“If you know Aleph, teach Aleph.” Each and every one of us has what to offer, has something to contribute, no matter what they may look or act like, no matter what their ability or capability may be. Now, thanks to the members of the Friendship Circle, the children in our community can feel included in this special mitzvah. They too can be included in teaching “Aleph” to others.
Tomer and Mishiko, two Chassidic friends from Houston, used a salvaged U.S. Army vehicle to save lives during flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe in response to someone who questioned the seeming cruelty of the Torah laws pertaining to illegitimate children. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shuchat will lead a discussion on the topic: The importance of a Moreh Hora’ah to guide your daily life.
A Jewish couple was forced to postpone their wedding in Houston this week after Hurricane Harvey flooded the city and ruined their plans for their big day. But this did not dampen their spirits.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Ki Teitzei is titled: Unbeatable.
Avremi and Cherry (nee Wolff) Freeman (Crown Heights)
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen, circa early 1970s.
Writing in Tablet, Rabbi Yitzchok Schmukler, who directs Chabad of the Bay Area in League City together with his wife, Malky, chronicles his thoughts, feelings and actions as Hurricane Harvey bore down on his family, home, and community.
Fulfilling a promise made by the Indian Prime Minister during a recent visit to Israel, Moshe Holtzberg, the son of Chabad emissaries to Mumbai Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, HYD, received an entry visa to India.
A vintage video of the famed Chazan Rabbi Zalman Bronstein, OBM, one of the founding settlers of Kfar Chabad, was recently uploaded to Youtube, in which he sings the age-old Chabad Niggun ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ in a slightly different Nusach than what is familiar to most Lubavitcher Chassidim today.
The body of an Orthodox-Jewish mother from Monsey who had been missing since April was discovered in the Hudson River, near Bear Mountain Bridge in Upstate New York.
Rabbi Mendy Paltiel, Shliach to Laguna Niguel, CA, shared on Whatsapp a remarkable, personal story of the Rebbe he heard from fellow Shliach Rabbi Zalman Marcus of Mission Viejo, CA. A short while later, a recording of the Rebbe’s Sicha surfaced that verifies the story to the tee, allowing everyone to “witness” it for themselves.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Friday through Sunday, September 1-3, for a Muslim holiday. Alternate side parking and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Monday, September 4, for Labor Day.
After selling out in just a matter of days, JEM’s My Story is back in stock, and right in time for Tishrei.
Rabbi Moshe Tzur, an Israeli Air Force veteran, now lives with his family in Jerusalem, Israel. After his service in the Air Force, he went on to found a number of yeshivot and other non-profit organizations. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in December of 2015.
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