When the time for the Rebbe’s Farbrengen arrived, my place was literally on the floor directly facing the Rebbe. I had no idea what to expect — whether the Rebbe would react to this controversy or not address it at all, or maybe even give us a severe reprimand. That the Rebbe would support it never even crossed my mind.
As part of an official diplomatic visit to Georgia during the Chanukah holiday, Israeli Minister Ze’ev Elkin—who serves in the Ministry of Finance and oversees both the Tekuma Directorate and the Northern Rehabilitation Directorate—visited the FJC ‘Or Avner’ Jewish school in Tbilisi.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations are suspended on Thursday, December 25th for a legal holiday.
In a creative action this Chanukah, Bais Rivkah’s busses were used to create a drone view Dreidel and Menorah, sending the message of Chanukah straight towards the heavens.
This training tackles the questions keeping educators up at night: How can davening become meaningful? What can help alleviate anxiety and insecurity? Where does real strength come from? How can Hashem become more real for children, not just true?
Episode two features the incredible backstory of how a Sefer, containing the Alter Rebbe’s handwritten notes, was returned to the Rebbe’s library.
A public menorah set up in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv was found toppled on Monday morning, the eighth day of Chanukah. A handwritten sign containing offensive language targeting the Jewish community was left at the site.
When the Deputy Chief of the Israeli Embassy came to visit, Leibel Lazaroff asked “Hey did you put on Tefillin?” He said “nope but I’d love to with YOU!”
To support that effort, the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302 is marking Hei Teves with a limited-time sale (for one week starting Tuesday, Dec 23) on all Moshiach-related books and curriculum:
Next year, the Trump administration will begin seizing wages from individuals who defaulted on their student loans, the Education Department revealed.
An important and rare painting by beloved Chabad artist Hendel Chenoch Lieberman (1900–1976) will be offered at auction by J. Greenstein & Company, as part of an upcoming sale featuring more than 130 exceptional lots of antique and modern Judaica.
Speaking at State Parliament, Premier Allan described the attack in stark terms. “This attack was targeted. It was intentional. It was antisemitic. It was terrorism. People were murdered because they were Jewish,” she said. “There is no explanation that softens that truth.”
The cross-communal event, put on in conjunction with Chabad-Lubavitch of Ireland, directed by Lent and his wife, Rifky, came weeks after Dublin City Council voted to strip the park of its historic name—a decision that sparked international outcry and became a flashpoint for Ireland’s Jewish community.
Chanukah at this iconic location didn’t get missed, with Chabad of South Dakota placing a menorah at Mt. Rushmore.
To the thwack of a bouncing ball and the cheers of hundreds of young students, a brand-new, high-end basketball court was inaugurated at Miami’s Lubavitch Educational Center boys schools just in time for Chanukah.
In a significant development in the fight against obesity, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill form of Wegovy, Novo Nordisk’s widely used weight-loss medication. The newly approved pill contains 25 milligrams of semaglutide — the same active ingredient found in injectable Wegovy and the diabetes drug Ozempic.
The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion, after the 46th drawing passed without a big winner.
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