About two weeks ago, representatives from the New York City Department of Transportation met with Community Board 9 to present a proposal for the restructuring Eastern Parkway, whereby right turns from the parkways’ central lanes onto side streets will be severely restricted.
An Israeli man was stabbed this morning by a Palestinian terrorist at a supermarket in the central Israeli city of Yavne.
The girls at Cheder Chabad Sydney wanted to do something special to commemorate Tisha B’av. It is well known that Moshiach was born on the 9th of Av, and that when Moshiach comes, the day will will not be a fast day but a yomtov. Therefore, the shluchos at the Cheder found it befitting to put on a Moshiach exhibition on Tisha B’av itself.
Tonight (Wednesday) at midnight is the deadline to sign up for Challah Bake International’s Tu B’Av Shidduch Bake, which will take place on Friday, when women all over the world will unite baking Challah at home and praying on behalf of all those who need a Shidduch.
Menachem and Chavie (nee Freund) Sandman (Crown Heights)
Thousands of Jews gathered last night – the eve of Tisha B’av – at the Western Wall, the only remnant of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.
Today, as we mourn the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, let us join together to strengthen the very fabric of our community. In this interview, Miriam Yerushalmi addresses the critical issues faced by today’s Jewish family and discuss solutions for living a healthy, more connected Jewish life.
Take a 360 degree tour of the second Beis Hamikdosh, exactly as it stood in all its glory in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, courtesy of simulation created on the Google Maps platform.
The Gemara tells us that two of the main reasons the batei mikdash were destroyed were senseless hatred and not enough rebuking. How does that make sense? They seem to be opposites; and if not enough rebuking caused the beis hamikdash to be destroyed, does that mean we should start rebuking more to help it be rebuilt?
JEM presents a special playlist of videos connected to Tisha B’Av. As we mourn the the destruction of the Batei Mikdash, we pray for this day to be transformed into a joyous one with the arrival of Moshiach speedily.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Tisha B’Av is titled: A Tale of Wail.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Tishah B’Av for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
The secret of our continued survival is to invest in the future. Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz looks to our children for our future continuity. We are running a race against time and diminishing numbers and we need schools and enhanced education to keep up.
An arrest has been made in connection with the burning of a mini-bus, dubbed the “Mitzvah Bus,” that was torched just over one month ago. The suspect was charged with arson and criminal mischief, but was not charged with a hate crime.
For centuries, Krakow was a center of Jewish learning and growth in Eastern Europe. Home to a thriving community, Krakow represented virtually every section of the Jewish-European demographics of the time.
Edmond Gerald Meyer turned 13 in 1933 in Albuquerque, N.M., where his mother’s German-Jewish family had settled during the Civil War and founded a successful business that spanned the territory (as it was then known). Although the family occasionally attended synagogue services, “E.G.,” as he was called, never went to Hebrew school and cannot remember celebrating his bar mitzvah. That is, until this week.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vaeschanan. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How great is the power of Torah?
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