A Palestinian terrorist stabbed and critically wounded 27-year-old Avrohom Goldschmidt in Jerusalem, but his rampage was cut short by a body guard along with the city’s mayor Nir Barkat – dramatic video footage shows.
Second Bite, an Australian organization which rescues supermarket food that has reached its use by date, has joined Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen, a soup kitchen directed by Chabad Shliach Rabbi Dovid Slavin, in a new initiative to get that food to those who need it.
Violinist Shimon Weitzhandler skillfully performs the popular Chabad Niggun ‘Hupp Kossack’ on violin. Accompanying him is the Blue Melody orchestra.
Friends and supporters of G’mach Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib turned out for a seudas Melava Malka last night, Motzai Shabbos Parshas Terumah.
It’s a family tradition of sorts. Jacob Susskind’s father played basketball for a year as an undergraduate at Mulhenberg College in Allentown, Pa. His mother, while not a college athlete, is a personal trainer and holistic nutritional consultant.
When Rabbi Elchonon Halperin of London came by the Rebbe to ask for a blessing for his granddaughter’s wedding, the Rebbe said to the Kallah: “Your wedding date falls out at just the right time to ‘increase in joy.'”
Shaya and Chanie Gordon (Crown Heights)
Israelis in various regions of the country woke up to see white on Friday morning, with snow falling from the Golan Heights in the north to the Negev in the south overnight. Especially beautiful is the sight of the ancient holy city of Jerusalem covered in snow, which was captured in this video by a camera-equipped drone.
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Hatomim Yehudah Shmuel Maimon, OBM, son of the well-known Lubavitcher radio broadcaster Reb Ami Maimon of Chulon, Israel. He passed away mere days after celebrating his Bar Mitzvah.
Inspired by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who would stand for hours every Sunday giving out dollars for others to pass on to those in need, a group of girls went out onto the streets of New York with a bucket of change. Rather than asking for money, they gave out money. This is what happened…
Schneur Zalman (ben R’ Mendel) Reizes (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Bronstein (Andover, MA)
On the third floor of Montreal’s Lubavitch Yeshiva, a giant mural depicting a map of the world with flags pinned to the location of each Chabad Yeshiva was recently unveiled. The mural was made up of 7500 bottle caps and took six months to complete.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic – the month of Adar and Purim.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe attentively listening to someone.
A dangerous criminal that was on a violent spree was captured this week and the officers involved in his capture were honored at the precinct council meeting.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Parshas Trumah, we present a letter from the Rebbe based on a talk of the Frierdiker Rebbe about the Mishkan and its deeper significance as it relates to our personal travels and duties. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
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