Baby Girl!
Mordechai and Rikal (nee Holtzberg) Kaler (Baltimore, MD)
Chabad of San Clemente’s Passover Celebration
The Chabad Center of San Clemente celebrated the first two nights of Passover last Monday and Tuesday evening with a traditional holiday Seder and dinner program.
Photos: Buying Back the Chometz
After having sold the Chometz before Pesach, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky and Rabbi Shimon Hecht got together with Gregg, the gentile who purchased the Chometz, and bought back the Chometz.
Photos: Seudas Moshiach in 770!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The last day of Passover (“Acharon Shel Pesach”) is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking in a “Seudas Moshiach” (Moshiachs Meal) on the afternoon of the last day of Passover. In addition to the Matzah eaten at “Seudas Moshiach,” the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the Seder held on Passover’s first days.
Al-Qaida Had Sights Set on Brooklyn Bridge
Al-Qaida had the Brooklyn Bridge in its sights after the September 11th attacks, according to classified military files published by several newspapers including the New York Times.
Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl Program “As Vital As Ever”
It’s been 25 years since the explosion at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power station but the health implications facing the next generation are still as serious as ever, according to the main Jewish charity working with communities living in the region affected by what is considered the world’s worst man-made ecological disaster.
Eli Federman’s Op-Ed in the Forward: Ending the Culture of Silence
At the Passover Seder, we are supposed to ask questions about why things are done the way they are. Recently I asked some questions about the government-funded social service agency that serves my Jewish community in Brooklyn, the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council. Specifically, I questioned the policy that only allows men to vote for the council’s leaders. In public letters I argued that the policy might violate the Constitution (or at least civil rights statutes), and I cited various sources in support of my contention that there is no halachic reason for excluding women from voting in elections for a secular organization.
Photos: Pesach in New England
Over 300 Jews spent Pesach in New England, in the picturesque village Stowe Vermont in a program led by a group of Lubavitchers.
Chabad House Bomber Back in LA to Face Charges
A man suspected of causing an explosion at a Santa Monica synagogue has been ordered held without bond in a Riverside court.
Greater Than Great: Lag Ba’Omer 5771 in Full Swing
The 135,000 participants and viewers of last year’s Great Parade will always remember it as an unparalleled celebration of Jewish unity, pride and Ahavas Yisroel. Does it get any greater?
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe“: Chassidim singing ”Al Achas" Niggun as the Rebbe encourages them at a Farbrangen on the 13 Nissan, 5734, (April 4 1985).
Weekly Video: Niggun “Al Achas”
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe“: Chassidim singing ”Al Achas” Niggun as the Rebbe encourages them at a Farbrangen on the 13 Nissan, 5734, (April 4 1985).
Incorruptible: My Thoughts on the Lubavitcher Rebbe
What more is there to say about the Lubavitcher Rebbe 16 years after his passing, on the occasion of his birthday, that has not already been said? I was pondering that question as I walked the streets of my boyhood town of Miami Beach over Passover.
Salmonella Fears Prompt Cucumber Recall in New York
A North Carolina company is recalling a batch of cucumbers due to the potential that the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Thousands Flock to NY Holy Site on Occasion of Auspicious Day
Eliane Benzecry has carried a picture of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in her wallet her whole life. First benefitting from Chabad-Lubavitch as a child growing up in Brazil, she says that now living close to his resting place in Cambria Heights, N.Y., is very meaningful.
One person, 30, was killed R”L and five others were severely injured in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday.
Breslov Chosid Killed, Five Wounded in Shooting near Kever Yosef
One person, 30, was killed R”L and five others were severely injured in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Sunday.
Crown Heights Could Become Brooklyn’s Largest Historic District
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The Brooklyn Landmarks Preservation Commission will vote on landmarking an additional 610 Crown Heights buildings in June. Another 630 buildings are expected to follow.
Two Men Stabbed in Crown Heights
Blood was spilled on a Crown Heights street last night when two men were slashed at around 7:45 p.m., police said.
