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Mordechai and Dobrushe Haller (Kalamazoo, MI)
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday and Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Monday, October 1, and Tuesday, October 2, 2018 for Shemini Atzereth and Simchas Torah. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Laws and Customs: Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
ULY Holds Grand Sukkah Expo
The Talmidim of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva presented a grand Sukkah Expo showcasing the talent and creativity of the Talmidim from grades 1 through 8. The Talmidim put their creative minds to work as they built brilliant models of Sukkos and other Chassidishe themes related to Sukkos.
Weekly Story: Celebrating Sukkos Outside the GPU Office
I was arrested together with a number of other chassidim on the 13th of Elul, 5695 (1935). Around two months later, we all were sentenced to exile for “counter-revolutionary” activities. The train transit took many days, until we arrived at the first destination. There the prisoners were sent to various locations, such as the Ural Mountains, Siberia and Uzbekistan. We were sent to Turkestan.
Shabbos at the Besht: Viktor Frankl And The Future Redemption
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Tuvia Bolton, A popular teacher, musician and storyteller, he is the Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva Ohr Tmimim in Kfar Chabad, Israel, will lead a discussion titled “Viktor Frankl And The Future Redemption: A talk on the human soul.”
Here’s My Story: From Rolling Stones to Wrapping Tefillin
by Mr. Elliot Lasky Click here for a PDF version of this edition of Here’s My Story, or visit the My Encounter Blog. Several months after I returned from a concert tour with the Rolling Stones, I met the Rebbe and — […]
Portion of House Facade “Blows Off”
Inclement weather lead to a portion of a facade coming off a house on President Street.
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Binyomin and Chavie (nee Eckhaus) Adelman (Crown Heights)
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Meir and Chaviva New (Crown Heights)
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Sruly and Rishi Cohen (Crown Heights)
Unattended Candle Torches Apartment Building on Yom Tov
A fire, which broke out on the second night of Sukkos, forced the evacuation of an apartment building on East New York Avenue and displaced a family after an unattended candle on a porch caught fire and quickly spread.
When a Private Sukkah Costs $4 Million, Where Do We Eat?
Two young Israeli boys were riding their bikes along Manhattan’s East River Esplanade near Carl Schurz Park at 84th Street. They looked up, smiled, and called to their father in Hebrew: “Abba, look! A sukkah!” Inside, a young couple with daughters 2 and 4 years old were enjoying a late-afternoon Yom Tov snack as runners, bikers, families pushing strollers and pedestrians walking dogs enjoyed the esplanade outside. The sukkah offers an amazing view of the Triborough Bridge and Roosevelt Island.
Laws and Customs: Sukkos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sukkos (up to – but not including – Hoshanah Rabbah), including the laws of building a Sukkah and selecting the Daled Minim, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
An Unforgettable Yom Kippur for Wilmington Flood Victims
“We were a bedraggled group,” said Fred Myers, a longtime congregant of Chabad of Wilmington, N.C. “But as the day went on, our energy grew.”
