Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the fifth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Marrying for Beauty”.
Rabbis versus footballers was Chabad of Cape Towns ingenious way of engaging the world ahead of the World Cup last year, after going viral their video scored over 150,000 views on Chabad.org, this year they are trying it again – with a calendar that carries a special set of messages.
The children play games, make crafts and learn how to play sports like kids at other day camps, but what makes Camp Gan Israel different is that the kids also learn about their Jewish heritage.
One of Levi Aron’s friends has revealed more personal details about the accused killer, whom the friend calls “socially awkward” and “borderline retarded.” “He couldn’t hold a conversation…He didn’t talk about anything except karaoke and the songs he was going to sing – not women, not anything,” said David Barsky.
The Chabad representative in Ecuador, Rabbi Tomer Rotem, was recently kidnapped and released after four days in captivity. The story was authorized for publication just this Motzoei Shabbos.
Last month marked the 17th anniversary of the death of a very influential rabbi. Called simply “The Rebbe,” Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the last leader of the orthodox Jewish Hassidic movement known as Chabad.
Rabbi Shmuly and Fraidy Hecht, who have B”H newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe’s Shluchim. They have established a new Centre: Chabad of the Okanagan, serving the Jews of Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada.
Rabbi Zevi and Devorah Leah Wineberg, and their son Menachem Mendel, will be joining Rabbi Levi Wineberg and Rabbi Berel Rodal of Ha’maor Center – A Learning Center of Chassidus, serving the Jews Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Tax credits for property owners who install security cameras. Electronic tracking devices for children to wear. Signs designating storefronts as “safe havens” for lost kids.A number of child-safety proposals have been floated in the wake of the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in Brooklyn’s Boro Park neighborhood.
One proposal might stand out to New York State residents as a commonsense initiative: mandatory background checks and fingerprinting for private school employees.
A candidate who ran for New York governor because “the rent is too high” says he’s being evicted from his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment because his landlord wants to charge a new tenant more.
The Machon Ran Yeshiva of Moscow has conducted its final exams, culminating in the graduation of new shochtim and rabbis. This past week, 40 graduates received certification as shochtim and are now qualified for the kosher slaughter of poultry and cattle. These same young men also received their rabbinic ordination.
CrownHeightsWatch, a website whose stated mandate is to expose predators in living in Crown Heights, and who first exposed the actions of accused child molester Moshe Keller, released a letter condemning the Vaad Hakohol for ignoring the Beis Dins letter encouraging victims to go to the authorities.
This Shabbos at the Besht Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson will lead a talk on the of art and music and the message they convey.
As many as 200 undercover NYPD cars are on the streets without proper Department of Motor Vehicle registrations because of a bizarre battle with the city’s Finance Department over $1 million in unpaid tickets owed by cops, DNAinfo.com has learned.
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On Sunday, Chof-daled Sivan, June 26, 2011, members of Anash of Los Angeles joined with friends and supporters of the Yeshivas Bais Toras Menachem for a Tribute Reception celebrating the unique institution of higher learning’s completion of its third successful year.
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