The Bais Rivkah High School biennial Shabbaton was greatly anticipated this year. As a sophomore who had never gone before, I didn’t understand the hype for Shabbaton. I didn’t get how it would be different from every other program the school makes. But I sure was in for a surprise.
Do numbers really count?
Do they define you, mock you, scare you?
Do numbers provide focus, gratitude, direction?
I think so.
The Jewish community of Vinnitza, Ukraine was grief stricken, and crying could be heard throughout the masses who gathered to partake in the Levaya of Hatomim Gedalia Greenzayd, OBM, a Yeshiva student who was tragically killed in a terrible accident earlier this week.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Pekudei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why do people want to be blessed?
Eight workers were seriously injured today in a construction accident while working on a decrepit building, located on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Prospect Place.
At about 3:30pm Tuesday, Shomrim received a call that a young Jewish man was attacked and hit in the face by several high school teenagers near the corner of East New York and Troy Avenues.
A police officer was shot and injured near the White Castle fast-food restaurant on the corner of Empire Blvd. and Utica Ave. in Crown Heights. Update: The officer is in stable condition, and the shooter is in custody.
When a 16-year-old Lubavitcher named Ari Halberstam was gunned down on the Brooklyn Bridge on March 1, 1994 by a Lebanese livery cab driver, the killing seemed to be a cut-and-dried case.
Fact: Divorce happens. Fact: There is never a good Divorce. Fact: Divorce affects all segments of society. Fact: Frum people are not immune. Fact: Chabad has its fair statistical share as well. Fact: Even Shluchim get divorced sometimes. Ugly Fact: Withholding a Get is a uniquely horrid tool in a husband’s psychological war on his wife during a divorce.
For 24 hours, every dollar you donate to Lamplighters will become four dollars, thanks to a special ‘Donation Matching’ grant thanks to the generous support of three donor, Eli Nash, Yosef Sidof and Shaya Gordon. Update: Just $5,000 left!
The committee of Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib, a G’mach that benefits many Crown Heights families, is inviting the community to participate in its annual Melave Malka, which will take place this Motzei Shabbos at Beis Rivkah-Crown St.
Last Sunday, a group of thirty participants, including Bar Mitzvah boys and their parents, completed a unique seven-day bar mitzvah journey. It was the first journey of its kind to be organized by the Bar Mitzvah Experience.
Members of the Denver Jewish community were given the opportunity to take an 8 hour course and become certified in Mental Health First Aid this past Sunday at the Bais Menachem Chabad Center.
Moshe Hendel Feiglin first picked up a guitar at age 15 years old, finding comfort and expression through music during his turbulent teens.
TV Talk show host Ricki Lake Interviews Michoel and Chava about their “unconventional” Orthodox Jewish marriage.
Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended citywide today, Wednesday, February 26, to facilitate the winter weather response. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
Last week, following an incredible West Coast Kinus HaShluchim on the previous day, over 70 Shluchim gathered at Chabad of Encino, California for the second day of the Kinus and a full day retreat withRabbi Manis Friedman.
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