There is an important mitzvah to give tzedaka extremely generously on the afternoon of Erev Yom Kippur. Don’t forget, “Aniyei Ircha Kodmin” – The poor in your own community comes first!
The Machzor Companions are prepared for those davening at home without a minyan. They include an easy-to-follow guide to the Piyuttim along with explanations, annotations and suggested niggunim. For Yom Kippur, there is also a useful list of Tefillah priorities for those who cannot daven everything.
Paris Anash joined together to complete the annual tradition of Kaporos.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mr. Yisroel Austin OB”M of Loughton, London, the father of Rabbi Yitzchok Austin. He passed away on Tuesday, the 8th of Tishrei, 5786.
The White House Office on Management and Budget notified federal department and agency heads to prepare for a shutdown after the failed vote.
On the very first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Lubavitch world lost a giant. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Kalmenson, of blessed memory, Rosh Yeshiva of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in New Haven for nearly half a century, was suddenly torn away from us at the young age of 70.
Moshe Noginski (Boston, MA) to Esther Colton (Yerushalayim)
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Kapparos, Erev Yom Kippur and Yom Kippur for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
With incumbent Mayor Eric Adams having bowed out of the race, there are now three real contenders for the mayorship. Should all three ultimately be on the ballot, which of them will you be voting for?
Trader Joes Babka is Kosher certified under the OU, and is also generally Pas Yisroel. In a recent series of runs though, this was not the case.
He heard about the help the Aleph Institute offers Jewish people in the justice system, but he didn’t really understand the extent of their services until four young yeshivah students slept in a trailer in the parking lot to be able to join in the prison’s prayer services.
Representing communities from Crown Heights, Queens, Far Rockaway, the Bronx, Riverdale, Staten Island, parts of Manhattan, and the Sephardic community in Brooklyn, they are calling on all New Yorkers to unite behind Cuomo.
I heard this story from him on the past Sabbath, and it moved me so deeply that I practically begged him to write it down. So, here’s the story as it happened.
So what was the Rebbe’s view on the matter of Eiruvin? As with many things in Halacha, many say its complicated. Yet in a letter addressed to Rabbi Eliyahu Jung on Pesach 5724, the Rebbe addresses the topic of an Eruv in Manhattan, and his concerns over it.
A new discounted option for Kaparos has been arranged for the first time on Erev Yom Kippur, for only $5 per chicken at the parking lot of Beis Rivkah Crown St. Editors Note: The $5 Discounted Kaparos does NOT include Shchita onsite. Shchita onsite will have an additional discretionary fee.
“Eilu V’Eilu Omrim”, a new collaboration by Tzamah features singers Avraham Fried and Amir Dadon.
President Donald Trump and senior administration officials welcomed a delegation of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis to the Oval Office on Monday, in connection with the proclamation of Education and Sharing Day earlier this year paying tribute to the legacy of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory.
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