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Beis Din Ruling: Manhattan Menorah Is World’s Largest
A years-long dispute between two Chabad organizations over whose public Menorah claims the distinction as the world’s largest has ended up in front of the Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch, which issued a definitive ruling yesterday.

Weekly Living Torah Video: Becoming a Man
This week’s Living Torah program begins with a Sicha about a question that the Previous Rebbe asked by his own Bar-Mitzvah. And ending with a touching story about the Rebbe’s lesson to a young Bar-Mitzvah boy, the program is themed all around Bar-Mitzvahs. In this clip, a beautiful collage showing boys of Bar Mitzvah age visiting the Rebbe before their special day.

Video: Dramatic Rescue in Kfar Chabad Flooding
Police and firefighters rushed to Kfar Chabad this morning after cars were trapped on roads subject to massive floods. In a dramatic scene caught on video, 8 persons were extricated from the flooding, four of them children.

Weekly Thought: A Blessing Through Lies?
When we reflect on the story of and the way Yaakov received the blessings from his father Yitzchok, the unsettling question and big elephant in the room is, how did Yaakov receive the blessings by lying? It almost seems that the Torah is directing us that there are times in which it is ok to lie, and that there are circumstances’ in which one is even encouraged to be (what seems to be) a little dishonest. What lessons can we learn from this in our day to day life? What messages is there in us to help enhance our connection to Hashem and our Avodah as Chassidim? Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, shares his thoughts on this week’s Parsha – Toldos.

Shabbos at the Besht: Rosh Chodesh Kislev – 40 Years
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: Rosh Chodesh Kislev – 40 Years, What does it mean for us today?

Music Video: Jerusalem Forgotten
By the rivers of Malibu; there we sat (and) also wept; when we remembered Zion. Not the exact quote of King David, but the perfect modern-day premise for this music film, produced by filmmaker and comedian Mendy Pellin.

Weekly Story: A Day to Recall, a Day to Remember
The fourth Hakafah began. As before, the Rebbe turned around to look at the Sifrei Torah and those carrying them. The singing began, and the Rebbe swung his arms in rhythm to the melody. Suddenly, the Rebbe stopped. His face became a sickly white. A moment later, he turned from his shtender to Rabbi Groner and asked that his chair be brought to him.

Video: NJ Shliach on ‘The Road to Recovery’
Rabbi Avi Richler, director of Chabad of Gloucester County, NJ, appeared on the television program The Road to Recovery, hosted by activist Michael DeLeon, to express his approach to drug addiction and recovery.

Weekly JLI Video: Go Out on a Limb
JLI recently launched a new weekly video series: each week a unique one-minute video is released featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Toldos is titled: Go Out on a Limb.

Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe encouraging the singing at a Farbrengen in the 1960s.

Weekly Letter: Do They Really Hate Us?
This week, as we read about the conflict of Yaakov and Eisav in Parshas Toldos, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he deals with the question of why it is that Jews are apprehensive about non-Jews. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.

Modern Translation of Tanya to Revolutionize Its Study
An 18th century sefer that is the cornerstone of the Chabad Chasidic movement is about to become more accessible to English speakers with the release of a contemporary translation of the highly sought after work on Jewish thought.

CTVP Mobilizes to Aid Israel Fire Victims
Immediately upon returning from the convention of Chabad Shluchim in New York, Rabbi Menachem Kutner, Director of Chabad’s Terror Victims Project (CTVP) and Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Freiman, Shaliach in Zichron Yaakov, began visiting families in that area who have been impacted by the terrible fires that raged everywhere. Fires that are the newest weapon in the terrorists’ arsenal of violence.

Dual Tragedies in Williamsburg and S. Diego
Two tragedies struck the Orthodox Jewish community today when two men died after they were run over by motor vehicles, one in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn and the other in S. Diego, California.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Dr. R. Meir Elazar Kulski, 79, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Doctor Rabbi Meir Elazar Kulski OBM, a much loved figure in the Parisian Chabad community. He was 79 years old.