Rabbi Avtzon is a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbeim and their chassidim. He is available to farbreng in your community and can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com
Yeshiva World News has reported that the “guidelines” put in place by the New York State Department of Education requiring specific hours of secular learning in yeshivas has been struck down.
Mr. Menashe Janashvili was interviewed in his home in the Shikun Chabad neighborhood of Lod, Israel, in February of 2015. He passed away in March of 2019.
For many hours they sat and listened. Close to 70 students of Moscow’s Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim attended a special orientation where they heard the practical and halachic nuances that will guide them in leading public seders in various cities throughout Russia on the first two nights of Pesach.
It’s been around 10 days since the last citywide electricity outage in Caracas, Venezuela, and the lights are back on … for now. Intermittent electricity outages have recently become a part of daily life in the South American country, but some last longer than others, including a multi-day blackout that began March 7. Electricity does not only affect lights; it also means losing cell-phone service and Internet access, subway transportation, and perhaps most importantly, water.
A Police vehicle was t-boned at the intersection of President St and Troy Ave Wednesday evening. The police vehicle involved allegedly crossed President St on a red light, and was hit by a vehicle coming up Troy Ave. Miraculously, no major injuries were reported in the incident.
Mr. Dror Levinger is JEM’s cameraman in Israel, in charge of videoing and recording the My Encounter interviews. Although regularly behind the scenes recording others’ stories, his own is remarkable in its own right, one which highlights the impact of JEM’s holy work. He was recently interviewed by Kfar Chabad Magazine, who published his story.
Are you confused about Passover? It may not be a coincidence, as feeling lost at the Passover Seder is a tradition. JLI’s Inspiration Weekly tells you why.
Although not a first, a historical moment quietly passed when a Unites States Army Chaplain printed a Tanya in Bagram Afghanistan.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Thursday-Sunday, April 18th-21st, 2019 for Passover (1st and 2nd Days). All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
TIME Magazine on Wednesday voted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one of its “100 most influential people of 2019.” Netanyahu was chosen for the list’s subsection on “leaders” that also included Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Brett Kavanaugh, Robert Mueller, and international figures such as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
A Yud Aleph Nissan farbrengen was held in Yerre, France located on the outskirts of Paris. The farbrengen was hosted by the Chabad of Yerre Rav Attal, with guests Rav Mendi Azimov and Rav Yaccov Zerbib.
Mivtzoim of Yud Aleph Nissan is usually a bit more exciting, especially when going around in a mobile home “Mitzvah Tank.” But what would be if you had the choice of using a real war tank? Some bochurim in Montreal came across military tanks while on mivtzoim, and just had to compare.
The L’chaim of Menachem Mendel Horowitz and Esther Schonbuch, both of Crown Heights took place Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St.
Today is Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’ 117th birthday. The Rebbe would farbreng yearly in honour of his birthday, and for chassidim all over the world, it is a day of celebration and one on which to strengthen one’s connection to the Rebbe. JEMCentral presents an exclusive Yud Aleph Nissan collection.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Shterna Sara Kalmanson OBM, daughter of the Mashpia Rabbi Heshel Ceitlin who spent her life on Shlichus in Cincinnati. She passed away on the Rebbe’s birthday, Yud Aleph Nissan 5779. She was 69 years old.
In what can only be described as unprecedented, over five hundred doctors representing numerous Jewish communities across North America have signed a letter confirming the need for all children and healthy adults to get immunized, according to the CDC schedule.
