When even Russian policemen had to pass security checks to enter the Sochi Winter Olympics, Rabbi Berel Lazar was waved in without ever showing his ID.
A group of yungerlite organized a special extended screening of a Purim Farbrengen the Rebbe held in 1972. The viewing will take place in Kolel Menachem on Kingston Avenue and Union Street at 8:45pm and will feature four Sichos.
A new initiative was launched earlier this year at Oholei Torah Mesivta, in which the Bochurim set out to complete an entire volume of Likutei Sichos and write a synopsis of each Sicha.
In honor of Purim, TorahCafe.com has released three exclusive music videos from this past year’s National Jewish Retreat!
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Taanis Esther and Purim for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Over 60 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel over the past few hours. The Islamic Jihad terror organization is claiming responsibility.
Two people are dead, 22 are hurt and others are missing after two buildings collapsed following a gas leak explosion that rattled upper Manhattan and shattered windows with a blast that could be felt blocks away.
Little ‘Mordechais’ from Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s Gan Tmimim on Crown Street got to feel what Mordechai felt when Haman led him around on the king’s horse and dress, when they all got to ride on a pony in front of their school this morning.
Rafi Goodwin (Leeds, UK) and Chaya Brocha (bas R’ Eli) Sufrin (London, UK)
As the Chabad community still reels from the shocking news of the passing of Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM, an unexpected source of comfort has emerged: a prophetic letter of consolation from the Rebbe.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of yet another member of the Rebbe’s army: Rabbi Motty Gal, OBM, head Shliach to Ramat Gan, Israel. He was 62 years old.
With great sadness, shock and deep pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM, Shlucha to Alpharetta, Georgia. She was 37 years old, and left behind a grieving husband, eight children and community. Levaya Times Added.
Sholom and Shaina (nee Rabiski) Rapoport (Crown Heights)
Leading cult expert Rabbi Rafael Aron has released a comprehensive report on The Call of the Shofar program, summarizing the information he amassed over the past few months he spent investigating the group.
Steadfast to its continued commitment to offering the most wholesome summer camp experience both b’gashmius and b’ruchnius, Camp Emunah B’nos Yaakov Yehudah has just announced the hiring of a new Ruchnius Team for its Jr. Division.
For two years Rabbi Hershy Bronstein tried to buy the vacant Buffalo Southwestern Café building in Coral Springs, Florida to convert it into a Chabad synagogue. But it took the help of an evangelical Christian and divine providence to make the purchase happen.
A little over a week ago, Leah Lipszyc left Simferopol, the Crimean city where she and her husband have been the Chabad emissaries for the past 22 years.
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