Laws and Customs: The Nine Days
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.
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Jamaica’s First Kosher Restaurant Serves Spicy Jerk Cuisine
Chabad of Jamaica, directed by Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, has opened the island nation’s first kosher restaurant.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Leah Gurary, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Leah Gurary, OBM, wife of Rabbi Mordechai Gurary, Rov of Congregation Chevra Shas in Crown Heights. Levaya times added.
3 Israelis Stabbed to Death During Shabbos Meal
Three Israelis were stabbed to death and another was seriously wounded on Friday night by a knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist who broke into a home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish, northwest of Ramallah.
Arts, Crafts and Mysticism at Poconos ‘Tanya Camp’
What happens when you combine arts-and-crafts, science and serious Jewish thought? If you’re enrolled in the girls’ overnight Camp Gan Israel in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains this summer, you get “Tanya Camp”—an interactive way to learn certain Chassidic concepts.
Police Shoot Man Who Refuses to Drop Gun
A 20-year-old man was shot and wounded by police in Crown Heights early this morning, Friday, after he refused to obey orders to drop his weapon.
Rabbi-Turned-Chocolatier Educates with Craft
JCrafts – a program founded by Rabbi Levi Raskin of Chabad of Rockville, MD, combining learning about Jewish foods with an experiential, hands-on chocolate making activity – hosted its first ever event for adults for the congregants of Temple Beth Ami and Kol Shalom in Rockville. It was a “sweet success,” reports a local media outlet.
Shabbos at Besht: Who Will Build the Beis Hamikdosh?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will lead a discussion on the topic: Who will build the third Beis haMikdosh?
Weekly Story: Now It Counts Big Time
The king replied, “Being that you don’t want to choose, I will choose for you,” and he instructed a servant to fill up a bag with precious gems. The man gratefully accepted it and then was escorted home.
Weekly Letter: The True Jewish Approach to Suffering
This week, as we continue the three-week period of mourning for the Bais Hamikdash, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he clarifies the true Jewish approach to suffering. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of the Rebbe saying Lchaim at a Farbrengen, circa 1977.
Twin Boys!
Raphael and Tzivia Jaworowski (Chicago, IL)
Detroit Students Wrap Tefillin with 1,350
The “Friday boys,” as they are called – students of the Lubavitch Yeshivah-Zekelman Campus in Oak Park, MI – surpassed a goal of wrapping tefillin with 1,000 men in two months; instead, they reached nearly 1,350.
Op-Ed: Hands Off Your Phone in Shul
Rabbi Leibel Estrin, well-known to many as the writer of the popular Mendy and the Golem comic books during the 80s and 90s, penned the following op-ed on what the Alter Rebbe has to say about checking one’s phone during davening.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Chabad Helps Search for Missing Israeli in Georgia
An Israeli traveler has gone missing in the former Soviet republic of Georgia after being swept away in a river. The Israeli Foreign Ministry is conducting searches in the area, with assistance from local authorities and the Chabad Shliach to the country, Rabbi Meir Kozlovsky.
Ever Wish You Could Visit Mitzvah Boulevard? (ad)
Introducing Mitzvah Boulevard Live!, a fun-filled show of clapping, dancing, and singing based upon the Mitzvah Boulevard DVDs that kids know and love.
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