When Rabbi Yudi Winterfeld, director of Chabad of Mile End, ordered the “pedi-Sukkah” from a company in upstate New York, he didn’t expect such positive response in Outremont, an area where Chassidim and their neighbours appear to be at odds with one another. He also initially thought that when the Sukkos holiday would finish, he would throw the pedi-Sukkah, a Sukkah connected to a bicycle, into storage.
Over Chanukah, the children who spent last summer at Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY were delighted to find a special Chanukah edition of the CGI Newsletter awaiting each of them in their respective mail boxes.
The construction of an 8 foot Rainbow-Loom Menorah was the highlight of the annual Chanukah celebration at Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold, NJ on Sunday, Dec 1st.
On Sunday, the fifth night of Chanukah, the second annual public Menorah lighting in Kanata – a suburb of Ottawa – was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Mordechai Berger, OBM, the Rebbe’s first Shliach to Canada’s capital city.
About a thousand children and parents from various communities of Montreal participated in the 41st annual Chanukah Spectacular & Carnival at Beth Rivkah.
Remember that feeling when you saw something you’ve only heard about for the first time in your life? Remember the emotion? It’s a pretty cool moment, isn’t it?
Chabad of Canberra, Australia’s Capital Territory, lit a public six foot Menorah erected at Westfield Belconnen in the presence of hundreds of people. It was followed by a community-wide celebration kicking off the first night of Chanukah.
With sadness we inform you of the passing this morning of Mrs. Chana Reizel Rabin, OBM, of Edgware, London, UK.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Miller will lead a discussion on the topic: Is It Okay to Be Fat?
A grand menorah lighting and olive oil tasting took place at the Whole Foods in Berkeley, CA, on the seventh night of Chanukah.
Levi and Avremel Piekarski of Crown Heights’ Bais Shmuel go every Sunday to put on Tefillin with seniors at an adult daycare center in Canarsie. This Chanukah, the brothers, joined by other Beis Shmuel congregants and their families, made a party attended by about 200 of the seniors, where they distributed Menorahs and doughnuts and danced to live music.
During Chanukah, the tireless and dedicated Released Time instructors visits the homes of their students, bringing the joy and beauty of Chanukah not just to the students who attend their classes but to their entire family. In total, more than 700 families were visited.
Almost a year after the U.S District Court ordered that books taken from the Chabad Library be returned to Agudas Chasidei Chabad, they were finally brought back.
A young teenage Jewish girl was the victim of an assault in Crown Heights Thursday evening. The perpetrator, a Black teenager riding a scooter, groped the girl and sped off.
Dov and Chanie Landa
734 Lefferts Ave. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.]
Shaya and Marissa Rochester
352 Crown St. [corner New York Ave.]
Shimon and Mushky (nee Goldberg) Schechter
370 Brooklyn Ave. [between Carrol and Crown Sts.]
Reuven and Rivka (nee Goldstein) Roth
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What is the Role of a Rebbe? In a handwritten note, publicized in the Teves edition of the “A Chassidisher Derher” magazine, the Rebbe lends a rare glimpse at the role the Rebbe embodies. The note is part of an article that brings deeper perspective into the saga surrounding Hey Teves.
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