The Smicha Conundrum Solved: A South African Gem
A Lubavitcher Bochur is in a bind. He “graduated regular” yeshiva and is now looking directly at the goal of getting smicha. But he is faced with a dilemma, an existential conundrum of sorts.
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A man and woman were shot and wounded by an assailant on Carroll Street near Utica Avenue Monday night.
Man and Woman Shot on Carroll and Utica
A man and woman were shot and wounded by an assailant on Carroll Street near Utica Avenue Monday night.
Lubavitcher in Critical Condition after Stabbing Attack
A Lubavitcher man was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist and critically wounded while sitting in a restaurant with his family in the Giva’at Zeev neighborhood in Jerusalem. The public is asked to say Tehillim for Menachem Mendel ben Chana Yehudis.
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Picture of the Day: Packed Like Sardines
A Chabad Shlucha in the Russian city of Nizhni Novgorod recently gave birth to a baby boy at a local hospital. When she went to pick up her baby from the hospital’s nursery, she was shocked to see how the babies were being kept.
New Mayor of Kfar Chabad Visits New York
The newly elected mayor of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Shimon Rabinovitch, made a special visit to New York, first and foremost to visit the Rebbe’s Ohel for Yud Shvat on behalf of all of the village, as well as to meet with local community leaders for idea-sharing, inspiration and guidance.
Terrifying Extortion Scam Targets Crown Heightsers
“We have your son; if you ever want to see him again, send us $5,000.” This terrifying threat, amid background noise that is the sound of a child screaming and crying “help me!” is what at least two members of the Crown Heights community heard when they picked up the phone over the past couple of days.
Friendship Circle Marks Yud Shvat
The boys division of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, which includes boys ages nine and up, and their buddies from local Yeshivos, gathered at the Jewish Children’s Museum for a very special Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat.
Picture of the Day: Campaign Winners Meet
Rabbi Menachem Matusof, shliach to Calgary, Alberta, and Rabbi Sender Wilschanski, shliach to Milan, Italy, greet each other in 770 on Yud Shevat after having each won a raffle following a nine-week learning campaign by Bais Medrash L’Shluchim and the Moshiach Campaign.
Video: What Is True Unity
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Yisro. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true unity?
Shluchim Kids Gather for Bar and Bas Mitzva
Marking one year of MyShliach’s regional shabbatons, 18 Yaldei Hashluchim from eight cities across the Alpine countries came together for a shabbaton in Venice, Italy, hosted by Chabad of Venice and Rabbi and Mrs. Rami Banin.
New Engagement!
Mendy (ben Noach) Fox (Crown Heights) and Hindy (bas Arki) Deitsch (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Levi Druin (Crown Heights) and Mushky (bas Gershon) Chaimson (Crown Heights)
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett painted a dark picture of Jewish life in Europe on Sunday, telling the cabinet anti-Semitism on the Continent has reached an “unprecedented” level.
Over 40% of Europeans Hold Anti-Semitic Views
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett painted a dark picture of Jewish life in Europe on Sunday, telling the cabinet anti-Semitism on the Continent has reached an “unprecedented” level.
1000’s Attend Avenue J Music Festival Headlining Alex Clare
The full moon shone over Barnacle State Park as thousands of people gathered on Sunday night for the annual Avenue J Music Festival, an event created and organized by Chabad at the Grove and Rabbi Getzy Fellig.
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Street Photographer Captures Holocaust Survivor’s Determination to Daven with a Minyan
Just days after the record snowfall that slammed the East Coast, social media has been buzzing with pictures showing massive snowdrifts, colossal snowmen and even neighbors pitching in to dig each other’s cars out of the snow, but perhaps none is as heartwarming as a photograph taken in Borough Park, showing a group of men carrying an elderly Holocaust survivor in a wheelchair home from shul.
New Engagement!
Shaya (ben Menachem) Moskowitz (Crown Heights) and Mushky (bas Chezzi) Posner (Crown Heights)
Yud Shvat with the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Coat
As a preparation for Yud Shvat, all the students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. took upon themselves Hachlotos and wrote a personal Pa”n to the Rebbe and read it at the Ohel. On the day of Yud Shvat, a special surprise awaited them at school.
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