Hundreds of women turned out Sunday night for an auction and evening of entertainment benefiting the PTA of Oholei Torah. Over 100 prizes were offered and at the conclusion of the evenings entertainment the winners were drawn. Update: Winners list added.
In a sight yet to be seen in Moscow, over 1,000 people gathered to partake in a Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen marking 200 years to the passing of the Alter Rebbe.
Last week the JNet offices at the Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters received an a special letter from Adam Sanders, one of their members, thanking them and his JNet partner Rabbi Yossi Zwiebel for their care and hospitality in his time of need.
A sacred symbol of the Jewish faith vandalized. The cruel crime raised a lot of questions Sunday night. The proud artist said it’s a huge attraction on Miami Beach each December and attracts thousands of tourists. But Sunday, the larger-than-life menorah was hit by hate.
Mendel and Mushky (nee Minsky) Spalter (Crown Heights)
Leshana Tovah Belimud HaChasidus ve Darchei HaChasidus, Tikosaivu VeTichosaimu!
Today, Yud Tes Kislev “The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism.” marks 214 years since the release of the Alter Rebbe, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi founder of Chasidus Chabad in the year 5559 (1798). This year also marks 200 years since the Alter Rebbes Histalkus. In honor of this auspicious day, which is referred to by Chasidim as the “Holiday of Holidays”, Farbrengens are being held around the world!
Shmuli and Shaindy (nee Rockford) Backer (Crown Heights)
What does an active, healthy synagogue look like? It can manifest itself in many ways, but at Chabad of University City, the clues are unequivocal. For this Chabad center and its members, it looks like congregants who are passionate about Torah, about learning, about God and about Judaism. It looks like a schedule chock full of classes and other learning opportunities, and of twice-daily minyanim that very rarely go unmade.
Over 200 men packed into the Oihel Nosson Shul for a Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen with Rabbi Ezra Shochet, Rosh Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad in Los Angeles.
One Chanukah celebration is a big deal to Rabbi Nosson Meretsky — as in 9 feet tall. That’s the size of the menorah Meretsky, 39, and his wife, Sarah Meretsky, will set up at 5 p.m. Dec. 9 in front of the State College Municipal Building. As co-directors of the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student and Community Center, serving Penn State and State College, the Meretskys stage their Hanukkah display as part of the international Chabad house network’s mission of conducting outreach programs for Jewish communities and promoting Jewish culture.
Last year a Bat Mitzvah girl from Chicago asked her parents for a special gift, to sponsor a Bat Mitzvah party for needy girls somewhere in the world. Last week her wish came true in the Children’s home of Moscow.
Following the Rebbes directive of strengthen the shechuna many new ‘class shuls’ have opened in the last few years and as result the amount of Farbrengens held on Chassidishe days of note has swelled as well. CrownHeights.info has compiled a list of Farbrengens taking place in the neighborhood.
Levi Pruss (Crown Heights) and Rochi Panigel (Coral Springs, FL)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at 307 Crown St
[between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Celebrate Chanukah with Gombos Bakery’s ten flavorful doughnuts! Beat the rush and get your order for Mivtzoim of family Chanukah parties in today!
“Chas, we can save you!’ When I received messages on my blog making this thrilling promise, I assumed they were spam from a finance company offering to consolidate my loans into one ”easy” payment. Instead, it turned out, they were from a Christian in Nigeria who, having read articles I posted about my interest in Judaism and the Chasidim, wants to convert all my curiosity about Judaism into one churchy faith.
Hundreds of Tzfas residents joined together for a farbrengen in honor of the Alter Rebbe’s Chag Hage’ulah – Yud Tes Kislev – at a banquet hall in the center of the northern Israeli municipality.
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