Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan, a former refusenik and leading figure in the Soviet Jewish underground, now serves as the director of the Bronnaya Synagogue in Moscow. In this week’s Living Torah from JEM, he offers background to this rare footage that was smuggled to the Rebbe from behind the Iron Curtain.
Three teens pleaded guilty to criminal damaging charges for twisting a large decorative menorah in the front yard of an Arizona family’s home into a swastika. In addition to community service and a letter of apology, they will be required to meet with a holocaust survivor, the judge ruled.
One evening two mashpi’im entered the Frierdiker Rebbe’s room for a yechidus. They both asked the same question. How can I demand from others to improve? I know I am not perfect, so what gives me the moral authority to demand from somebody else to improve themselves? Don’t our sages instruct us adorn yourself and then adorn someone else!
Yesterday marked 70 years since the discontinuation of the trolley that ran up and down Kingston Avenue, known as the Tompkins Avenue line, which saw its final ride on August 24, 1947, after which it was replaced with bus service.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Chodesh Elul is titled: In the Open.
This week, as we begin the month of Elul, we present a letter of greeting from the Rebbe to the king of Spain. In it, the Rebbe points out the significance of the month of Elul, a time when the King of Kings goes out into the field, and a time of preparation for the Day of Judgment for Jews and for all mankind. 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 Avrohom Eliyohu Wudowsky will lead a discussion on the topic: Davening Maariv early.
Whether you have children or not, some things are just fundamentally understood. A child needs a parent! For children to grow in a healthy, confident, and stable manner, they need parental support and guidance.
Bentzion and Devorah Leah (nee Goldstein) Gopin (Crown Heights)
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of the Rebbe encouraging the signing during Kos Shel Brocho, circa mid-1980s.
Boruch and Chaya Susman (Louisville, KY)
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Faiga Bas Rochel, who is having a very serious emergency procedure, beginning at 11am in Mount Sinai hospital.
Boruch and Chaya Susman (Louisville, KY)
Binyomin and Ety (nee Klein) Ringler (Kingston, PA)
Sadya and Batya Engel (Crown Heights)
Nisson Moishe and Chani Vaisfiche (Crown Heights)
Congregation Anshei Lubawitz, built in 1906, is the oldest synagogue in Borough Park. Its architectural beauty and uniqueness among the square apartment buildings surrounding it make it a local landmark. However, under suspicious circumstances, the Shul’s current trustees are attempting to have it demolished, to be replaced by a luxury apartment building.
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