Purim Around the World: Smolensk, Russia
The Russian city of Smolensk, mere miles from which lies the small town of Lubavitch, was the sight of Purim festivities unlike any the local Jews had seen for many years.
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Purim Around the World: Vinnitza, Ukraine
Despite the recent tragic loss of a young member of their community, the Jews of Vinnitza, Ukraine were able to put away their sorrows and celebrate Purim with joy and optimism.
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Shmuli and Tsipi (nee Eskinazi) Schildkraut (S. Paulo, Brazil)
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Rivka Chaya Hinda bas Nechama Gittel, a Shlucha who is in critical condition.
Baby Boy!
Shayke and Shani (nee Rosenberg) Posner (Crown Heights)
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Sehmini. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one be passionately connected to G-d in all areas of one’s life?
Purim Around the World: Riverdale, NY
Close to 50 members of the Riverdale Jewish community, dressed up Israeli-style, enjoyed delicious Israeli falafel and shwarma and freshly squeezed orange juice against the backdrop of the Kotel at this year’s Purim celebration at Chabad.
Why Was the Rebbe an Honorary Citizen of Russia?
Research for a new book on the life of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—has uncovered mid-19th century records in the Russian State Historical Archive in St. Petersburg that shed important light on a chapter of Chabad-Lubavitch history long clouded by the mists of time.
Op-Ed: What the Measles Outbreak Means for Us
Take a moment and think about the precious children in our lives, our own kids, nieces and nephew, siblings, cousins and neighbors. Think about the horrible pain we all feel when we hear about the death of a child in our community.
by Mordechai Lightstone
Rabbi Groner Farbrengs with Seminary Girls in France
The students of Beis Rivkah girls’ school of France, located in Yerres, a suburb of Paris, had the honor to greet Rabbi Leibel Groner, the Rebbe’s secretary, during a visit he made to the school while in the country.
Partnership Enables Poconos Girls Camp to Flourish
Camp Log-N-Twig was founded in 1953 by the Neulight and Tener families, catering to Jewish children from across the northeastern United States. Nestled on 83 acres of wooded hills and lake lands in the Pocono Mountains, the camp flourished for decades and was sold to the New York UJA (United Jewish Appeal) Federation in 1998.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Yossi Fail, 16, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Hatomim Yosef Yitzchak Fail, OBM, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was only 16 years old.
Purim Around the World: The Village, Manhattan
The Chabad Loft’s ‘Mobile Purim Party’ took Manhattan by storm this past Motzei Shabbos, the eve of Purim.
Purim Around the World: Sumy, Ukraine
With all the uncertainty on the ground in Ukraine, over one hundred men, woman and children of the Jewish community in Sumy gathered in the city’s main synagogue for ‘Purim in the Air.’
Purim Around the World: Bel Air, California
A video slideshow of the internationally themed Purim party hosted by Chabad of Bel Air, California, under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Mentz.
Rabbonim Come Out in Support of the Rosh
In an effort to uphold and strengthen our standards of yiddishkeit and chassidishkeit, a group of Chabad Rabbonim have come out with a Kol Koreh (public announcement) supporting a recent statement by Rabbi Ezra Schochet.
Video: The Frierdiker Rebbe Becomes a U.S. Citizen
On this day 65 Years ago (16 Adar, 1949), the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe accepted citizenship from the United States in a special ceremony in his office.
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