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Baby Boy!
Shlomo and Brocha Sternberg (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Meir Rivkin (Kfar Chabad) and Chanie (bas Yuda) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Please Say Tehillim For…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehilllim for Mordechai Nissim ben Miriam, who was injured in an accident and is need of our tefillos.
From Days Gone By: Baking the Rebbe’s Matzos, 1976
In this collection of vintage photos from the archives of R’ Shmuel Zalmanov, Bochurim can be seen preparing and baking Matzos for the Rebbe on Erev Pesach, 1976. Can you identify anyone in the photos?
Laws and Customs: Sefiras Ha’omer
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sefiras Ha’omer for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Weekly Letter: Attaining True Freedom
This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe, sent during the days of Sefiras Ha’omer in 1974, in which he explains that Sefirah is a mitzvah that transcends time and place, and reflects our inner longing for true liberation from our inner limitations and confinements. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Chabad Rabbi Walks on Burning Coals for Charity
A Manchester Chabad Rabbi and members of his congregation walked barefoot on hot coals to raise money for a charity supporting the elderly, local media reported.
Kfar Chabad Celebrates Leader’s Early Release
A joyous and emotional Farbrengen was held last night, Wednesday, at Beis Aguch-770 in Kfar Chabad to celebrate the early release from prison of Rabbi Yosef Y. Aronow, head of Tzeirei Agudas Chabad and director of Chabad’s outreach activities in Israel.
Fire Rips Through Chabad-Run Shul in Sea-Gate
The Jewish community of Sea-Gate, located on the Southwestern edge of Brooklyn, is in shock after a fire ripped through a century-old synagogue, led for the past 25 years by Chabad Shluchim to Sea-Gate Rabbi Chaim and Rivkah Brikman.
Tens of Thousands at the Kosel for Birchas Kohanim
Tens of thousands of Jews visited the Western Wall Thursday morning for the traditional Bircahs Kohanim ceremony on Chol HaMoed Pesach.
Video: What Will the Ultimate Redemption Feel Like?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the holiday of Passover. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What will the ultimate redemption feel like?
Video: Gut Moed!
In this video, courtesy of JEM, the Rebbe wishes his Chassidim “Gut Moed!” on Chol Hamoed Pesach.
Here’s My Story: Repairing Reb Levik’s Headstone
For over 37 years, Rabbi Elozor Gorelik has served as a Chabad emissary in Melbourne, Australia, where he co-directs the Chabad Jewish Russian Center. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in July of 2016.
Erev Pesach: Selling the Chometz
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile.
