Rabbi Moshe Klein, who was a volunteer for Hatzalah and helped attend to the Rebbe during the difficult years following his stroke in 1992, relates a story that transpired on the last Yud Shvat before Gimmel Tammuz, in 1994.
A winter Motzei Shabbos may seem to drag on and on, but for a group of young woman with special needs, it never seemed long enough.
Tonight is Yud Shvat; on this day 66 years ago the Frierdiker Rebbe passed away, and exactly one year later the Rebbe assumed leadership of the Lubavitch movement. We present for out readers a collection of videos and learning material, specially produced and compiled for this auspicious day.
A major winter storm will hit the northeastern United States with the potential for heavy snow to impact more than 50 million people at the end of the week.
A cutting-edge new stem cell therapy is achieving “miraculous” results in patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, leaving many able to walk again while showing signs that the disease has been stopped dead in its tracks.
Israeli security forces arrested a Palestinian teenager overnight on suspicion of carrying out the stabbing murder of mother of six Dafna Meir on Sunday in Otniel.
With sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Reb Yisroel Frishman, OBM, a leading member of the Lubavitch community in Jerusalem’s Shikun Chabad. He was 58 years old.
Akiva and Rivky (nee Feldman) Nussbaum (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Beshalach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one live a divinely inspired life?
New York City, home to the world’s largest Jewish population, has seen an increase of 2.5% in hate crimes and anti-Semitic incidents in 2015 according to police commissioner William Bratton.
“Do you want your child to love being Jewish?” The postcard arrived at the right moment for the Mazers. Recently settled in Chandler, Arizona (Jewish pop. 4,000), the couple was looking for a Jewish education for their five-year-old. Rabbi Mendy and Shternie Deitsch, also new arrivals, sent the mailing in search of students for their new hebrew school. It was 1997.
A former addict who now counsels members of the Orthodox-Jewish community who struggle with substance addiction wrote the following op-ed, in which he decries the fear of stigma that prevents many addicts and their families from seeking help when it is most needed.
With a few simple and sincere kind words you can leave an indelible impression on someone else. Watch how little it takes to make a big difference in someone’s life.
Chanoch Bistritzky (Agoura Hills, CA) and Cherrie Sputz (Crown Heights)
Writing for media platform Medium, Crown Heights comedian Moshe Kravitsky shares his thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
With sadness we inform you of the passing Friday night of Mr. Yosef Tzvi (Joel) Greene, OBM, of Boca Raton, Florida, a beloved askan and businessman. He was 77 years old.
Amid overcast skies and the cold biting winds of a winter sandstorm, 1,500 mourners joined Natan Meir and his six children at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery, as Dafna Meir, 39, was laid to rest a day after being murdered by a terrorist at her home in the town of Otniel.
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