Over 1,500 Jewish children enjoyed Lag BaOmer festivities, which included a parade and rally, in Montreal, Canada. Though it was set to rain the entire day, it held up just long enough during the parade and rally time so that the children can enjoy the days events.
by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon *** Last week I posted a story and message titled “Never Extinguished” that Rabbi Mangel said in connection with the International March of the Living. The feedback was more gratifying than I anticipated, and thank […]
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Levi Rapaort, who received his Smicha and Dayonos from Rabbi Dovid Schochet of Toronto, Canada, and earned his M.S in Mental Health Counseling from Touro College, will lead a discussion on the topic of The International Dateline In Halachah.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present photos of The Rebbe waving to the crowd attending the Lag BaOmer Parade – 1987.
Yossi and Rivka (nee Inglis) Bukiet (Boca Raton, FL)
Mordechai and Chana Nemni (Crown Heights)
Aaron Spielman (Crown Heights) and Elky Goodman (Manchester, England)
Gedalia Hertz (Antwerp, Belgium) and Chaya Mushka Oster (Toronto, Canada)
In a letter the Rebbe explains how as Jews we connect current events with events in the Jewish calendar, and on counting the Omer how it is a practice which transcends time. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Over 400 women from Crown Heights attended last week’s educational workshop entitled “Parenting, Mind, Body and Soul.”
This Sunday the inauguration of a new Chabad House took place in Le Cannet, in the French Riviera.
All the schools in Crown Heights celebrated Lag Baomer with a rally in the Old Boys and Girls School Field, the site which the Rebbe visited a similar gathering 25 years ago.
Berel Dubinsky (Morristown, NJ) and Chana Tzukernik (Crown Heights)
Hundreds of students in the Crown Heights schools marched through the neighborhood steers, carrying signs celebrating Jewish customs and activities along with marching bands, all on their way to the community-wide rally that took place in the Old Boys and Girls School Field on Troy Avenue.
Peretz and Mussie (nee Weingarten) Wolowik (Crown Heights)
After one meeting Rabbi Shabsi Katz became strongly connected to the Rebbe and made many trips to New York to seek the Rebbe’s advice on apartheid, his role regarding that issue, and many other issues.
Ever wondered about the story behind those Lag B’Omer coins? Hear the behind-the-scenes details from Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Krinsky and watch as the Rebbe distributes them at the parade.
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