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Photos: Hundreds at Lag BaOmer Bonfire
Hundreds of Crown Heights residents of all ages turned out tonight, Wednesday, for the Lag Ba’omer bonfire on Kingston Avenue, in front of the George Wingate High School.
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Video: The Ultimate Chassidic Food Taste Test
Filmmaker Meir Kalmanson gathered six brave taste testers to try out Chassidic food for their first time.
Next Task in Nepal: Retrieving the Remains of Jews for Burial
With the body of 22-year-old hiker Or Asraf in the airport en route to Israel, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, co-director of Chabad of Nepal, says the grisly work of searching for Jewish remains continues in the wake of the April 25 earthquake that crippled the South Asian nation.
World’s First Lag Ba’omer Celebration a Success
Lag Ba’omer at the Sydney Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW HQ this year was a wonderful experience. Live Music accompanied by the voice of Cantor Yehoshua Niasoff filled the air as the first logs of the bonfire began to catch fire. People came from all around Sydney to participate in this family-themed event, this year’s first Lag Ba’omer celebration in the world.
Music Video: Celebrate
This new song from Jewish music star duo 8th Day, titled ‘Celebrate,’ will have you on your feet dancing and singing joyously along. It was released just in time for Lag Ba’omer, when the custom to refrain from listening to music during Sefirah is put on hold.
Campers and staff pose for a group photo during a trip in summer 2013. Archive Photo.
Morristown Day Camp to Reopen This Summer
After a hiatus last summer, when it closed for the first time in 40 years due to insurmountable budget constraints, Camp Gan Israel (Gan Izzy) of Morristown, NJ, is set to reopen this summer under new leadership.
Picture of the Day: ‘He Merited to See the Lubavitcher Rebbe’
A photo of a unique headstone has been making its rounds on social media. The Matzeiva, belonging to a man named Ezra Mualem who passed away back in 2009 at the age of 79, reads: “he merited to see the Lubavitcher Rebbe.”
Tens of thousands of Israeli children from all walks of Jewish life—and from the entire range of Torah observance—look forward to taking part in Lag BaOmer parades like this one in Beitar Ilit.
Getting Ready for Lag Ba’omer in Every Israeli City and Town
There is a special hum that begins to vibrate throughout the Land of Israel in the days preceding Lag BaOmer. In each big city and small village, in every neighborhood and street, boys can be seen toting wood to gather into piles for the bonfires they will be lighting, while girls get their outfits ready for the big parade.
Video Gallery: Lag Ba’omer Through the Years
Watch the great Lag Ba’omer parades as they progressed through the years, from 1956 through 2014, in this captivating video gallery compiled and edited by JEM.
Video: How to Focus on Your Mission
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Emor. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one focus on his/her mission?
Picture of the Day: Lag BaOmer in Sydney
Tonight will mark the beginning of Lag BaOmer and in Sydney it already is ‘tonight’, where the Talmidim Hashluchim set up a bon fire in honor of this auspicious day.
NY1: Diana Richardson Wins 43rd District Elections
According to NY1’s real-time election results they are calling the election in favor of Diana Richardson after 98% of the votes were counted with %50 in her favor. Mendy Raitport came in third with %20.
Picture of the Day: College President Walks for Friendship
Rockland Community College President Dr. Cliff Wood, along with several Jewish students of the college’s chapter of Hillel, poses for a photo at the Chabad of Suffern Friendship Circle walk this past Sunday, May 3rd.
New Event Hall Dedicated in Ukraine Campus
A brand new state-of-the-art event hall was dedicated Sunday in the Or Avner educational campus, located on the outskirts of Zhitomir in western Ukraine.
Extensive New Space for S. Diego Jewish Center
Chabad at La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif., has hosted plenty of activities in its 25 years of existence. The past, though, is nothing compared to what the future holds, thanks to a major construction project that took the center from a small, old wooden building to a modern, two-story structure with room to grow.
Art Gallery to Host Ladies Only Lag Ba’omer Concert
The Creative Soul invites women and girls to celebrate Lag Ba’omer this Wednesday, May 6, with talented and celebrated music artists Rivka Leah (Cylich) Velkovich and Chaya Sara Weiss.
Besht Opens Weekly Kollel for All Ages
For many of us, spending quality time learning, let alone learning in a yeshiva or kolel, is an unattainable dream. We often crave the ability to incorporate more Torah learning and inspiration into our busy lives, but have resigned ourselves to the fact that this is something from the past.
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