With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rebbetzin Golda Schwei OBM, a longtime resident of Montreal who inspired many women over the years. She passed away on Thursday, 4 Shevat 5776. She was 78 years old.
Shmuel and Nechama Peles (Crown Heights)
Yesterday evening the NY Post published a heartwarming story that spread through social media like wildfire: a nurse at a California nursing home received a Powerball ticket from her boss – Frum businessman and philanthropist Shlomo Rechnitz – and won the largest jackpot in lottery history. Unfortunately, the story turned out to be a hoax.
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of Yud Shvat, we present a letter of the Rebbe underlining the Frierdiker Rebbe’s self sacrifice for Yidden in all areas of Yiddshkeit – but especially in the area of chinuch, the most vital and basic of all others. 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.
A group of second graders sit in a circle in a colorful New York City classroom as their teacher leads them in a guided meditation of the Adon Olam prayer. Weaving in Hebrew words from the prayer as she describes trees, animals and people, the teacher asks the children to imagine a world stripped of these basic earthly elements.
The famed Kibbutz Degania Alef on the shores of the Kinneret in northern Israel has received a noteworthy new gift. The kibbutz, Israel’s very first, established in 1909 under Ottoman rule, now has a kosher Torah scroll for use for services, holidays, religious ceremonies and more.
The Al Jazeera America cable news network said Wednesday it will shut down two and a half years after its launch.
While responding to an emergency call last night, a Hatzalah volunteer’s vehicle struck the new pedestrian island installed at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Ave. by the NYC Dept. of Transportation, completely destroying the brand new vehicle.
A Palestinian terrorist wounded an Israeli commander on Thursday after stabbing him on the slopes of ‘Har Eval’ near Shchem, located in the West Bank.
After we published a video clip yesterday in which Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi can be heard disparaging the Chabad movement, he reached out to us with a response, saying that the video in question was taken out of context by his detractors, and that he has always been an admirer of the Rebbe and Chabad.
Around 250 people attended a gala dinner in Miami to affirm their commitment to Jewish Community Watch’s future. At the event, seven survivors of CSA spoke out.
Rabbi Samuel Levine is presently the head of Hillel Day School in Boca Raton, Florida, where he resides. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project at Chabad of Boca Raton in March of 2011.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Chaim Schneur Zalman Shur OBM an eltere Chossid from Nevel who lived in Montreal. He was 92 years old.
Ovadia Menashe (Udi) Antian (Crown Heights) and Moussia Szmerling (Melbourne, Australia)
Mendel Weingarten (Flint, MI) and Miriam Wilhelm (Portland, OR)
Yeshiya (ben Yaakov Yoel) Spielman (Crown Heights) and Fruma Morrison (Troy, NY)
