Reminder: Change Your Clocks on Motzei Shabbos
Yeshiva World News
On Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 a.m., time will revert back to standard, giving everyone an extra hour to sleep in.
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Available for the 1st Time: Complete Rashi Sichos in English
With the beginning of the Bereishis Chitas cycle, Kehot Publications Society announced the release of Studies in Rashi, which contains 12 complete “Rashi Sichos” on Chumash Bereishis, selected from the Rebbe’s 39-volume Likkutei Sichos. The essays are presented, for the first time, in a bi-lingual Hebrew/English format.
Born into a secular Jewish family, Rabbi Michoel Kanterovitz returned to Judaism on his own at the age of 7. Over the course of his rabbinic career, he served Jewish communities in Canada, England and Australia. But it was the Rebbe who got him his first rabbinic post.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Vote of Confidence
Born into a secular Jewish family, Rabbi Michoel Kanterovitz returned to Judaism on his own at the age of 7. Over the course of his rabbinic career, he served Jewish communities in Canada, England and Australia. But it was the Rebbe who got him his first rabbinic post.
Prison Chaplains Gather at the Aleph Institute
Over fifty men and women who serve as Rabbis and mentors in the federal, state and local prisons gathered for the annual conference at the Aleph Institute in Pittsburgh.
Shabbos at Besht: Where is Lubavitch Headed?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Shochet will lead a discussion titled ’18 Years After Gimel Tammuz, Where Is Lubavitch Headed?’ On Motzei Shabbos, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin will give a lecture on ‘Who’s Who in Lubavitch: Rabbi Mendel Futerfas.’
Bloomberg Compares Forgetting to Move Your Car to Murdering Your Parents
Politicker
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg was asked about New York City’s unpopular sanitation parking stickers during his weekly appearance on John Gambling’s WOR radio show today. A Brooklyn councilman has introduced a bill that would ban the stickers, which are placed on cars that violate alternate side parking rules and are incredibly difficult to remove, but Mayor Bloomberg told Mr. Gambling he supports the stickers and he compared people who break the rules to someone murdering their parents and not understanding why they have to go to jail.
Sholom Rubashkin's appeal to the Federal 8th circuit for a new trial was denied yesterday. His only legal recourse now is to appeal to the United States supreme court within 90 days, which his lawyers plan to do. The Supreme Court almost never agrees to hear criminal cases if there is no major constitutional question involved.
Rubashkin Appeal Denied by 8th Circuit
Sholom Rubashkin’s appeal to the Federal 8th circuit for a new trial was denied yesterday. His only legal recourse now is to appeal to the United States supreme court within 90 days, which his lawyers plan to do. The Supreme Court almost never agrees to hear criminal cases if there is no major constitutional question involved.
British Government Wants to Regulate Bris Milah
Jewish Chronicle
There are fears that Jewish circumcision in the UK could be regulated by NHS bodies for the first time, following a move to curb malpractice in other ethnic groups.
Report: U.K. & U.S. Drawing Up Plan to Attack Iran
Daily Mail
The UK and U.S. are drawing up plans to attack Iran amid growing tensions in the Middle East, it was claimed last night.
Baby Boy!
Enan and Gitty (nee Silver) Francis (New Haven, CT)
Sholom Zochor will be at 3 West Rock Ave.
New Engagement!
Yanky (Ben R’ Moshe) Scheinfeld (Crown Heights) and Malky Kaler (Baltimore, MD)
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a series of Photos of Rabbi Zalman Jaffe A”H and one of his grandchildren with the Rebbe, in the upstairs Shul in 770.
Remembering Rabbi Aaron Chitrik, 73
Rabbi Aaron Chitrik with his fiancee, Slava Kahan, shortly after his engagement in 1961.
Rabbi Aaron Chitrik, a renowned expert on Hebrew manuscripts, tasked with preparing and annotating some 300 volumes of archival documents from Chabad’s Central Library, passed away on Thursday, October 27th. He was 73.
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was met with open hostility as he addressed students at Yale last week. The Pulitzer Prize winning author delivered a talk entitled ‘how America fell behind’ where he discussed his new book on foreign policy, co-authored by Michael Mandelbaum.
Chabad Rabbi Protests Thomas Friedman at Yale
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was met with open hostility as he addressed students at Yale last week. The Pulitzer Prize winning author delivered a talk entitled ‘how America fell behind’ where he discussed his new book on foreign policy, co-authored by Michael Mandelbaum.
by Yochanan Gordon
A brother-in-law of mine residing in Crown Heights sent me an op-ed published on Crownheights.info entitled ‘Chabad Lite.’ In it, the author bemoans the spiraling state of altruistic Chassidic values which is widespread amongst many of today’s youth specifically in Lubavitch circles. It seems, in the words of the author, that people choose for one reason or another to identify with Lubavitch but are not prepared to hold themselves accountable and continuously refine their character and connection to the Rebbe’s ideals as old world Chassidim did.
Op-Ed Response: Organic Chabad
by Yochanan Gordon
A brother-in-law of mine residing in Crown Heights sent me an op-ed published on Crownheights.info entitled ‘Chabad Lite.’ In it, the author bemoans the spiraling state of altruistic Chassidic values which is widespread amongst many of today’s youth specifically in Lubavitch circles. It seems, in the words of the author, that people choose for one reason or another to identify with Lubavitch but are not prepared to hold themselves accountable and continuously refine their character and connection to the Rebbe’s ideals as old world Chassidim did.
Thousands of Mancs Celebrate with L’Chaim-Chabad
Fire Juggling Performace at the Grand Family Simchas Beis Hashoeva
It would be close to impossible to choose a highlight from L’Chaim Chabad’s myriad of High Holiday programmes. From youth parties, to senior events, services and feasts to classes and celebrations, thousands of Manchester residents enjoyed dozens of Holiday programmes.
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