Baby Girl!
Baruch and Soshie (nee Weingarten) Meer (Crown Heights)
Calabria Esrog Dealer: ‘All Will Be Well’
A former Crown Heights Esrog vendor has become one of the few voices of optimism this month, as those who involved in distributing and selling the prized citron express fears there won’t be enough to meet the demand this year.
Weekly Story: It Will Help You
Taking my hand, he said “I would like to show you something, and it will come to help you” (ess veit zein tzu’nootz). He then took me to a room and showed me his oldest son sitting and learning.
Video Gallery: The Rebbe Marks His Father’s Birthday
Tonight, 20 Av, marks the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father. The Rebbe often spoke about his father’s self sacrifice on behalf of Yiddishkeit, marking the Yahrzeit each year with a special Farbrengen in his honor.
Weekly JLI Video: What’s Wrong with the Status-Quo?
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Ekev is titled: What’s Wrong with the Status-Quo?
Baby Girl!
Chesky and Rochel Wasserman (Crown Heights)
Besht: Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh in the Clouds
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Fishel Oster will lead a discussion on the topic: Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh in the clouds.
Kehot Releases Essay for Chof Av
In honor of Chof Av, Kehot Publication Society is pleased to present an excerpt from a forthcoming book on the writings of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson. This is the first attempt at translating the kabbalistic teachings of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak into English.
770 ‘Kvutzeh’ Poses for Group Portrait
Following a full year of study, the ‘Kvutzeh’ students of the central Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in 770 posed for a group portrait, along with their teachers and Mashpi’im.
Weekly Letter: Does Torah Conflict Theory of Evolution?
This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe in answer to claims that the Torah view does not necessarily conflict with the theory of evolution. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Baby Boy!
Eli and Elisheva Nachum (Crown Heights)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of the Rebbe talking to a young girl after he gave her a coin for tzedakah, circa 1985.
One Dead in Kingston Ave. Building Blaze
A fast moving fire quickly engulfed the second and third floors of a large apartment building on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. One person was killed in the blaze and four others were injured. Update: Victim identified.
Torah Receives Royal Welcome in Queensland
Two hundred people danced through the Cairns, Australia suburb of Kewarra Beach this Sunday accompanied by a live band, a passel of photographers, and a ritual canopy. The center of all that attention? A brand-new Torah scroll.
Russian Chief Rabbi Endorses ‘Jewish Bitcoin’
A Russian entrepreneur has launched the initial offering of a cryptocurrency aimed primarily at the Jewish market on Wednesday that would conform to Jewish law and offer participants interest-free loans. The name of the digital currency: BitCoen.
New Shluchim to Ohio
Rabbi Mendy and Mussie Greenberg, with their 2 month-old daughter, Rachel, are moving to Twinsburg, Ohio, this month to start the Twinsburg Chabad Jewish Center.
Picture of the Day: Augusta, Maine
While two Bochurim are traveling across the country printing Tanyas, they met with the Secretary of State of Maine, Matthew Dunlap, with whom they posed for a selfie while printing Tanyas in the Maine Capitol building.
