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Video: Attaining the Greatest Level of Joy
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the holiday of Sukkos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one attain the highest level of joy?
Letter & Spirit: Science Affirms Monotheism
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he expounds on the unity we find in creation, which science is coming to realize more and more as it searches for the ideal formula which would combine all physical phenomena into one comprehensive equation. 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.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mendel Cotlar, 13, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Hatomim Mendel Cotlar of Houston, TX. He passed away this morning after many years of living with Glycogen Storage Disease. He was 13 years old, having just celebrated his Bar Mitzvah last month.
Videos: What We Can Learn from the Rebbe Maharash
Being that today is the 13th of Tishrei, the Rebbe Maharash’s yahrtzeit, JEM compiled a collection of videos in which the Rebbe describes what we can learn from his life and legacy.
From Days Gone By: One of the First Sukkah Mobiles
In this photo collection from Lubavitch Archives, one of the very first ‘sukkah mobiles’ can be seen on the streets of College Park, Maryland. The photos were taken on Chol Hamoed Sukkos, circa 1970.
The Life and Legacy of the Rebbe Maharash
In honor of Yud Gimmel Tishrei, the yahrzeit of the Rebbe Maharash we asked Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon, the author of the acclaimed Rebbeim Biography Series if he can share with us some insights into the life of the Rebbe Maharash. He graciously agreed to give us an unedited portion of his upcoming biography on the Rebbe Maharash.
Photos: First Month at Mesivta Lubavitch of Monsey
Mesivta Lubavitch of Monsey has now completed its first month of the new zman with, Boruch Hashem, much success. The zal is filled with the sounds of twenty bochurim, joined by the Talmidei Hashluchim, learning, davening, farbrenging and growing in Chassidishkeit.
Letter: My Memories of Reb Hershel Backman
Studying at the University of Vermont, Rabbi Fishel Jacobs, who had not yet become observant, met R’ Hershel Backman, OBM, during the holiday of Sukkos. He writes about this meeting, which led to a Jewish revival in the town, which has one of the oldest synagogues in the United States.
Israeli President, Foreign Minister Receive 4 Minim
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman received beautiful sets of Arba Minim from a Chabad delegation, including the latter’s longtime acquaintance, Rabbi Levi Edri.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Brana Shaina Deitsch, 72, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Mrs. Brana Shaina Deitsch, OBM, wife of R’ Mordecai Deitsch of New Haven, Connecticut. She was 72 years old. Levaya times and Shivah info added.
Baby Girl!
Moishy and Rivky (nee Lepkivker) Goldman (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
Israeli Mall Names Synagogue for Fallen Soldiers
At a busy mall in the Israeli city of Netanya, hundreds turned out to celebrate the inauguration of a synagogue in memory of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, two Israeli soldiers killed in the recent Gaza war.
English Speaking Bochurim Treated to Special Panel
While much of the focus during the month of Tishrei is on the guests, Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim has not forgotten the local Bochurim who are currently in bein hazmanim. A special panel of distinguished speakers gave some 500 attendees a walk through – in English – of the years of Sukkos and Simchas Torah with the Rebbe.
Faculty and Friends Attend Shloshim for School’s co-Founder
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.
Baby Boy!
Yoel and Chevy (nee Gurary) Naparstek (Crown Heights)
18.9% Uptick in Tickets this Summer Despite De Blasio Pledge to Back Off
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.
