On Friday morning, Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, a prominent Chabad activist from Jerusalem, was savagely beaten nearly to death in the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir. After Shabbos ended, the Shliach to Zhitomir, Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, gave an update on his situation.
In this week’s Living Torah, Elie Wiesel, OBM, an author, Nobel Prize laureate, and Holocaust survivor, recalls seeing the Rebbe for the first time, and the profound impact it had on the rest of his life.
Sholly and Rivky (nee Losh) Levy (Crown Heights)
As South Central Florida braces for a brutal direct hit from Hurricane Matthew, Chabad centers from the Sunshine State through the Carolinas are hard at work securing Sifrei Torah and preparing for possible hordes of evacuees.
The moment the train pulled into the station, all of a sudden dozens and dozens of people rushed onto the platform. The villager was astonished and impressed as how these people knew the exact time they should arrive and didn’t waste their time waiting for the train to come.
Shmuly and Chani Rosenzweig (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, a prominent Lubavitcher Chossid and community activist from Jerusalem, was savagely beaten nearly to death by a mob of Ukrainian anti-Semites in the city of Zhitomir this morning.
The Inside Story: A Chassidic Perspective on Biblical Events, Laws, and Personalities Volume I: Genesis hits the shelves of bookstores just in time for the beginning of the Torah cycle. There is a lot of anticipation over the release of this book by the many fans of Yanki Tauber’s acclaimed Week in Review.
A half-marathon will be held on Eastern Parkway this Shabbos. Residents will not be able to cross over Eastern Parkway from about 3:00am to 9:30am.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Manis Friedman will lead a discussion on the topic: Making moshiach a reality.
Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel (Bal Harbor, FL)
On Thursday afternoon, Tishrei Guests were treated to a special and first-of-its-kind lecture by Rabbi Yisroel Shimon Kalmenson, a member of Vaad Hanachos Belaha”k and one who merited that the Rebbe would refer to his Ha’aros on the Rebbe’s Farbrengens.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe giving Tzedakah on Erev Yom Kippur, 1968.
Avram and Rochel (nee Bruk) Banon (Laval, Quebec, Canada)
We present an excerpt from the writings of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel explaining the deeper significance of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Rosh Hashanah brought a family reunion of sorts to Chabad Lubavitch of Playa del Carmen: The Jewish Center of the Riviera Maya in Mexico as 500 Jews, most of them strangers to one another, joined together for a holiday meal complete with round challahs, apples and honey, mouthwatering meats and lively conversation, complete with words of Torah.
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