New Engagement!
Shloimy Morosow (Crown Heights) and Elkie Reinhold (Petach Tikvah, Israel)
Weekly Story: The Histalkus of the Rebbe Maharash
Being that today, the 13th of Tishrei, is the Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe Maharash, we present our weekly story describing the events of his Histalkus in great detail.
Photos: Lulav and Esrog Shopping on Kingston Ave.
Locals and visitors bustle about on Kingston Ave., searching for the perfect set of Lulav and Esrog as the Yomtov of Sukkos approaches. Photographer Sholem Srugo captured the scene.
New Engagement!
Yossi Wolf (Melbourne, Australia) and Rikkie Winner (Melbourne, Australia)
Twin Rabbis Meet Nevada Governor Amid Hospital Visit
Twin brothers Rabbi Levi Harlig and Rabbi Mordechai Harlig, directors of Chabad of Las Vegas Blvd., led Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval in prayer before a press conference on Monday after they put on Tefillin with the family members of Natalie Grumet, a Jewish cancer survivor who was one of the hundreds wounded in the nation’s worst mass shooting attack.
ULY 7th Graders Make Creative Sukkos Projects
The students of Rabbi Vogel’s 7th grade class at Lubavitch Yeshiva-Crown St. spent this short week before Sukkos on a special project. Every 2-3 boys had a different theme connected with Sukkos, which they had to bring out with a creative project from what they learned about it in class.
Panel Reveals Insight into Preserving Rebbe’s Sichos
A unique and historic panel of speakers came together yesterday and spent hours discussing and revealing details involving the repeating, editing and printing the Sichos and Farbrengens of the Rebbe, with thousands of Bochurim in attendance.
Picture of the Day: Las Vegas, NV
Yesterday, Rabbi Levi Wilhelm of Chabad of Las Vegas handed out pizza and drinks to law enforcement officers in the hours after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. “Thank you for everything you have done the last couple hours,” he said to them; “we can’t thank you enough for your service.”
New Engagement!
Mendel Fischer (Monsey, NY) and Rachel Edelman (Brunoy, France)
Here’s My Story: The Meeting that Lasted 45 Years
Mr. Avraham Infeld is the founder of Melitz, one of the early architects of Birthright Israel, and past chairman of Israel Forum and Areivim. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the president of Hillel International. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in September of 2014.
Timely Tales: Bruised with Blessings
In this new weekly series, JLI presents a unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. This week’s video for Sukkos is titled: Bruised with Blessings.
Sydney Welcomes Six New Rabbinical Students
Six new Bochurim have arrived to a new Smicha (Rabbinical Course) program which will take place at the Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre, Sydney that begins after the festival of Sukkos.
Why a Calabria Esrog?
We present a fascinating article written by Rabbi Shmuel Lesches of Merlbourne, Australia, exploring all of the reasons why it is Minhag Chabad to use a “Yanove” Esrog from Calabria, Italy.
Video: The Message of Sukkos
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the Yomtov of Sukkos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the message of Sukkos?
Nepal Shliach Organizes Rescue on Yom Kippur
It was the night of Yom Kippur, and Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz was not in shul. The rabbi, who heads the Chabad house in Kathmandu, Nepal with his wife Chani, was off on a search-and-rescue mission. A 50-year-old Israeli had met with a nasty fall while hiking at a Mount Everest base camp with his son, and had reached out to the Chabad for help.
1956 Shluchim to Hold Historic Reunion
Following a murderous terror attack in Kfar Chabad in 1956, the Rebbe sent a group of twelve shluchim to uplift and inspire the community. For the first time ever, these Shluchim are coming together for a historic reunion and panel discussion, to recount this momentous period in their lives.
Following Violence in Vegas, Shliach Provides Comfort
In what is being called the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, a gunman with multiple weapons at his disposal, stationed in a high-floor room at a Las Vegas hotel, rained a rapid-fire hail of bullets on outdoor music-concert-goers Sunday night, sowing death and pandemonium. Rabbi Mendy Harlig, a chaplain with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, said it has been a long and harrowing night for law enforcement.
