This past Sunday, a Shloshim gathering was held for Rebbetzin Esther Teitelbaum, OBM, wife of Reb Michoel Teitelbaum, founders of the Moisad Chinuch Oholei Torah, in the East Flatbush Kindergarten. Despite the busy time of year, a large crowd of over 150 people attended.
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
Yoel and Chevy (nee Gurary) Naparstek (Crown Heights)
Records compiled over the summer show an 18.9% upswing in tickets issues to New York City businesses from the same period last year, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign promise to back-off and cut the city’s small business owners a break.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sukkos (up to – but not including – Hoshanah Rabbah), including the laws of building a Sukkah, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Look for Levi Duchman on a bike. Not just any bike, though. The 21-year-old Chabad yeshivah student in Brooklyn, N.Y., is riding around on a modified pedi-cab—an adult-sized, three-wheeled cycle (a tricycle, really) that instead of having a set of seats in the back attaches to various holiday accoutrements.
Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief Dovid Efune sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, just hours after the PM’s meeting with President Obama at the White House and days after his blistering address to the United Nations.
This past Tuesday, Vov Tishrei, Bais Rivkah High School celebrated the 50th Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin Chana by dedicating numerous special programs to honor the three Mitzvos relating to her name: Challah, Shabbos Candles and Family Purity.
How many sukkahs can you fit in a yard? Well, apparently at least 30, as the geometry-proficient managers of the Lee Gardens Project, an apartment complex in Williamsburg, have conclusively proven.
As the Holiday of Sukkos approaches, The Creative Soul is gearing up to host its annual Community Art Show. Unlike in previous years though, the show will take place at the Creative Soul’s own space – their gallery at 386 Kingston Ave. in the heart of Crown Heights.
Levi and Chani (nee Popack) Wilschanski (Crown Heights)
A unique yearly gathering at the NCFJE headquarters in Crown Heights was the subject of this feature article, which appeared in both the online and print editions of the Wall Street Journal, written by associate editor Bari Weiss. At the meeting, dozens of rabbis, all members of the distinguished Hecht family, share their best ideas for a Yom Kippur sermon with the rest of their kin.
Pinny and Chaia (nee Khafif) Super (S. Paulo, Brazil)
In 1975 a group of Bochurim took it upon themselves and built a brand new Sukkah for the Rebbe, and yesterday it was once again built ahead of the Yom Tov of Sukkos. Reb Shmuel Zalmanov presents a special gallery of the Sukkah being built for the first time in 1975.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Doba Kaminezki OBM, daughter of Reb Avrohom Mayor Drizin and wife of Reb Reuven Kaminetzky. She was 86 years old.
Mordy Hellinger (Florida/Chevron, Israel) and Nechama Dina Weisz (Crown Heights)
Daniel and Chaya Ladaiov (Crown Heights)
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