Not even a blizzard could stop the storm of 700 teens and leaders from absorbing the energy and Yiddishkeit of the annual CTeen International Shabbaton that concluded on Sunday in New York City. Over 100 delegations representing cities in the US, Canada, France, England, Austria, and Nigeria joined together for three days of friendship, Jewish pride and inspiration.
Shmaya and Rivkah Krinsky (Crown Heights)
Bentzi and Mushky (nee Roubini) Avtzon (Elkins Park, PA)
He’s the good looking, buoyant 12 year old Nepalese boy who greets visitors to Katmandu’s Chabad House with a huge smile: “Hi I’m Bim, the boy from Beit Chabad,” he offers. He’s also quick to provide unsolicited bits of useful information, like candle-lighting time on Friday, or that Shabbos is not out until three stars are spotted in the sky.
The question presented at the Hadas Gallery at the Rohr Jewish Center serving Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., was “What is Jewish Art?” Since it was an artists’ talk, a diverse palette was to be expected. The answers, of course, ran the gamut of Jewish art history, style and perspective.
A Canadian Rabbi delved into Biblical verses and says that from there—from the Torah’s narrative and the derivative teachings found in rabbinic commentaries—he learned the answers to life’s everyday moral questions.
Yedidim, under the leadership of Yanky Orlansky, provides more than just musical accompaniment but rather custom crafted arrangements and harmonies, giving each and every note a unique and exceptional sound.
The handful of Orthodox Jews on Capitol Hill has now added another member to its ranks. And he’s a rabbi, too.
When students at Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical academies delve into their rigorous scholarly study of Jewish texts, they do so with the knowledge that they have been encouraged to pen their scholarly papers and insights for publication in journals that may be read by students and rabbinic scholars around the world.
Close to 200 people from the Baltimore community came to celebrate Rabbi Elchonon Lisbon’s 60th birthday. The surprise party was beautifully arranged by members of the Anash community and his family.
Yehuda and Raizel (nee Rosenthal) Marrus (Golden Beach, FL)
Eli and Zisi (nee Malka) Marcus (Crown Heights)
Bochurim in the Mesivta of Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon Chabad in Los Angeles welcomed the month of Adar in its spirit with live music and dancing.
Moshie was distraught. He sat in his office, head in hands, willing the numbers to go away. They just didn’t add up. Months of work, thousands of dollars invested, and a brilliant idea lay shattered before him.
A Siyum of the first Sefer of the increasingly popular series of discourses, 5672 – Ayin Beis, was recently held, on 27 Shevat, at Chabad of South Broward Headquarters, in Hallandale Beach, Florida.
Throughout the day ConEdison emergency crews have been responding to calls for smoking manholes and brownouts resulting from the weekend snow storm.
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