Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe Davening Shachris on Chol Hamoed Pesach, 1962.
Seder in Scotland Creatively Scheduled
About 120 men, women and children attended a Pesach Seder arranged by Chabad in Glasgow, Scotland. Running a Seder in Scotland is challenging, as the earliest time to start the Seder this year was 9:20pm! In light of this, the Seder schedule was adjusted to accommodate the late hour.
A Day of Incredible Celebration in Chevron
The Jewish community of Chevron celebrated ecstatically with 500 visitors, led by 60 Shluchim in a program organized by the JLI, as they welcomed a new Sefer Torah at the local Chabad Center.
Eight Chabad camp directors attended the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Biennial Leaders Assembly.
At Camp Conference, Directors Talk Anything but ‘Bunk’
Binyamin Murray grew up on a poultry farm in rural Connecticut, learning to hunt with a bow, and catch fish in lakes and rivers. Spiritually, the 2006 University of Vermont graduate has traveled a long way from his secular upbringing: He’s studying for rabbinical ordination at the Rabbinical College of America, aChabad institution in Morristown, N.J.
Letter and Spirit: The Behavior of Frum Jews
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he addresses the issue concerning the inconsistency in the daily conduct of some frum individuals, which turns many people off from Torah. The reason is often misunderstood, and the Rebbe explains it with an interesting example. 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.
Hundreds Attend Chabad Seder in Thailand
More than 400 people sang their way through the Haggadah on the first night of Passover at the Seder held at the Chabad House of Bangkok, Thailand.
Members of the national soccer team of Israel walk in the Raul Wallenberg Memorial Park in the garden of the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary.
Jews and Sports: The Call to Ban Israel
The Israel National soccer team could be facing a possible World Cup ban, including other soccer sanctions, unless it alleviates travel restrictions and increases field access for Palestinian players and coaches.
by Yossi Goldstein
Photo: VIN News / Flash 90.
Photos and Video: Birchas Kohanim at the Western Wall
Over 60,000 people gathered on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem this morning for an awe inspiring Birchas Kohanim, chanted by thousands of Kohanim with their hands raised under the cover of Talesim.
Photo: Meir Alfasi.
Chabad Delivers 200,000 Matzos to IDF Soldiers
Chabad in Israel teamed up with the Friends of the IDF organization to distribute over 200,000 handmade Shmura Matzos to Israeli soldiers around the country.
At the Brink of War, Kharkov Welcomes New Torah
Despite the political instability sweeping through the city and the rest of Eastern Ukraine, the Jewish community of Kharkov joined together to celebrate the completion of a new Sefer Torah on the Eve of 11 Nissan.
Illustration photo
Container Arrives in Nepal Just in Time for Seder
Over 1,000 Jewish travelers breathed a sigh of relief when, after having been stuck for weeks in an Indian port due to a strike by Israel’s Foreign Ministry, a container of supplies needed by Chabad of Nepal to conduct the world’s largest Seder arrived just hours before the onset of Yomtov.
Israeli soldiers at the shooting site.
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Pesach Eve Terror Attack
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on a Jewish family traveling to attend a Seder in the West Bank Monday afternoon, killing the father and wounding the mother and one of the several children in the car.
Fire Damages Ottawa Chabad; Pesach Plans Go On
A fire last week in the Rohr Chabad Student Network of Ottawa building in Canada has damaged the home that serves as the communal gathering spot for Jewish students and as the residence for the area’s emissaries, Yocheved and Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky and their five daughters, ages 2 to 10.
Photos: Crown Heights Rabbis Sell the Chometz
Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba and Rabbi Shlomo Segal met this morning to perform the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile in the Kolel Tiferes Z’keinim room in 770. Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht did the same at the offices of the NCFJE.
Photos: Burning the Chometz in Crown Heights
Crown Heights residents set out this morning to fulfill the custom of Biur Chometz – the burning of the leavened bread before Passover. As in previous years, an area in front of 770 was designated as the main location for this purpose.
Family of Rabbi Benzion and Elka Chanowitz.
After 70 Years of Kaddish, Children of Holocaust Survivors Discover Truth
Cousins unknown to each other for decades following the Holocaust have been reunited this week with a stunning discovery that shook them to their very core.
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