The traditional lighting of the Menorah took place in the NSW State Parliament in Sydney last night. Although the latkes have yet to make their appearance, politicians and State identities were offered platefuls of doughnuts as they entered the function room in Parliament House.
It had become a custom of mine to spend the High Holidays with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory. I was grateful to be hosted by the same family year after year, allowing me to relax and focus on my spiritual needs. One year in the late 1960s, I arrived at their home and discovered I’d been given a roommate for the holidays.
MK Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) on Sunday will introduce a bill aimed at limiting the activities of religious leaders interacting with the IDF and Israel Police.
Zalman Sandhaus (Crown Heights) and Mushky (Bas R’ Berel) Lipskier (Crown Heights)
Shloime and Tzivyah (nee Kehaty) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Young at heart and brimming with enthusiasm, Rabbi Sholom Ber Butman, 77, became the oldest person to open a new Chabad-Lubavitch center with the establishment of the 32nd Chabad House in Tel Aviv.
Yitzy and Mimi Goldsmith (Monsey, NY)
While the Kinus Hashluchim Banquet was going on in Red Hook, Brooklyn, another banquet – just as important and lively – was going on back in Crown Heights: the banquet of the Tzeirei Hashluchim – the young and future generation of Shluchim.
Channeling the awesome energy from the Banquet, Shluchim along with their lay leaders made their way back to 770 and sat down for the – what has become – traditional Farbrengen.
Photographer Chaim Perl shares the moments before the group photo is taken and the banquet begins.
Addressing the theme of the Chossid’s need to strive for a higher standard in everything he does, Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks of the role of the Shluchim, his experiences with the Rebbe, and of the need for “Unashamed Jews.”
Excerpt from Rabbi Mendy Cohen‘s Address to the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim 2011.
Shluchim break out in dance following the ‘call of the roll’ in which every location where there are Chabad Shluchim was recognized at the Banquet.
Shluchim from around the world greet the Shluchim and welcome them to the Banquet, in the language of location of their Shlichus
Pictures by Shmuli Evers and Binyomin Lifshitz
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