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91-Year-Old Puts on Teffilin for First Time
Junior Shluchim Shaina and Dovid Gutnick went along with their father to give out Shabbos candles and put on teffilin with other Jews in honor of Gimmel Tammuz in Boca Raton, FL. One man they met was 91 years old, and had never put on teffilin before, so they celebrated his Bar-Mitzvah right in the middle of Costco!
From the day he first met the Rebbe in 1959, Reb Zalmon Jaffe, OBM, dedicated his life to use every opportunity to make the Rebbe happy and to serve as the Rebbe’s Public-Relations man in England.
Personal Correspondence Between the Rebbe and Reb Zalmon Jaffe Published Online
From the day he first met the Rebbe in 1959, Reb Zalmon Jaffe, OBM, dedicated his life to use every opportunity to make the Rebbe happy and to serve as the Rebbe’s Public-Relations man in England.
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Video: When the Rebbe Diffused My Tantrum
Rabbi Yizchok Schochet of London’s Mill Hill Synagogue talks about the weekly custom of his father, Rabbi Jacob Immanuel Schochet, to place his hands upon his head and bless him, and why this caused him to throw a tantrum in the Rebbe’s room as a little boy.
Two Chabad rabbis encountered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, and asked him to “protect Jewish people living in Turkey,” according to Turkish state-run news agency Anatolia.
Turkish Prime Minister: Jews Safe in My Country
Two Chabad rabbis encountered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, and asked him to “protect Jewish people living in Turkey,” according to Turkish state-run news agency Anatolia.
In addition to each individual's personal Pan that they would write and read at the graveside of our Rebbe, it is a custom, practiced for many years, for everyone to get together and write a ‘general’ Pan, signed by all participating Chassidim. The Pan was read at the Rebbe's Tziyun by Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov with tears and a cracked voice.
Photos: Pan Kloli Read at the Ohel
In addition to each individual’s personal Pan that they would write and read at the graveside of our Rebbe, it is a custom, practiced for many years, for everyone to get together and write a ‘general’ Pan, signed by all participating Chassidim. The Pan was read at the Rebbe’s Tziyun by Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov with tears and a cracked voice.
Baby Boy!
Chaim and Dina Seewald (Crown Heights)
D.A. Hynes Keeps Pledge, Arrests 4 for Intimidation
The Brooklyn district attorney, facing a wave of public criticism about his handling of abuse allegations in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, on Thursday charged four men with attempting to silence an accuser by offering her and her boyfriend a $500,000 bribe, and threatening her boyfriend’s business.
The students of Yeshivas Lubavitch of Manchester, UK do Mivtzoim, reach out to Jews of all backgrounds and inspire hundreds, following the vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Video: Inspiring a Future
The students of Yeshivas Lubavitch of Manchester, UK do Mivtzoim, reach out to Jews of all backgrounds and inspire hundreds, following the vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Torah to Be Written in Memory of Mrs. Itta Spitezki
This Sunday, 4th of Tammuz, at 4:00pm, family and friends will join together at Shain’s Shul (390 Kingston Ave.) to begin a Sefer Torah in honor and memory of Mrs. Itta Feiga Spitezki, OBM, in conjunction with her tenth yahrtzeit. Mrs. Spitezki was a longtime Shlucha of the Rebbe in Brussels, Belgium.
5 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Avraham Yosef and Simcha (nee Korchowsky) Baez
701 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Ave.] Apt. 6F
Moshe and Mushka Rubin
821 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Dov Tzvi and Orly Barnett
845 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Levi and Chayala Wilhelm
25 Balfour Pl. [between Empire Blvd. and Lefferts Ave.]
Sholomke and Mushka (nee Greenberg) Nagar
The Schapiro families will be completing the writing of a Sefer Torah in memory of their distinguished parents, Rabbi Lipa and Mrs. Chana Schapiro, and their beloved brother Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, OBM.
This Sunday: Siyum Sefer Torah for R’ Lipa Schapiro
The Schapiro families will be completing the writing of a Sefer Torah in memory of their distinguished parents, Rabbi Lipa and Mrs. Chana Schapiro, and their beloved brother Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, OBM.
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Picture of the Day: Rabbi Yeruslavsky Takes over Shiur
Rabbi Y. Y. Yeruslavsky, chief Rabbi of Kiryat Malachi, Israel, on his way to spend Shabbos at the Ohel, davened Shachris at Beis Eliezer Yitzchok in Crown Heights this morning. The Shul’s rov, Rabbi D. Y. Levi, honored Rabbi Yeruslavsky with the opportunity to deliver the daily shiur on Shulchan Aruch after davening.
Visitors Marvel at Cheder’s Expo on Rebbes’ Lives
Anash of Los Angeles gathered at Cheder Menachem, the Chabad Elementary boys’ school, for their 8th annual Chayolei Tzivos Hashem Grand Expo.
Shabbos at the Besht: Gimmel Tammuz Schedule
This Shabbos at the Besht, in honor of Gimmel Tammuz, several lecturers will lead discussions on a variety of topics. On Friday evening Rabbi Shmuel Kuperman, Rabbi of the Besht, will deliver a special lecture. Rabbi Chaim Shuchat will lecture at 9:00am Shabbos morning, as well as at 8:00pm following mincha. Guest speaker Rabbi Mendel Lipskier, Shliach in Sherman Oaks, CA, will lead a large farbrengen on Shabbos afternoon after Shachris.
