The lights were dimmed, the tables beautifully set, as women and girls entered into the warmth of Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia’s first annual Mother Daughter Melave Malka held at Chabad of the Mainline. From start to finish, the evening was a huge success that truly brought the feeling of unity and Hakhel into the Cheder community.
In response to the great demand and thirst for the the original Hanochos of the Rebbe’s Sichos ‘b’loshon harav’ (in Yiddish) from the years 5742 and on, we are happy to share that this priceless resource has just been made available to the public in honor of Yud Shvat.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Beshalach. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why did G-d tell the Jews to keep quiet and leave it all to him while the Egyptians were attacking them at the Red Sea, but told the Jews to go out and fight when the nation of Amalek attacked them in the desert?
So unique it won’t fit into any category. A mix tailored to your audience. A sound so varied it will be like never before. A fixture in the New York-Florida-France-Israel community for over 15 years, Shuky Sadon has created a wide variety of music experiences at hundreds of weddings, concerts, private events and festivals.
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch for the tri-state area and Long Island, with nor’easter-like conditions expected to begin Saturday morning.
Jules Lassner was an influential businessman and community leader in Bogotá, Colombia, and New York City, serving for many years as president of Cong. Orach Chaim on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A Marine Corps veteran who fought in World War II, he was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in Manhattan in January of 1999.
A fire broke out early Thursday morning inside the ‘Gabboims Closet’ in 770, causing panic amid a number of small Yud Shvat Farbrengens that were still going on at that early hour. Police rule out terrorism.
Thousands of Bochurim packed into the Rosa Hall in Beis Rivka Campus Chomesh for the annual Kinus Hatmimim Haolami and Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat.
Leible Wolosow (Sharon, MA) and Chana Branover (Crown Heights)
In the spirit of Hakhel, and with tremendous appreciation to the Crown Heights community, the women of Crown Heights are all invited to join the Shluchos for an Oneg Shabbos on the Friday night of the Kinus Hashluchos.
The International Kinus Hatmimim and Yud Shvat Frarbrengen, which will take place tonight at 7:00pm at Campus Chomesh in Crown Heights, can be viewed live here at Crownheights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.
During their week off from school for winter break, the students of Moscow’s Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim traveled to the country’s far east – a nine hour flight from the capital – in order to bring the warmth of Judaism to the Jews living there.
Yeshiva Darchai Menachem’s program pirectors and ‘Wayz’ managers, Lavi Klein and Levi Druin, put together an exceptional event last night in honor of Yud Shvat. The program, held in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Hall, featured ‘A Night of Learning and Farbrengen.’
Renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Shais Taub is currently leading a Farbrengen in London in honor of Yud Shvat, which can be viewed live here on CrownHeights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.
The committee of Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib, a Gemach that benefits Many Crown Heights families, is inviting the community to join its annual Melava Malka this Motzai Shabbos at Beis Rivkah-310 Crown Street, beginning at 8:30pm.
Congregation Beis Medrash Eliezer Yitzchok of Crown Heights hosted a Farbrengen last night in honor of Yud Shvat, led by Rabbi Leibel Groner, secretary of the Rebbe, and Rabbi Yitzchok Kogan, known as the ‘Tzadik from Leningrad,’ who risked his life to spread Judaism in the USSR and continues to do so with the same vigor today.
Meish (ben Yitzchok) Wolf (Chicago, IL) and Mushkee (bas Leibel) Raskin (Melbourne, Australia)
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