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Terror Victim’s Last Text to a Friend: ‘Keep Shabbos’
The last message Yoav Hattab, 21, sent before entering the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket last Friday where his life was cut short in a brutal act of terrorism, was an SMS message urging a friend to observe the upcoming Shabbos.
Rabbis and Imams Lock Arms at Berlin Unity Rally
At a rally this week, around 5,000 people came to the iconic Brandenburger Gate in Berlin holding Charlie Hebdo cartoons, pencils and signs saying “Je suis Charlie.” Among them was Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Chabad Emissary to Germany’s capital.
Father Paris Terror Victim Shares Memories and Pain
The father of Yoav Hattab, 21, who was killed in the Paris supermarket attack last week, said on Friday that, as the attack unfolded, he knew his son had gone down fighting.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe at Mincha-Maariv, circa mid 1980s.
Shabbos at the Besht: Bitachon
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Zalman Goldberg will lead a discussion on the topic – ‘A promotion of Bitachon from the Alter Rebbe.’
Oholei Torah Honors its Staff in Lavish Affair
After visiting the Ohel Oholei Torah kicked off its Shnas HaShishim campaign – sixty years to its founding – and their first event was a special Melava Malka for the staff and faculty members who keep the institution going.
Letter & Spirit: The Meaning of a ‘Happy Birthday’
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe to an individual who was about to celebrate his birthday. 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.
Water Main Break Leaves Dozens without Water and Heat
Dozens of resident on Balfour Place have been left without water, and some without heat as well, after the water main busted and a ‘river of water’ gushed down the street.
Poor Philadelphians Become Community Concern
It is 9:00 am on a Sunday morning in a Northeast Philadelphia warehouse. Over 1,000 volunteers position themselves round hundreds of tables lined with cardboard boxes and a rich variety of kosher food items. A human assembly line forms; children begin tossing packages of macaroni and bags of split peas into boxes.
Op-Ed: iPhones in the Classroom?
With the explosive dissemination of iPhone, Android and Windows smartphone and tablet devices, and the plethora of apps they run, many bemoan the way these new technologies are distracting young students, leading them to advocate for these devices to be banned or at least restricted within our schools. Rabbi Schneur Hayes, a teacher in Miami, makes the argument that, on the contrary, not only should these devices and apps be allowed in the classroom, but that they should be incorporated into the lessons – both Torah and secular – and that students should be encouraged to use them.
New Engagement!
Moshe (Ben Motti) Drizin (Crown Heights) and Racheli David (Staten Island, NY)
Bais Rivkah High Schoolers Prep for Convention
There’s a myth about teenagers in the world, that they are unmotivated and self-absorbed. But if you walked into Bais Rivkah High School at any point in the past few days, this would be easily disproved.
Photos: Thousands Attend Levaya of Kfar Chabad Rov
Thousands of mourners from all walks of Jewish life gathered in Kfar Chabad, Israel, to pay their last respects to the vaunted Rov, Mara D’Asra, Posek, Torah giant and community leader, Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, OBM, who passed away suddenly on the 23rd of Teves, the day of his father’s Yahrtzeit.
