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500th Weekly Edition of ‘Living Torah’ a Milestone
On a crisp September morning in 2001, terrorists hijacked and slammed two airplanes into the World Trade Center’s twin towers in Lower Manhattan. Just miles away, Rabbi Elkana Shmotkin, executive director of JEM (Jewish Education Media), was hard at work on a new project.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Brocho, circa mid 1980s.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday and Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, April 21-22 for Passover. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Toronto Salutes Rebbe with Mitzvah Tank Parade
In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbe’s birthday, nine Mitzvah Tanks paraded through the streets of the Greater Toronto Area, bringing awareness of Pesach to thousands of Jews.
Students Rewarded with Trip to Trampoline Park
For a full month, each student of 7th and 8th grades of Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. gained and achieved on his own level with personal Hachlotos in honor of the Rebbe’s birthday. As a celebration of their tremendous success, the Talmidim were treated with a visit to the largest Trampoline Park in the world.
Another Synagogue Firebombed in Ukraine
At around 2:00am Shabbos morning, two Molotov cocktails were lobbed at a synagogue in Nikolayev, located in the southeast of Ukraine, amid rising tensions between the country’s ethnic Russians and the newly instated pro-western government in Kiev.
Ottawa Shlucha Receives Governor General’s Award
On Monday April 6, Mrs. Devora Caytak was among 46 Canadians who received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award for reaching out to others. Established in 1995 by then governor general Roméo LeBlanc, the award celebrates ordinary Canadians who do extraordinary things helping those in need.
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Dovid Leib and Itty (nee Barber) Marasow
712 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Chaim and Aidel (nee Blau) Zaklos
852 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Dudi and Bella (nee Pinson) Alroy
1466 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Zushe and Chaya (nee Aizenman) Wilmowsky
1522 President St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Jews in Eastern Ukrainian City Told to ‘Register’
A notice was posted on the door of the main Synagogue of Donetsk, Ukraine, and similar flyers appeared elsewhere in the city, demanding that all Jews appear at the pro-Russian-rebel-controlled municipal headquarters to ‘register’ and pay a fee, or else they would be forcibly deported.
Video: Asian Man Sings ‘Dayenu’
The familiar Pesach Seder melody ‘Danyenu’ gets a Far-East twist in this video, which was recently uploaded to YouTube.
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.
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.
