A new Jewish community center opened in Moscow yesterday, targeting students of the prestigious International Relations Institute situated next door. This is the first “on-campus” Jewish center in the Former Soviet Union (FSU), where most JCCs are family-oriented and located in residential areas.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, October 3-4, for Rosh Hashana. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
While the Yeshiva is on break the massive lunchroom of Oholei Torah has been re-purposed by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim to serve as a ‘Seudas Eliyahu’ hall in order to feed thousands of guests who are staying in the Rebbes vicinity for the month of Tishrei.
The campers of Gan Israel-New York had the summer of a lifetime; some of those memories were captured on video by videographer Motty Reizes.
With immense pain and sadness we inform you of the very untimely passing of Shayna Golda Gutleizer OBM, the young daughter of Michoel (Mickey) and Libby Gutleizer of North Miami Beach, Florida. She was 11-months-old.
Chaim Bhatia, a 20-year-old artist and songwriter, performs his latest composition, ‘Wake Up’ – a song inspired by the Modeh Ani prayer we recite each morning.
A groundbreaking study of Chabad’s work on American college campuses nationwide was published this week, and concluded that the impact that Shluchim and Shluchos leave on their students is quite significant.
Mayer and Dini (nee Lazar) Rosenberg (Crown Heights)
Aryeh and Sashie Kay (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing Shofar and Tzom Gedalia for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
The Maggid had 120 outstanding talmidim. However, there were other great talmidei chachomim who came to the Maggid, but for reasons known to him, they weren’t accepted as his students. Some of them returned home; however, others refused to be denied. If they wouldn’t be accepted as a talmid, they would serve as a shammas. They would clean the beis hamidrash and take care of errands. They would learn from the great Maggid through serving him.
A new edition of Advice for Life: Daily Life was recently published. With a fresh design and additional material, it makes a great coffee table book and gift. In honor of the occasion, we present a story that appears in the new edition.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin will lead a discussion on the topic: The Halachos of Shofar.
Watch this fascinating and inspiring Shiur on Rosh Hashana by renowned lecturer and educator Rabbi Naftali Silberberg, courtesy of The Baal Shem Tov Library.
A pre-Rosh Hashana event was held in Toronto City Hall, with the attendance of Mayor John Tory and several MPPs.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe receiving a Pan from Reb Mendel Futerfas on Erev Rosh Hashana, 1968.
Despite a persistent threat of rain, thousands turned out and filled the parkway area in front of 770 for an hour and a half of musical entertainment in the spirit of Hakhel – the last time it would be possible in this calendar year.
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