Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Esther Bukiet, 92, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Esther Bukiet OBM, wife of the chossid Reb Chaim Meir Bukiet and matriarch to a large family of chassidim and Shluchim. She was 92 years old.
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Final Days of JLI’s Land & Spirit Tour of Israel
120 shluchim and shluchos along with 770 Chabad House community members arrived in Israel last week to participate in JLI’s Land and Spirit Israel Experience. The group, traveling from across the US, Canada, Australia, as well as from Central and South America, is the largest group to visit Israel this year.
New Engagement!
Moshe Aron (ben Shmuel) Lipskeir (Crown Heights) and Mushky Gurary (Montreal, Canada)
Picture of the Day: A Friday Wedding
Weddings on a Friday are quite a rare occurrence in Crown Heights, as a matter of fact there have been just two in the last seven years, but today we were treated to one of those sights as Shneur Gopin and Mushka Minkowitz wed in front of 770 this morning.
Baby Boy!
Eli and Zisi (nee Malka) Marcus (Crown Heights)
Weekly Story: Beyond the Letter of the Law
The custom is that the kallah presents her chosson with a tallis. When we don the tallis we recite four passages from Tehillim (Psalms) chapter 36, and the final passage is; “Bestow Your kindness upon those who know You, and [bring out] Your righteousness to those with an upright heart.”
Baby Boy!
Aharon and Mimi (nee Schochet) Fehler (Cedarhurst, NY)
University of Ottawa students voting at the SFUO General Assembly. Photo: SFUO / Screenshot.
Shliach Dances with Students after Campus BDS Motion Fails
A motion supportive of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel was voted down at the University of Ottawa on Tuesday, marking the tenth successive failure for the movement on Canadian campuses. Initially the motion was erroneously announced as passed, only to be corrected ten minutes later, leading Shliach Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky to break out in dance with fellow Jewish students.
Shabbos at the Besht: Is there Only One Shulchan Aruch?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yossi Newfield, who attended Lubavitch yeshivas, including the Heichal Menachem-Smicha Program, in Melbourne, Australia. He lectures on Jewish topics, primarily at senior residences in the Tri-State area, and will lead a discussion on the topic of “Is there Only One Shulchan Aruch?”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe during davening.
New Engagement!
Simcha Teich (Crown Heights) and Chaya Ehven (Pittsburgh, PA)
Weekly Letter: What Purpose do those with Limited Capacities Serve?
It should be remembered that according to the Torah itself, it is impossible for every Jew, as an individual, to fulfill all the 613 Mitzvos. Apart from mitzvos which are applicable only in Eretz Yisroel and during the time that the Beis Hamikdash is in existence, there are mitzvos which are obligatory only to Kohanim for example, while there are mitzvos which a Kohen is precluded from fulfilling. But by virtue of the fact that all Jewish people are one entity, like one organism, every individual who fulfills his or her obligations to the extent of their G-d-given capacities, share in the totality of the effort and accomplishment.
The completion of a new Torah scroll marks a coming of age at Yeshivah Temimei Darech in Safed, Israel. (Photo: Noam Dehan)
Safed Yeshivah for Returnees to Tradition Comes of Age
Tucked into the side of a mountain with the resting place of Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai, the author of the Zohar, looming in the distance, Yeshivah Temimei Darech was founded nine years ago with a low budget and high hopes by two young English-speaking Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis. They, like their students, are ba’alei teshuvah, those who have returned to a life of full-fledged Jewish observance.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Libby (nee Spalter) Grossbaum (Toronto, Canada)
Sholom Morderchai Farbrengs in ULY
Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin visited United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Chof Zayin Adar, sharing personal experiences and the lessons the Talmidim can learn from them.
Instant Torah: The Internal Solution
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 Vayikra is titled: The Internal Solution
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