If smoking is so dangerous, why has no Halachic Issur been issued against it? Does keeping Kosher make us physically healthier? These questions are addressed by the Rebbe in two letters found in the archives of Rabbi Nissan Mindel, a personal secretary of the Rebbe, and were made available for publication by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Purim excitement was already in the air Friday night at YNS (AKA Rabbi ‘O’s Yeshiva) in New Jersey. During Kabbolas Shabbos and Ma’ariv, the bochurim sang and danced the Tefilos to all different niggunim.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Rachamim Gochafi, OBM, of Eretz Yisroel. He was 67 years old.
Shauli and Chanie (nee Nissim) Zohar (Crown Heights)
A group of about 40 Jewish young men from Moscow arrived in New York Wednesday for a weekend of learning, inspiration and personal growth.
Children with special needs and their families really did have a joyous Purim this year in Crown Heights.
This year, Purim in Ulyanovsk, Russia was especially joyous. For the fourth year in a row, the Jewish community was allowed to use the city’s Tatar Islamic Cultural Center free of charge to host the Purim party, alleviating from them the financial cost of renting a hall.
On Monday, March 10, emotions were at their peak as the ribbon for the new Beth Hillel Educational Center in Paris, France was cut.
Yishai Dinnerman (S. Diego, CA) and Bluma Hyman (Pittsburgh, PA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
Chabad of Orange County, led by Shluchim Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, held a grand community “Purim Under the Sea” event at the Goshen Harness Museum in Goshen, New York.
Yisroel New (Crown Heights) and Vita Zeiler (Jerusalem, Israel)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at 1373 President St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.] from 5:00pm to 9:00pm
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.
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.
Shmuli and Tsipi (nee Eskinazi) Schildkraut (S. Paulo, Brazil)
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Rivka Chaya Hinda bas Nechama Gittel, a Shlucha who is in critical condition.
Shayke and Shani (nee Rosenberg) Posner (Crown Heights)
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?
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