Forty-two shluchim in remote and isolated cities throughout North America received the ultimate gift this Shavuos as 110 bochurim trekked to remote locations, to bring chayus and chizuk to these special shluchim, their families, and communities. The bochurim assisted with minyanim, led farbrengens, and created anticipation and excitement for the holiday.
Rabbi Mentlick arrived in London and it was arranged that he will stay overnight in the house of the chossid Reb Yosef Avrohom Kagan. Reb Yosef welcomed him warmly, gave him a nutritious meal and asked him, “What time is the boat supposed to leave tomorrow, and when do you have to board?”
The students of Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitzky pose in front of Oholei Torah as they bid farewell to their beloved Maggid Shiur before heading out on Shlichus.
Jews in Crown Heights and all over the city have rallied behind the brother of prominent BDS advocate Linda Sarsour after an extremist group issued a call for him to be “run out” of the kosher restaurant where he works.
On the holiday of Shavuos, the yiden ‘married’ Hashem at Matan Torah. The whole month of Sivan is infused with this spirit of marriage and shalom bayis. In that spirit, CHJCC and Adai Ad instituted a “Shalom Bayis Week” for Crown Heights couples.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shmuel Pevzner, Director of Merkaz Avrechim, will lead a discussion on the topic of Hachona for Gimmel Tammuz.
Hundreds of years after great Jewish giants such as the Ramban and Rabeinu Yona walked in these very same alleys and courtyards, the city of Girona was revived for three days. Forty eight “lone shluchim” from twenty five small countries in Europe and Central Africa gathered together to participate in the first ever Regional Kinnus Hashluchim of its kind.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of the Rebbe introducing his aide, Dr. Nissan Mindel, to the President of Israel, Mr. Zalman Shazar, in 1966.
Zevi and Tova (nee Zarchi) Kugel (Crown Heights)
This week, as we read the Parsha of Moshe sending Shluchim, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he clarifies the appropriate role and activities of shluchim. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
A Chabad Mitzvah Tank arrived today at the scene of a horrific deadly fire that is still smoldering after tearing through a 27-story apartment building – mostly populated by Muslim immigrants – in London’s Kensington Borough, to provide aid and comfort to the victim’s friends, families and community, as well as to the emergency responders at the scene.
We are pleased to announce that Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Chana Bronstein, along with their newborn son Nissan Yaakov, will soon be moving to southern Ohio to begin a new Shlichus.
Josh Zebberman (Tarzana, CA) and Chavie Shizgal (Montreal, Canada)
Mendy Shollar (Bayswater, NY) and Sara Shear (London/Crown Heights)
A clever advertising campaign launched by Chabad in Tel Aviv has put oomph and dazzle into a traditional Jewish ritual.
Sholly Bluming (Crown Heights) and Sheera Weisberg (Toronto, Canada)
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