The eye of Hurricane Matthew has moved off the northeastern coast of Cuba and forecasters have expanded the hurricane warning area in south Florida, where it is expected to hug the coast on Thursday and Friday.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayelech. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Is G-d ever hidden from us?
A Chabad House in South Florida was the target of vandals who sprayed obscene and hateful messages on the eve of Rosh Hashana.
After a prolonged absence from his office many speculated what would be keeping Brooklyn’s district attorney Ken Thompson from the office, those rumors further spread after he failed to make an appearance at this years West Indian Day Parade. Earlier today he clarified his medical condition in a statement.
As we approach the new year, we pray and wish each other to be inscribed and sealed for a sweet new year with revealed goodness for all. Here JEM presents a beautiful playlist with videos of the Rebbe related to Rosh Hashana.
Chabad.org writer Menachem Posner tells of the fixation that Chicago architects had with doors back in the 1920s when his house was built, and why this benefits his Sofer every year before Rosh Hashana.
With the year 5776 coming to close, we take a look back at some of the most popular and engaging stories of the past year – from the stories that inspired us to those that unfortunately saddened us. We also take a look at some interesting mazal tov statistics.
A new Jewish community center opened in Moscow yesterday, targeting students of the prestigious International Relations Institute situated next door. This is the first “on-campus” Jewish center in the Former Soviet Union (FSU), where most JCCs are family-oriented and located in residential areas.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, October 3-4, for Rosh Hashana. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
While the Yeshiva is on break the massive lunchroom of Oholei Torah has been re-purposed by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim to serve as a ‘Seudas Eliyahu’ hall in order to feed thousands of guests who are staying in the Rebbes vicinity for the month of Tishrei.
The campers of Gan Israel-New York had the summer of a lifetime; some of those memories were captured on video by videographer Motty Reizes.
With immense pain and sadness we inform you of the very untimely passing of Shayna Golda Gutleizer OBM, the young daughter of Michoel (Mickey) and Libby Gutleizer of North Miami Beach, Florida. She was 11-months-old.
Chaim Bhatia, a 20-year-old artist and songwriter, performs his latest composition, ‘Wake Up’ – a song inspired by the Modeh Ani prayer we recite each morning.
A groundbreaking study of Chabad’s work on American college campuses nationwide was published this week, and concluded that the impact that Shluchim and Shluchos leave on their students is quite significant.
Mayer and Dini (nee Lazar) Rosenberg (Crown Heights)
Aryeh and Sashie Kay (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing Shofar and Tzom Gedalia for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
