Thousands Watch as Menorah Lit at Brandenburg Gate
The celebration of Chanukah in Germany started with lighting the Menorah in the heart of Berlin – at the iconic Brandenburg Gate.
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A First for Australia, Menorah Lit in the Parliment
Chabad ACT, led by of Rabbi Shmueli Feldman, organized a menorah lighting and cocktail function in the ACT Parliament marking the first night of Chanukah.
Mayor DeBlasio Lights 1st Light in Park Slope
Returning to the neighborhood in which he lives, mayor Bill DeBlasio was honored with lighting the Shamosh on the first night of Chanukah at Brooklyn’s largest Menorah in Grand Army Plaza. The lighting was arranged by Rabbi Shimon Hecht of Chabad of Park Slope.
Video: Finding Strength in Challenging Times
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Mikeitz. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Where do we find strength in challenging times?
Sydney Children Learn Art of Olive Oil Making
In the lead-up to Chanukah, Hundreds of Jewish primary-schoolers in Sydney, Australia, learned the art of olive oil making.
Photos: First Candle Lit in the Rebbes Room
After Mincha, the first light of Chanukah was lit in the Rebbes Room by Rabbi Chaim Boruch Halberstam.
Photos by Benams
The Sizzling Delight of a Potato Latke
Mrs. Devorah Marrus, Shlucha to Columbia, SC, was featured in The State, a local newspaper, with whom she shared her recipe for delicious, crispy and traditional Chanukah latkes.
Hopes for 11th-Hour Peace Dashed; DC Court Bars Shliach from GWU Campus
A dispute between two Washington, DC, area Shluchim that ended up in secular courts has escalated, as a judge issued an injunction barring a Shliach from operating on and within one mile of the George Washington University campus. Hopes for an 11th-hour peace accord were dashed as the case moves forward.
Also: Editorial reason for suspending the original article inside.
Video: Making a Menorah from PVC… Mexico Style
Meir Rapoport and Mendel Harlig, two Bochurim who are in Cabo, Mexico, assisting the local Shluchim Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, made a Menorah out of PVC piping. The two captured the project on video and shared it with our readers.
Laws and Customs: Chanukah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Chanukah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Yossi Jacobson Leads Chicago Farbrengen
Over 400 people participated in Chicago’s annual Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen, which was held on Thursday Night at The Bellows Center – FREE of Chicago.
Bais Rivkah ‘HOO’ Volunteers Appreciated
An impressive one hundred-eighty HOO volunteers gathered together for a pre-Chanukah chocolate party last Wednesday. HOO – Helping Our Own, a volunteer program initiated by Bais Rivkah High School, reaches out weekly to Crown Heights families going through a challenging or overwhelming time.
Shliach Who Survived Gunshot Lights Menorah
Rabbi Ovadia Isakov, Shliach to Dagestan, a region in southern Russia bordering Chechnya, who was shot in the chest by a Muslim attacker about a year and half ago and made a miraculous recovery, was honored with the lighting of the first Menorah candle at the Merkaz HaChessed in Moscow.
World’s First Chanukah Event Takes Place in Melbourne
What was likely the first Chanukah event this year took place in Melbourne, Australia, when Chabad of Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD) hosted their annual Menorah Lighting and Cocktail Party at Parliament House.
Architect’s rendering of new Chabad building in Vacaville, CA.
Bay Area Chabad Raises $200,000 in One Day
Chabad of Solano County, California, issued a difficult challenge last week: raise $200,000 in 24 hours so that it could make a down payment on a new building in downtown Vacaville.
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