Jewish music meets the roaring 20’s in a new single that has just been released drawing key inspiration from jazz, klezmer and prayer. The song, Sheyiboneh, performed by singer/cantor, Aryeh Leib Hurwitz, expresses one of the most fundamental Jewish prayers, beseeching G-d to rebuild the Beis Hamikdash, ushering in the period of global unity and harmony.
Mendel Vogel (Crown Heights) and Rochelle Kanevsky (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St. put on a special program for men this Motzai Shabbos with hundreds turning out in support at their annual auction event. The program included an auction viewing, delicious hot food, all while the crowd enjoyed the entertainment of illusionists and mentalists and Kumzitz music of the Yedidim choir.
120 shluchim and shluchos along with 770 Chabad House community members arrived in Israel on Monday 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.
In a certain city, a group of chassidim would gather quite often to farbreng in one of the local shuls. Since one of the local townspeople, who was not a chossid, would learn in that shul every evening, they would farbreng at the other end of the shul to avoid disturbing him.
Avi and Lea (nee New) Minkowitz (Toronto, Canada)
Day two took participants of Land & Spirit from the northern edge of Israel to Kibbutzim in the South. Six different options are available on JLI’s trip including, “Borders & Security,” “In the Footsteps of the Bible,” and “Israel in Depth” with each track designed to meet specific preferences.
Shuki and Sheina (nee Kanar) Greenberg (Crown Heights)
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yosef Schmukler, is the Magid Shiur of the Midtown Kolel and mechaber of sefer Umkah Shel Halacha, will lead a discussion on the topic of Protecting ourselves and others from danger; according to halacha.
Gan Yisroel West in California is gearing up for another amazing and inspiring summer.
In this weeks letter, The Rebbe responds to person lamenting his being ridiculed for his meticulous observance of Torah and Mitzvos, specifically his growing of his beard. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe reciting a Maamar.
Yankel and Miriam (nee Wilhelm) Shurpin (Pomona, NY)
ULY Crown Street’s Annual Auction is coming up this Motzei Shabbos and Sunday, and past attendees and first-timers alike are in suspense over what the school has come up with this year!
JLI presents its unique new two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale, titled; Don’t get distracted by life’s many contests. Skip the limelight to get the gold.
Menachem and Shayna Wilhelm (New Haven, CT)
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