reforms in the yeshivah. From the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
FACEBOOK LIVE: Dozens are gathered in West Palm Beach Florida, near the Mar-A-Lago resort where President Donald Trump will be staying for the weekend, holding signs in support of him and his recent commuting of the sentence of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin.
Yossi and Chayah (nee Hirsch) Lebovic (Crown Heights)
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Efraim Mintz will lead a discussion on the topic — Hey Teves.
A fire in the top floor of a five story apartment building took 45 minutes to get under control and destroyed the apartments of two families. A fundraiser has been launched.
Early in the morning, as soon as the great news of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s release from prison were heard, spontaneous dancing erupted in the central shul in Marina Roscha, with more and more people joining as they arrived at shul for Shacharis and Chassidus.
