Picture of the Day: Gombo’s Welcomes Shluchim
Whatever language they may speak in the country where they serve as Shluchim, Gombo’s Bakery’s sign will make them all feel welcome.
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New Engagement!
Mendel Alperovitch (Bournemouth, UK) and Mussie Shemtov (Crown Heights)
Jewish Leaders: Holy Heroes or Human Beings
Torah Cafè
In this session of the National Jewish Retreat, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet presents portraits of figures from Jewish history such as Adam, the Patriarchs, and Moses. We will be exploring what made them unique.
The Chaya Aydel Seminary, celebrating this year its decade of existence in Hallandale Beach, Florida, has become renowned throughout the world in training future Shluchos and Community Leaders.
Celebrating 10 Years of Training Future Shluchos
The Chaya Aydel Seminary, celebrating this year its decade of existence in Hallandale Beach, Florida, has become renowned throughout the world in training future Shluchos and Community Leaders.
Chabad of Peoria Celebrates Decade of Outreach
It was with warmth and love that the Peoria community came to celebrate with Chabad Jewish Center of Peoria and of Bradley University, as they celebrated 10 years this past Sunday, November 20. The 10 year anniversary was commemorated with a gala dinner that was not only beautiful and elegant, but an uplifting and inspiring experience to all who attended.
Holocaust Survivors’ Cooking Inspires Florida Women
This past Wednesday, women from four local Florida Chabad Centers joined for an inspirational evening with Joanne Caras, author of Holocaust Survivor Cookbook.
HaGaon HaRav Menachem Mendel Mendelson ZT”L, the Rav of Komomiyut, Israel for the past 33 years, was niftar today, 27 Cheshvan, 5772. The Rav was a dear and close friend of Lubavitch, particularly close with Rabbi Moshe Havlin of Kiryat Gat, and participated in many Lubavitcher events.
In the above video clip, Rabbi Mendelson tells the Rebbe that the Chabad Yeshiva in Kiryat Gat is in need of financial help. The Rebbe tells him to find 2 more Rabbis (anyone with smicha) and pasken that they should get money. Rabbi Mendelson did what the Rebbe suggested, and since then the Kiryat Gat Yeshiva has been doing well financially!
BDE – HaRav Menachem Mendel Mendelson, OBM
HaGaon HaRav Menachem Mendel Mendelson ZT”L, the Rav of Komomiyut, Israel for the past 33 years, was niftar today, 27 Cheshvan, 5772. The Rav was a dear and close friend of Lubavitch, particularly close with Rabbi Moshe Havlin of Kiryat Gat, and participated in many Lubavitcher events.
In the above video clip, Rabbi Mendelson tells the Rebbe that the Chabad Yeshiva in Kiryat Gat is in need of financial help. The Rebbe tells him to find 2 more Rabbis (anyone with smicha) and pasken that they should get money. Rabbi Mendelson did what the Rebbe suggested, and since then the Kiryat Gat Yeshiva has been doing well financially!
Baby Boy!
Pesach and Chanie Hein (Teaneck, NJ)
New Engagement!
Shmulik Shur (Crown Heights) and Nechama Itkin (Scranton, PA)
L’Chaim will be tonight, Thursday at Chovevei Torah
855 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
New Engagement!
Sholom Katz (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Rosenfeld (Toronto, Canada)
L’Chaim will be tonight, Thursday at Lubevitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Op-Ed: Chomsky, Friedman and the Politics of Protests
Rabbi Shmully Hecht protests Thomas Friedman at Yale University.
On Oct 24, I protested a visit to Yale University by noted journalist, Thomas Friedman. After his lecture, I stood in the corner of the Whitney Humanities Center and held a sign that asked the question: “With friends like Chomsky, Soros, Mearsheimer and Thomas Friedman, does Israel need enemies?”
Harlem Gives Birth to First Torah Scroll in 75 Years
Rabbi Simon Jacobson talks about the power of a Torah scroll during a celebration of the first scroll to be commissioned in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem in 75 years.
Not too long ago, it might have been one of the least likely locations from where a religious scribe would start writing a Torah scroll, but on Sunday, families and friends affiliated with a Jewish center in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem gathered to celebrate just such an occasion.
Thanksgiving: Boruch Hashem!
by Levi Cunin – Malibu Patch
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them —President John F. Kennedy
A few weeks ago, when I submitted my column to Malibu Patch editor Jonathan Friedman, I was asked if the B”H at the top of the page was part of the column. After I explained what it means, we decided to leave it to another time, when I could address its meaning and importance.
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