It is an event that unfortunately, has been in the blogosphere headlines, not for its potentially lofty message but rather for the sideshows and distractions surrounding it. The latest of these diversions we can call “The Third Wave.”
The Kiryat Malachi Municpal Council chose Rabbi Yitzchok Yehuda Yaroslavsky, Rov of Lubavitcher community in the Nachlas Har Chabad neighborhood, as the Rov of the entire city. The unanimous vote took place yesterday.
When I volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces, I had no idea what was rocketing towards me. And, although I’m never going to be the same person I was before the injury, the surprising turn of events gave me the opportunity to do something truly special.
On a hot June day in 1977, Avrohom Eliezer Goldman was talking on a public phone outside his Yeshiva on Troy Ave. in Crown Heights, when he was stabbed in the back by an unidentified assailant. He died shortly after.
The Chabad Center in Chester, NY headed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston now boasts one of the most innovative and imaginative murals in the country. The “Aleph-Bet Adventure Fantasy Mural” was recently designed by local artist Corbett Hoffman of Goshen.
Each year, Tzeirei Agudas Chabad in Israel organizes a Lag Ba’omer parade on the streets of Jerusalem, which is attended by thousands of children from all walks of life. The children shown here are rehearsing for one of the highlights of the parade – the drummers’ procession – which they will perform in military garb.
A Rosh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak sought council by Litvisher Gadol Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman regarding a parent who wanted to enroll two children from a second marriage into his school. The Rosh Yeshiva did not want to accept them since they weren’t the model student the school seeks to accept. Speaking in line with the ideas of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shteinman sharply criticized the school – calling it Gaavah not to accept every student.
The ‘Tmimim Trip’ for Oholei Torah Eighth Grade (OTEG) was held this past Shabbos in Morristown, NJ, with over 60 bochurim attending.
Shlomy Levertov (Phoenix, AZ) and Chaya Schapiro (Miami Beach, FL)
Vladimir Putin was sworn in today as Russia’s president, continuing his reign as Russia’s undisputed leader since his first election to the presidency in 2000. Attending the ceremony was Chabad Shliach and Russia’s chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, who was positioned in the front row, along with the ministers, generals and admirals of Russia’s inner circle.
Pomodori is having a sale, any online purchase at their website PomodoriNYC.com of any pie of pizza will get a free 2 Liter bottle of soda. Order for delivery, or pickup!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Chaya Rivka bas Devorah
Rabbi Motti Kenig, director of Chabad of Modi’in Ilit, is not easily shocked by threats and harassment. These are things he has gotten used to over the past few years, ever since he opened a Chabad House in the middle of a Litvak-Charedi town, and began to teach Chassidus to Yiden who were thirsting for the knowledge.
A consultant’s report has found that New York City’s 911 system is troubled by delays and errors that endanger callers in an emergency. Mayor Michael Bloomberg released an edited version of the report Friday, but he is fighting a court order that the original, unedited version of the report be released to the public.
In an editorial on the shifting of political and social power in New York City, the New York Times listed Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn as the group whose power and influence is rising fastest.
Yossi Lifshitz (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Leah Eizenberg (Kfar Chabad, Israel)
Most people in our community consider it chassidish to make a L’chaim at various occasions. Whether it’s an engagement, wedding, bris, yortzeit, farbrengen or gathering of any type – it’s an occasion to have a drink.
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