Table-Tennis Star Chooses Shabbos over Olympics
She’s only 14, but earlier this month, Estee Ackerman became a member of a very exclusive club when the Shabbat-observant teen participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials.
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Letter & Spirit: Every Mitzvah Has Own Significance
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he gives interesting insights into the mitzovos in general, the mitzvah of taharas ha’mishpacha in particular and into the fascinating concept of the retroactive impact of a resolution to observe the Torah and mitzvos. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
New Engagement!
Berel Thaler (Los Angeles, CA) and Nechama Kendall (Montreal, Canada)
Women’s Mikveh to Open in Nigeria
West Africa will open the doors to its very first state-of-the-art mikveh in late spring 2016. Launched at the initiative of Rabbi Israel and Haya Uzan, Chabad representatives to Abuja, capital of Nigeria, construction began in late January. The ritual bath will also serve residents and visitors in the country’s most populated city, Lagos, 339 miles from Abuja.
Picture of the Day: Dovid Efune Interviews Bibi Netanyahu
Lubavitcher Chosid and pro-Israel activist Dovid Efune, Editor-in-Chief of the Algemeiner Journal, sits down for an exclusive interview with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu.
Young Community Activists Meet Assemblywoman
Young activists and entrepreneurs from the Jewish community met for the first time with Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, who represents Crown Heights in the New York State Assembly. Among the topics discussed were affordable housing, traffic and the recent stabbing of a young Jewish man.
Campaign Aims to Raise $40,000 for Stabbing Victim
Leibi Brikman, the newly married young man who was stabbed last week in broad daylight in the heart of Crown Heights, was getting ready to be released from Kings County Hospital, when things turned sour and his lung collapsed again. He was transferred by Hatzalah to NYU Hospital and underwent yet another procedure.
1 Million Euro Fundraised for Paris Schools
Close to 2,000 people gathered in Paris last night for an evening of salute and support for the Beis Lubavitch Educational Institute, under the leadership of Rabbi Mendel Azimov.
Circle Launched for Spanish-Speaking Shluchos
Though Mrs. Rivky M. always looked forward to attending the Kinus Hashluchos and usually returned home uplifted, she often felt “a bit of a disconnect.” Living with her family on shlichus in a small South American town, “many of the ideas that are shared do not apply to me,” she says. “Our challenges are unique and not usually addressed and, having no sisters or relatives who come in for the Kinus, I often feel like the odd one out.”
1 Dead, 1 Injured in Stabbing Attack at Israeli Supermarket
Two Palestinians armed with knives entered a supermarket near Jerusalem in the West Bank and stabbed two Israeli civilians, killing one and wounding the other, before they were shot and wounded by an Israeli bystander.
Baby Boy!
Shua and Elkie Piekarski (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Moshe Banda (Boro Park, NY) and Tsivia Berkes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
10 Tips for Writing Your MyLife Chassidus Essay
With the deadline for essay submissions only one week away, the excitement surrounding the MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest is growing. Writers have until next Wednesday (February 24th), 11:59 PM EST, to submit their essays in order to qualify to win prizes (First Prize: $10,000, Second Prize $3,600, and Third Prize $1,000).
Here’s My Story: Students and Laymen
Rabbi Avrohom Tanzer is the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva College of South Africa, and the founding rabbi and spiritual leader of the Glenhazel Area Hebrew Congregation in Johannesburg. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Johannesberg in August of 2014.
Brooklyn Museum Goes Kosher
The Brooklyn Museum announced last week that its museum cafeteria, BKM Café, now will be serving a rotating menu of kosher salads, sandwiches and sweets, further gilding it as the first encyclopedic institution in the tri-state area to serve kosher meals.
Passenger Getting Off NYC Subway Dragged to Death
Tragedy struck the New York City subway system on Monday evening, when a man got caught in the doors of a train he was exiting and was dragged to his death. Authorities are investigating how it happened.
Picture of the Day: Tefilas Haderech in a Mezuzah?
Two Crown Heights Bochurim visited a Jewish home in Brooklyn in order to help them fulfill the Mitzvah of Mezuzah, one of the ten campaigns the Rebbe initiated. They removed the family’s old Mezuzah case to check if the parchment inside was still kosher, but were mystified by its strange contents – a handwritten ‘Tefilas Haderech’ (prayer of the traveler), written by pen on regular paper.
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