In 5709 (1949) the Frierdiker Rebbe decided to become an American citizen. Due to his health situation, it was extremely difficult for him to travel anywhere, so with the assistance of lawmakers, a rule was passed that in certain circumstances the court, i.e., the judge and the assistants can come to the new citizens’ residence.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman breaks down the significance of saving a person’s life, and how much more so the significance of saving a soul.
Way back in 1977, three young university students had some spare time over the summer holidays. So, they rented a motorhome, added some lettering and pictures using some coloured tapes, and went to explore regional Australia, to see if they could connect with anyone Jewish.
Nearly 100 Shluchim from across Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. converged on Chabad of Princeton University for the annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Kinus.
Explore the history and ongoing relevance of the sacred location of the Beis Hamikdash with the new edition of “Har Habayis: A Collection from Chazal and Commentaries on the Site of the Beis Hamikdash,” compiled by Rabbi Mendel Raskin, produced by the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302.
These Three Weeks – a time of much suffering for our people and of mourning the destruction of our Battie Mikdosh – is a suitable time to share a letter where the Rebbe deals with the age-old question, asked by Moshe Rebbeinu and others: Why do the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper?
Mendel Kaplan (Crown Heights) to Mussie Gorkin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Mendel Volovik (Pittsfield, MA) to Tzivia Treitel (Montreal, Canada)
In the blink of an eye, 15-year-old Mendel Bluming, a lively, cheerful bochur, was suddenly fighting for his life on the side of a road. It is up to us to write the end of the story.
In 2008, Harley Finkelstein was a young law student at the University of Ottawa when he told Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky that he’d like to one day help purchase a building for Chabad at the campus. Now Finkelstein has made good on his promise.
From child birth, to raising a child, to life as a whole, the Rebbe taught us how creating a spiritually holy home can change everything for the better.
In an email regarding construction of their new building, Rabbi Moshe Pinson of Bais Shmuel Chabad released an update outlining the progress made so far.
A huge quarry – one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, dating from the end of the Second Temple period, in recent weeks is being uncovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Har Hotzvim industrial area in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz serves as the principal/dean of the Beth Rivkah Academy in Montreal, where he has been since 1973. He was interviewed in January of 2011 and February of 2020.
In 1909, the second phase of development in Crown Heights began. Fanshaw Construction completed “Spotless Town” and built a row of houses on President Street to the left of 1414.
Spotted in Crown Heights. Two National Guardsmen stationed in Crown Heights due to increased security measures stopped by a local store for a bite to eat. The increased security was put in place following a string of high profile assassinations attributed to Israel.
The following was written as a forward commemorating the life and legacy of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin OBM, by Nachman Dov & Rochel Wichnin and published in honor of his Yartzeit today.
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