Rabbi Dov Mandel wasn’t intimidated when he came to Fort Worth a decade ago. He knew there were fewer Jews than Baptists and Methodists. He realized there was only a smattering of Orthodox Jews like him.
Boasting of 60 successful Shiduchim, ChabadMatch.com – an online Shadchan service for Lubavitch singles – is offering a chance to win a free trip to Israel for signing up and filling out a personal profile. “Every new profile that’s added significantly increases the chance of making more Shidduchim.” says the websites founder.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — When Rabbi Naftali Estulin walked into the synagogue, the men were waiting for him. They had come with canes and walkers and medals. Some wore yarmulkes. Several covered their heads with hats lettered “LA VETERAN ASSN WWII.”
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of Zevi Silver OBM of Mequon, Wisconsin at the young age of 31. UPDATED Levaya times.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Zecharya Avraham OBM, a resident of Kfar Saba, Israel.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — Mrs. Bronya Shaffer, a world renowned expert on Jewish marriages and relationships, was the featured guest speaker at Chabad of South Broward Headquarters, on Wednesday, May 29. The event was attended by hundreds of men and women.
The Boca Raton Jewish community came together Thursday night to celebrate the second Chag HaSemicah of Machon Menachem – Boca Raton Rabbinical College. Fourteen newly minted Rabbonim received their Semicah at the ceremony held at Chabad of Boca Raton on Military Trail.
Sunday the 71st Precinct and the 71st Precinct Community Council will hold their 19th annual Family Day Picnic in Lefferts Park.
Forty Bochurim make up the Friendship Boys Division volunteers and they were rewarded with their own appreciation event Thursday night. The volunteers enjoyed a barbeque and received a gift as a token of appreciation for their commitment to the young adults with special needs in our community.
Shmaryohu Hackner (Crown Heights) and Huvy Levitansky (New Haven, CT)
L’Chaim Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Yossi and Malky (nee Palace) Mizrachi
1531 Carroll St, Side Door [between Troy and Schenectady Avenues]
Eli and Racheli (nee Friedlander) Abayev
Aliya, 527 E. New York Ave, [between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues]
Levi and Esther (nee Solomon) Simpson (Crown Heights)
Shneur and Chaya (nee Wilansky) Gottlieb (Crown Heights)
Motty and Chaya Musya (nee Nerenberg) Hershkowitz (Ormond Beach, FL)
Yirmi and Chani Knight (Surfside, FL)
Zalmy and Sara Leah Kirschenbaum (Melbourne, Australia)
A Lubavitcher Bochur is making headlines in Israel after becoming the first Hareidi to join the Israeli Air Force’s highly prestigious flying school. His family would have rather him become a Rabbi, but support his decision.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Boruch Jacobson will lead a discussion into Geulah, and what does it mean to you.
Berry Silver (Crown Heights) and Chaya Kaufmann (New Orleans, LA)
CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a photo of the Rebbe reciting Shema during Maariv in the early 1970’s.
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz doesn’t speak so much these days, but he says a lot with the look in his eyes and the expression on his face. When the topic of how he met his wife, Dina, comes up, for example, a wide, open smile spreads across his face and his warm, brown eyes grow come alive with delight.
What is emotion; a feeling? What then is a feeling? These terms are difficult to fully comprehend and define. For thousands of years people have been attempting to understand this phenomenon and will most likely debate it for a thousand more.
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