Ron Hirsch appeared to be an “innocent old soul,” said one man who saw him arrested by Cleveland Heights Police and the FBI.
From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]
EDMONDS — In Judaism, a child’s third birthday signifies the beginning of a new chapter in life. For boys, this milestone often comes with the first haircut.
Some City Council members fear the city could become less safe this year, now that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration is postponing this month’s hiring of hundreds of New York City Police Department recruits until July.
Over 200 massive bags of great quality donated clothing is currently being sorted and folded at the Mr. Clean dry cleaners in preparation for a mega distribution, available for anyone that wants. The distribution will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Mimulo Flower Shop on Albany Avenue starting at 8:00am and will conclude when all the items are gone.
The children filed out of yellow school buses and descended the stairs to the basement of a Jewish community center in Queens, where they put on plastic aprons and paper chef hats in preparation for a lesson on how to make matzo.
Cleveland, OH – A suspect in an explosion at a California synagogue has been charged in federal court with fleeing to avoid prosecution.
Local Lubavitch musician, Chony Milecki, has just been announced as a finalist in the national Yamaha Freestyle keyboard competition.
Beginning now, 6:00pm, a truck is unloading many skids with fresh Onions and Potatos which is being distributed for free for all those who want. The produce is being distributed on East New York Avenue between Kingston and Brooklyn. There is no need to be on any lists, just come and take.
By the hundreds of thousands, Swedes tuned into SVT2, Sweden’s biggest TV network last Wednesday to watch a new TV series, From Sweden to Heaven. Its second installment turned the cameras to the Chabad family in Gothenburg, and gave viewers a close-up of life in the religiously observant, lively Chasidic home of Rabbi Alexander and Leah Namdar.
It was a beautiful sunny day as I recall. An early spring breeze licked eagerly at passersby like a hungry cat lapping up a bowl of milk. I flipped up the pressed collar of my finest holiday shirt to ward off the affectionate but persistent gust of nature.
A classic Albany deal is in the works that could protect 1 million New York City renters from big rent increases while also capping the growth in property taxes in the suburbs and upstate.
The 11 Nissan farbrengen of 1982 marked the occasion of the Rebbe’s 80th birthday. At that farbrengen, the Rebbe addressed the question of retirement that some people had posed to him by revealing the secret to actually growing stronger with age.
STAMFORD — After Rabbi Chezy Deren mixed some matzo dough, Daniel Radin, 16, and his friends rolled it and used the edges of the pins to make signature perforations in the unleavened bread.
We are pleased to present our Forty Fifth online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller.
Rabbi Eli Goodman plays the role of Moshe demanding that Paroh let his people go in this hilarious 21st century take on the ancient story. Oh, and he invites his community to come join a Pesach Seder at his Chabad House!
On the Passover seder plate, haroset symbolizes the mortar used by slaves in Egypt.
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