All of a sudden, one of the prisoners in that barrack began sobbing and he couldn’t stop. After a few minutes, the leader of the group asked him, tell me, why are you crying now, we can’t let them realize that we are broken!
With much fanfare, the sixth Sefer Torah for Jewish children was completed in Jerusalem, in a joyous celebration adjacent to the Western Wall.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe greeting someone as he leaves 770 to go to the Ohel.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Fishel Oster, Magid Shiur in Oholei Torah and a Mashpia to yungerliet in Crown Heights, will lead a discussion on the topic: Mezuzah – Mitzvah or Protection?
Shlomie and Mushky (nee Korf) Stock (Crown Heights)
Yaacov and Chaya Hoffinger (Pittsburgh, PA)
It was a perfect day to enjoy the winter sun at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as politicians, past and present, business leaders and representatives from a wide cross-section of the community including Dame Marie Bashir, former Governor of NSW and Phillip Ruddock, ex Federal MP, gathered to honour Rabbi Dr Dovid Slavin of Our Big Kitchen.
It’s been three almost sleepless nights and days, and the 500 Shluchim of the Rebbe that are currently in Russia at the European Kinnus Hashluchim, are on a high. They are rejuvenated and invigorated by the joy and unity that they are experiencing and they will bring that energy back with them to their cities and countries where they are the Rebbe’s foot soldiers.
During these “Seven Weeks of Comfort,” we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he gives perspective on catastrophic events. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
In honor of Chof Av, the Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe’s father Reb Levik, OBM, the Chabad community of Paris gathered together Wednesday night for a Farbrengen, which lasted until the early hours of the morning.
Rabbi Elie Estrin, Chabad Emissary at the University of Washington State, delivered an inspiring and heartfelt speech at a Seudas Hodaah celebrating the miraculous recovery of his son Nissi.
Dovid Deray (Pittsburgh, PA) and Menucha Rochel Borochov (Crown Heights)
Anna Katz was at a loss. June was fast approaching and the mother of three from northern California didn’t know what she would do with her kids all summer. After a bad business decision that landed her husband in prison in February 2014, life as she knew it came to an abrupt end. Her meager income was barely enough to pay for the basics, and financing summer camp for her kids was out of the question.
The regional Kinus for European Shluchim continued in Moscow Thursday after the over 500 Shluchim returned from Kazakhstan, beginning with Shachris and breakfast, and continuing with seminars, workshops, networking and shared stories throughout the day in anticipation of tonight’s grand banquet.
Singing star Shlomo Simcha Sufrin, a member of the Lubavitch community in Toronto, has returned to the Jewish music scene after a lengthy hiatus with a brand new album – ‘Ani Kan.’
The Jewish man who was stabbed last Friday by a knife-wielding Muslim assailant shouting “Allahu Akbar” in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg is home from the hospital, doing fine physically, but emotionally traumatized, his daughter told The Algemeiner on Wednesday.
Neighbors, friends and rescuers spent the day Wednesday digging through rubble in the desperate hopes of finding people alive after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked central Italy at about 3:30 a.m., killing more than 120 people. The epicenter was centered near the town of Norcia, Italy, about 100 miles from Rome, where buildings also reportedly swayed from the resulting tremors.
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