Close to 50 million people live in South Korea, and almost everyone is taught the Talmud at home by their parents. “We tried to understand why the Jews are geniuses, and we came to the conclusion that we think it is because they study Talmud,” said the Korean ambassador to Israel, Mr. Young Sam Ma. And this is how “Rav Papa” became a more well known scholar in Korea than in Israel.
A Siyum Harambam took place in Montreal with hundreds in participation.
In recent weeks, fathers of the Mesivta bochurim have joined their sons on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. in the Mesivta Zal to learn the Gemorah of the week. They learned one on one with their sons with the Maggidei Shiur close by to answer any difficulties that arose.
Fans of Chabad.org’s famous Itche Kadoozie Show are celebrating the release of an episode that was one year in the making. IKS creator, Dovid Taub, released Parts I and II of the Passover Mini-Series last spring when production of the show was temporarily halted as Taub moved back from London, UK to the United States.
Mendy and Shternie (nee Gurary) Matusof (Crown Heights)
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Dr. Barbara Biggs of Los Angeles, California, mother of, Rabbi Yonason Biggs of Crown Heights and Michael Biggs of Los Angeles, California.
The opening song, Power, performed by the Sparks choir at the Jewish Kids Got Talent concert Sunday evening.
Mrs. Bessie Rosen OBM, was 93 years old when she passed away today, after living in Crown Heights for the last 87 years.
Dan and Perele (nee Schlanger) Goldhirsch (Melbourne, Australia)
Avremel and Nechamie Brod (Stockton, CA)
Tzviki and Chaya Wolvovsky (Crown Heights)
It was a magical evening celebrating the opening of the South Broward Friendship Circle, a phenomenal social service program that teams up local teenage volunteers with children and teenagers with special needs.
In an effort to raise both funds and awareness for two Israeli young men who are being held in a Japanese prison for almost three years, Danny Finkleman, producer of the Unity project to benefit Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, has created another stunning music video, The Japan Song.
Rabbi Zalman Charytan of the Chabad Jewish Center in Kennesaw’s Town Center area opened the Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night with an invocation pointing out the lessons to be drawn from the upcoming Passover holiday.
We are pleased to present our Forty Third online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller.
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