Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Ceitlin, OBM, who passed away yesterday at the age of 62, related the following story that he experienced while on Shlichus in Erezt Yisroel during the Lebanon war in 1982. The story was transcribed by Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedolah of Melbourne, who heard it from Rabbi Ceitlin at a Farbrengen, and later shared the transcription with him to review for accuracy.
Quoting from the midrash, Rashi (possuk 5 of chapter 7) notes that Noach only entered the Teva when the rains began pouring down. That is proof that Noach himself was somewhat skeptical about the flood and only when he actually saw it, did he enter the Teva.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yisroel Newman will lead a discussion on the topic – exploring desperate cases in beis din.
A Palestinian terrorist disguised as a journalist stabbed an IDF soldier in Kiryat Arba, near the holy city of Chevron.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe giving a coin to a child for Tzedaka.
A mob of hundreds of terrorists set fire to the compound housing the tomb of Joseph in the historic city of Shechem (Nablus) before dawn on Friday, bringing widespread condemnation from around the world.
Shimon (Kyle) Weisman is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, Moshe Aaron (Michael), OBM, at the basement Apt. of 1539 President St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Wednesday morning. Visiting hours are between noon and 11:00pm. Hamokom […]
Moshe and Rivky Cyrulnik, members of the Chabad community in Melbourne, Australia, already had a name picked out for their newborn baby boy. But when the news reached them a few hours before the Bris that the beloved Shliach and Mashpia Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Ceitlin had passed away, they decided to name him Aharon Eliezer in his memory.
The terrible violence from terror attacks going on in Israel now did not stop one young man from carrying out his Bar Mitzvah dreams: Simon Wurm from Vienna came with his family to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem.
Levi and Chayale (nee Weingarten) Groner (Pelham, NY)
Children learn what it takes to write a Torah scroll and other Jewish ritual items with Chabad’s Jcrafts in Atlanta, Georgia.
Newlyweds Mendy and Esther Turk, who arrived in Israel just two days ago to start their new life together with a year of study in Jerusalem, received a slightly different “welcome” than they may have been anticipating.
Hundreds gathered in front of 770 – the Lubavitch World Headquarters – to partake in the Levaya of the Shliach and noted Mashpia Rabbi Aaron Eliezer Ceitlin, OBM.
Citing a lengthy track record of negligence and unfair treatment of employees, reps for the United Steelworkers union filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday requesting that a vote be taken among B&H Photo Video workers to determine if they want the Steelworkers to represent them in their move to unionize.
Shuzy Karp (Crown Heights) and Rochel Marlow (North Miami Beach, FL)
Yisroel Meir and Shira (nee Green) Abramson (Crown Heights)
Levi and Chayale (nee Kopfstein) Eckhaus (Crown Heights)
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