“Roving Rabbis” Mendel Weinfeld and Mendel Erlenwein were handing out Shabbat candles, mezuzahs and kosher food while making their usual rounds in Contra Costa County in California when they got an unusual request.
Lawrence Rekblatt, 22, is getting ready to ride in a bike-a-thon to honor senior citizens. Organized through Chabad’s United Jewish Generations program in North Miami Beach, Fla., the ride will bring different generations together on Grandparents Day, which is celebrated annually on the first Sunday after Labor Day. This year it falls on Sept. 11, marking the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and U.S. Pentagon.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rachel Zippel, OBM, of Milan, Italy, a holocaust survivor and matriarch of a large family that includes many Chabad Chassidim and Shluchim all over the world. She was 90 years old.
Two hours passed, and then three and no one was coming out of the surgery room. “You could understand how our emotions and fear grew from minute to minute being in the dark for so long.” Mr. R. D. paused for a moment as he tried to control his emotions, recalling the events of eight years ago, and then continued; about four hours after the operation began the doctor came out with a puzzled look on his face.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftaly Silberberg will lead a discussion on the topic – Teshuvah in the light of chassidus.
A man comes to Shul for Mincha, but there is no Minyan yet. He is asked by a fellow congregant to wait until more men arrive, but he must hurry because he has an important job interview scheduled. This latest Dovid Gabay music video explores the famous words of Rabbi Akiva – “everything Hashem does is for the best.”
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe receiving and Aliyah to the Torah.
Nissi and Chaya (nee Raskin) Eber (Crown Heights)
Arele and Leah (nee Piekarski) Chazan (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Rivky (nee Lerman) Pelman (Crown Heights)
Menachem Mendel and Leah Simon (Crown Heights)
As we prepare for the upcoming new year, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses the interesting question of how to reconcile “being inscribed for the New Year” and the idea of free choice. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Those who attend High Holiday services this year at the Brooklyn Hebrew Society of the Deaf will have no excuse if they fall asleep during the rabbi’s sermon, jokes Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff. They probably wouldn’t anyway, as services are conducted in American Sign Language.
Israeli defense officials on Thursday said the government has begun work on a massive underground barrier along the border with Gaza meant to block Hamas terrorists from tunneling into Israel.
On Monday, over 7,000 Jewish students across the Former Soviet Union (FSU) started the new learning year in FJC’s Or Avner schools and kindergartens. Even though some have already had the “First Bell” openings on Thursday, for most the festive ceremony, customary in the post-Soviet education system, took place on Monday. And in a unique Or Avner tradition, the ringing of the first bell came alongside the blowing of the Shofar, highlighting the Jewish character of the schools and underlining the idea of an education aimed at excellence in both general subjects and Jewish heritage.
Israeli miniaturist Nava Steinmetz has crafted a miniature model of the Rebbe’s office in 770. The model was built at a scale of 1:15, measuring 55 cm x 38.5 cm x 30.5 cm.
The oldest ambulance in Crown Heights Hatzalah’s fleet is about to be replaced. Delivery of the new ambulance was made yesterday and it was parked briefly in front of 770.
