Video: Why Do We Need a Rebbe?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayakhel-Pikudei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why do we need a Rebbe?
Thousands Enjoy Purim Puppet Theater Across Florida
Thousands of Jewish children across Florida enjoyed the traveling Purim Puppet Theater, a project of the Chabad Youth Network of Florida, directed by Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick.
A Letter of Thanks from Nadiv’s Mother
Mrs. Rivka Kehaty, the mother of Nadiv Kehaty OBM wrote a heartfelt letter of thanks during the Shiva for her son. “I dont know if this is an appropriate thing to do during shiva… but I could not let everything being done for Nadiv’s wife and children go by with silence from us.” Read the full letter in the Extended Article.
From Days Gone By: An American Bochur
In this vintage photograph, taken in the early 1950s, a young Yehoshua Wilansky, may he be well, sits on his bike outside the Lubavitch Yeshiva on Bedford and Dean.
The Chabad center in Berlin (left) and affixing "Germany's largest Mezuzah" on the Chabad center.
Germany’s Largest Mezuzah Gets Notice
In a bold display of Jewish pride, Chabad of Berlin installed what may well be the largest mezuzah in Germany. “The reaction to anti-Semitism may be to hide our identity. But we need to wear our Judaism proudly,” says Rabbi Yehudah Tiechtel, executive director of Chabad in Berlin and rabbi of the city’s Jewish community.
Police Investigating Homeowner’s Death as a Homicide
A man was found dead this afternoon in the basement of his home, which is next door to the largest Jewish girls’ school in Crown Heights. Police are investigating the death as a homicide.
New Engagement!
Shmuli Rutman (England) and Mushky Okunov (Crown Heights)
$1 Million Being Raised for Kehaty Family
After successfully raising almost $200,000 on behalf of the young family of Nadiv Kehaty, OBM, through a GoFundMe campaign, Nadiv’s fellow Shul-goers set up a parallel Charidy campaign, with the aim of raising another $250,000 – as part of a campaign to raise a total of $1 million dollars.
Luitzker Rebbe Reviews ‘Schneersohn Library’
Amid a visit to Moscow, the Rebbe of Luitzk, who is a descendant of the Alter Rebbe, stopped by for a visit at the Jewish Museum of Tolerance, where the Frierdiker Rebbe’s collection of Seforim and manuscripts is archived.
Melbourne Students Awarded for Mishnayos Baal Peh
Students, parents, teachers and friends came together on the evening of February 26 in Melbourne, Australia, for the 25th Annual Mishnayos Ba’el Peh Awards Evening to recognize the achievements of Yeshivah College students who had achieved outstanding results in their efforts to learn Mishnayos Ba’el Peh.
Emotional Day of Events at ‘Rashi’s Campus’
A palpable feeling of Jewish unity emanated from the hundreds of people gathered on Sunday at Chabad of North Fulton in Alpharetta, Ga. Members of the crowd sported black hats and beards, jeans and T-shirts, long sleeves and skirts; in fact, those assembled could be construed as resembling a Torah scroll itself, bringing letters and souls together to form a single Jewish people.
Letter: Why Is the Pain So Deep?
Why is the pain so deep? Why couldn’t I sleep last night? I don’t think I ever exchanged more than a few words with him. We saw each other each morning on our walk to Oholei Torah daily for 2 years. Our sons were in the same class. He always greeted us with a happy “Good Morning.”
by Sheva Tauby
Info to Be Menachem Avel R’ Shmuel Finck
R’ Shmuel Finck is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, Dr. Moshe Finck, OBM, at 1539 Union St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]. Shachris – 7:30am. Mincha – Shkia. Maariv – Tzeis. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei […]
Mrs. Breindel Fleishman (third from the right), watches her granddaughter Naama Weisberg (right), light a memorial candle in remembrance of those murdered in the Holocaust.
Survivor Thanks Russia for Liberating Her from Auschwitz
“I have come here to thank the soldier from the Red Army who came to save me. Who knows where I would be today, if not for him,” Breindel Fleishman, 90, told those gathered last month at the Moscow Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Packing up food gifts to be sent to “lone soldiers” in the Israeli Defense Forces, as part of this year's Purim project run by the Chayal el Chayal (“Soldier to Soldier”) organization.
‘Lone Soldiers’ in Israel Receive Purim Packages Reminiscent of Home
Bringing a taste of home to those protecting Israel this Purim, Chayal el Chayal (“Soldier to Soldier”) brought mishloach manot, personal holiday letters written at Chabad centers around the world, along with general Purim joy to “lone soldiers” in the Israeli Defense Forces from the north to the south.
Moscovites Pledge Support for Chessed Organization
For the 14th year in a row, a lavish Melave Malka was held in Moscow on behalf of the Keren Chaya Mushka Chessed Organization, which operates throughout the Moscow region – bringing much needed food, aid and comfort to the needy.
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