Weekly Story: Where is the Aron?
I am posting a thought I mentioned at a pre-Shavuos farbrengen. As always, your comments and feedback are welcomed and greatly appreciated.
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Inspired By Friends and Six Cousins, Another Shliach Donates Kidney Through Renewal
Yossi Swued, 27, is a Chabad Shliach at Western University in London, Ontario, and the father of two young children. He was inspired to become a kidney donor after seeing friends and six cousins do the same.
Weekly Dvar Torah: From Sinai’s Fire to Everyday Light
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman follows the Torah from Har Sinai to a Jewish child’s study, linking the esoteric Torah with the actions that make the Jewish people so special.
New Engagement!
Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
“Freilach All The Time” – Joey Newcomb and Benny Friedman Release Official Music Video
It was the summer, I was sitting outside, and I felt like I wasn’t doing my avoida b’simcha, living b’simcha. Stam, I was feeling a moichin d’katnus, and for those who know me, you know I don’t like that.
Rabbi Shalom DovBer Lipskar at The Shul. Stephanie Schwartz
A Shabbat of Silence and Leadership in Surfside
It was Friday night, early Shabbat morning—June 26, 2021—less than 48 hours after the tragic collapse of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida. The air was thick with smoke, grief and uncertainty. That night, I was among a group of Hatzalah members and medical professionals from the Surfside Jewish community who had just completed a long shift at the Family Reunification Center, providing emergency medical care, writing prescriptions for lost medications, and offering emotional support to survivors and displaced families.
Law enforcement secures the area where a dozen people, ranging in age between 25 to 88, were injured in a domestic terrorist attack while they were showing support for hostages in Gaza. Via X
Shaken Boulder Jews Transforms Tragedy Into Unity and Purpose
On the eve of Shavuot, as Jews worldwide prepared to celebrate the giving of the Torah and the festival of first fruits, a horrific antisemitic attack shattered the peace at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colo. Rebbetzin Chanie Scheiner of Chabad-Lubavitch of Boulder, who had participated in previous Run for Their Lives marches, was home preparing to host the Shavuot celebration at Chabad instead of joining the weekly walk that Sunday afternoon.
Op-Ed Response Rebuttal: When Questions Remain Unanswered
The House of More’s response raises new questions while leaving the original halachic concerns largely unaddressed. Let’s examine their key points systematically.
At 13,000 Feet, Young Professionals Draw Perspective and Strength
Sixty young Jewish professionals from 36 cities gathered for the sixth annual Chabad Young Professionals Encounter: Guatemala, a four-day summit focused on resilience, identity, and Jewish leadership in a post-October 7 world, with an impact that reverberated across the globe.
Andrey Kurovskiy surrounded by an appreciative student and their family.
Teacher in Chabad School in Ukraine Falls in Battle
The brutal reality of war hit the Jewish community of Zhytomyr, Ukraine, once again when they received word on Wednesday of the death of Andrey Kurovskiy. Kurovskiy, a non-Jewish Ukrainian, taught computer science in the community’s Or Avner Jewish day school for more than two decades.
Weekly Letter: Returning the Liberated Areas of Yehudah and Shomron and Dealing with Terrorist Attacks
At a time of turbulence and uncertainty in Eretz Yisroel – in battling the enemy, we share a letter of truth and clarity from the Rebbe, who addressed the same issues of decades ago. The issues the Rebbe addressed then included returning the liberated areas of Yehudah and Shomron and dealing with terrorist attacks, among others.
Information To be Menachem Avel the Scharf Family
The Scharf Family will be sitting Shiva following the passing of their mother Mrs. Chana Scharf OBM. Times and location in extended article.
New Engagement!
Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
BDE: Mrs. Chana Scharf, 67, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Chana Scharf OBM, whose children were famously cared for by the Rebbe following her husband’s passing. She passed away on Thursday, the 9th of Sivan, 5785.
Phase One of Future Educational Town Inaugurated in Moscow Suburb
The city of Istra itself is surrounded by picturesque villages and towns and is considered a place with good air quality thanks to the dense vegetation and rivers surrounding the area.
New Engagement!
Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
Op-Ed Response: When Healing is Jewish, Even if it Doesn’t Look Familiar
We’ve seen the recent article raising concerns about the spiritual practices at The House of More. We understand the desire to protect the sanctity of Jewish tradition. We share that same desire. It’s what drives us. But honoring Torah means being honest, thoughtful, and careful. Not just with rituals. With people.
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