New Engagement!
Yitzy Franklin (Crown Heights) and Rivka Fischweicher (N. Miami Beach, FL)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
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Three lives were claimed by a rocket fired by Arab terrorists, destroying the top floor apartment of a building in Kiriyat Malachi, Israel. A beacon of light was placed in the location of such great pain and suffering.
Menorah Lights from the Place of Tragedy and Pain
Three lives were claimed by a rocket fired by Arab terrorists, destroying the top floor apartment of a building in Kiriyat Malachi, Israel. A beacon of light was placed in the location of such great pain and suffering.
Shining Light in the Canals of Amsterdam
Chabad Amsterdam and Tourist Center, under the directorship of Shluchim Rabi Akiva and his wife Taiby Camissar, have placed Menorahs to illuminate the canals of Amsterdam.
Music Video: Lipa’s Feel Good Chanukah Song
Lipa Schmeltzer stars in his latest music video “Believe in a Miracle”, a feel-good Chanukah themed song about the festival of lights.
TRAGEDY: With great sadness, shock and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Hatomim Yossi Alexandre, a 19 year old Bochur from Crown Heights.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Yossi Alexandre, 19, OBM
TRAGEDY: With great sadness, shock and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Hatomim Yossi Alexandre, a 19 year old Bochur from Crown Heights.
Photos: 1st Light of Chanukah in Paris
A few hundred people gathered in the Chatelet Square in Paris, France for a Menorah lighting accompanied by music and dancing and concluded with a Menorah parade in the streets of Paris. The lighting was organized by Beit Lubavitch under the directorship of Rabbi Shmuel Azimov.
Photos: 1st Light of Chanukah in 770
Hundreds took part in the lighting of the Menorah in 770. Photos by ChabadPictures.com.
Our Heros: Reb Eliyohu Chaim Roitblat (1908-1997)
Hachossid Reb Eliyohu Chaim Abulsky (Roitblat) was born in 1908 to Hachossid Reb Shmaryohu, known as Shmerel the Melamed, and Mrs. Shterna Baila in Nevelle. His unique features were already obvious in childhood, and his friends later recalled his exceptional yiras shomayim, which was above the average. An example of his extraordinary fear of Hashem was his resolution to begin putting on Rabenu Tam Tefillin at the time of his Bar Mitzva, something unusual of in those days.
Mitzvahs are the Gifts at Memorial Bar Mitzvah Service
When young Levi Wolowik was not up and ready to go to synagogue one Shabbat morning four years ago, his mother was concerned. It was not like her nine-year-old son to sleep in. He was usually the first one out of the house to attend synagogue — not only to pray, but also to be of assistance to others in any way possible. When his mother went into his room to wake him up, the family’s life went into turmoil. “We realized Levi would never wake up,” said his younger brother Dovid. “Our family will never be the same.”
Video: A Children’s Chanukah Celebration
A group of the Wuensch and New children filmed an exciting video clip for Chabad.org Kids to teach kids around the world how to celebrate Chanukah in a Jewish way.
New Menorah Greets Manhattan Bridge Motorists
Motorists on the Manhattan Bridge are in for a special holiday treat as they head toward the city; a huge Menorah over the northbound lanes.
7-Hour Marathon Benefits Yeneh Machla Patients
Months of hard work by hundreds of RCCS volunteers, culminated last night with a seven-hour fund-raising marathon, simulcast through teleconference and live streaming. The RCCS live auction performance, which has now become a much anticipated annual event, was all that it claimed it would be, and then some!
Twin Boys!
Yakov and Elisheva Kirschenbaum (Washington Heights, NY)
Guide: Times, Halachos and Customs for Chanukah
The Beis Din of Crown Heights has released an instructional guide – in both English and Hebrew – which contains Halachos and Minhagim pertaining to Chanukah, as well as the answers to many questions regarding the upcoming holiday.
Yud Tes Kislev at Rabbi ‘O’s, YNS NJ
While it is true to say that all Chassidim world-wide have their own unique way of celebrating the Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus; the bochurim of YNS took it to a new level this year.
Chassidim Celebrate A New Year in Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia — More than 200 people ushered in the Chassidic new year at a Farbrengen, a Chassidic celebration, at the Yeshiva Centre earlier this week.
