As Crown Heights prepares for the joyous days of Sukkos, an impressive lineup of singers and musicians has been announced for this year’s Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebrations on Kingston Avenue.
Four Chabad institutions across Maryland are among 49 religious institutions and community organizations receiving more than $8.6 million in federal funding to strengthen security, as threats against houses of worship continue to rise.
A Shloshim gathering will be held on Monday, Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, October 12, in memory of Mrs. Chaya Laine OBM, beloved teacher and longtime principal and educator in the Bais Rivkah High School General Studies Department.
Empire Shtiebel is pleased to host and invite the community to a special Kinus Torah, which will iy״h take place on Chol Hamoed, Monday evening, 17 Tishrei, at the Shul, located at
Over 50 years after the Rebbe launched Mivtza Neshek just six days before Rosh Hashana, its classic brochures and original candlesticks, designed by the Rebbe himself, are returning for Sukkos mivtzoim through a new collaboration with Merkos Suite 302.
The talmidim were given a selection of iconic Tishrei scenes to choose from, including Chassidim climbing over the fence on the way to Tashlich, Mivtzoim with Lulav and Esrog, davening on Rosh Hashanah, Melech Basadeh, and Chassidim traveling to spend Tishrei with the Rebbe.
In 1991, Rabbi Baruch and Chanie Hertz were sent as emissaries of the Rebbe to Chicago, where he now serves as the rabbi of the Chabad community and the dean of Chicago’s Lubavitch Girls’ High School. Together, they also founded Chabad of Greater Lakeview. He was interviewed in October 2020.
Yagdil Torah of Crown Heights has published a Kovetz Limud for Yud Gimmel Tishrei in both Hebrew and English for use by anash. Yud Gimmel Tishrei is the yahrtzeit of the fourth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn, known as the “Rebbe Maharash”.
A 49-year-old Breslov Chossid who was detained by Ukrainian authorities while attempting to leave the country following Rosh Hashanah has been located at a military detention facility near Odesa, with Chabad Shluchim assisting him with his religious needs.
Over Sukkot, which begins Friday evening, hundreds of Jewish students will gather for services and meals, and the several daily events taking place in the sukkah. Rabbi Wagner said 800 to 1,000 people will shake the lulav and etrog at USC over the course of the holiday.
After more than a decade of planning and approvals, a major new Jewish community center is set to be built in the heart of Ulyanovsk, Russia, featuring a synagogue, mikvah, educational facilities and extensive community services.
Dach L’Noshim, the women’s Chassidus academy of Merkos 302’s Kolel L’lomdei Dach, is opening registration for its new Bitachon cycle. The program gives women the opportunity to learn Chassidus seriously and consistently within the responsibilities of family, work and Shlichus.
Levi Itshak Cohen (Versailles, France) to Hanni Sitruk (Paris, France)
Heavy rains and wind gusts topping 50 mph will batter the Jersey Shore, eastern Long Island and the New England coast — veering east of New York City, AccuWeather’s Carl Erickson told The Post.
Meir Yabra (Crown Heights) to Chaya Spritzer (Monroe Township, NJ) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Oct. 7th, 8:30pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Lubavitcher Yeshiva released Issue 7 of The Tomchei Temimim Way, featuring Chinuch guidance, inspiring stories, history, and engaging content for the entire family.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sukkos (up to – but not including – Hoshanah Rabbah), including the laws of building a Sukkah and selecting the Daled Minim, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
