In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of the upcoming Shmittah year, we present an in-depth letter of the Rebbe in which he explains the concepts of Shabbos and Shmittah, with fascinating insights on the subject. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Rabbis Berel Bendet and Levi Dubov say they’re having a delightful time traveling North Idaho and meeting its residents. And, no doubt, those who get to meet the two from the Chabad Rabbinical Visitation Program during their tour of Idaho are enjoying Bendet and Dubov as well.
Three teenagers attacked a Jewish man on an Albany Avenue street corner Wednesday night in a suspected ‘knockout’ attack. Police are investigating the assault as a possible hate crime.
Chabad students and Rabbis from the US, Europe, and Israel have set off on a journey across Russia in ‘Mitzvah tanks.’ As part of the trip, the expedition will visit Crimea, a territory recently annexed by Russia, to promote Judaism there.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Friday, August 15, for a Christian holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
It’s not a synagogue, not centered around prescribed hours of worship. It’s not about rituals performed within walls. It doesn’t even have a building, not yet anyway. Think more of a Jewish grandmother’s kitchen where the scent of challah bread lingers, the oven never rests and nobody leaves hungry. Even if they want to.
While most couples establishing Chabad on Campus centers are not much older than the students they serve, Rabbi Shlomo and Matti Banon of Montreal, QC, and their nine children just completed their first year working with the Jewish student body at Université de Montreal (UdeM) and say that they all have been enriched by the experience.
On a recent episode of The Voice, an Israeli singing competition show, a contestant from the previous year named Shai Dibo Cohen returned to try his luck again. While at his previous performance Shai looked like your typical Israeli from Tel Aviv, this time he came dressed differently – and with an added surprise for the audience and judges.
This Sunday was a big day for Australians as the “City 2 Surf” run took off with 81,000 runners. JEMS (Jewish Education Matters) was there too, manning two tables with water, cookies and Tefilin.
In yet another first, Camp Gan Israel-New York enjoyed a spectacular Benny Friedman Concert this past Sunday.
A mourner attending a memorial service in North Miami Beach, Fla. for Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, had his car defaced with a swastika, reaffirming the prevailing belief that his murder was a hate crime. The local police, however, remain unconvinced.
One month of extreme sports, extreme learning and extreme fun came together for the ninety teens, and twenty staff members who made up this year’s CTeen Xtreme travel camp.
In response to the ‘Tznius signs’ that were posted along Kingston Ave. two weeks ago, a member of the Crown Heights community crafted her own sign in response. (See complete photo in extended article.)
On March 11th, 2014, 10 Adar 5774, Rashi Minkowicz, a 37-year-old mother of eight and Shlucha, passed away suddenly. She was a co-founder and leader of the Jewish community in the northern Atlanta suburbs of Alpharetta and Johns Creek.
The grand opening of the new Chabad Jewish Community Center Aspen Valley reflected a tone similar to Colorado itself: warm, natural, friendly and touched by some of the most well-known mountains in America. And so it was fitting that, early in the event, with the backdrop of those iconic Rocky Mountains, Colorado Congressman Scott Tipton presented Chabad Rabbi Mendel Mintz with a flag that once flew over the nation’s capital.
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