Lubavitchers around the world have been hearing about the miraculous events that happened to the Shluchim in New Zealand. After the terrifying earthquake, a shlucha ran down five flights of stairs with her son Moshe to a scene of chaos. Not every building was as lucky as hers, many buildings close by were flattened like “pancakes” as she says.
Community leaders and elected officials including Nassau County executive Edward Mangano, Nassau County Legislature Vincent Muscarella, Town of Hempstead Councilman Edward Ambrosino, Rabbi Tuvia Teldon regional director Chabad of Long Island, Rabbi Anchele Perl director Chabad of Mineola and co director of Chabad of Long Island, were present at the prestigious Garden City Hotel on New York’s Long Island to celebrate with Rabbi Yossi and Chaya Rochel Lieberman and Chabad of West Hempstead at their annual awards dinner last week.
The company that makes Skippy peanut butter is recalling two of its spreads that may be contaminated with salmonella. No illnesses have been linked to the recall of the Skippy reduced fat creamy and reduced fat chunky brands.
Over 1,000 people came out on Sunday to greet a new Sefer Torah written in memory of Rabbi Eliezer Wenger OBM.
Zalmi Futerfas (Crown Heights) and Yehudis Kaminetski (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
L’Chaim Tonight, Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
This last Shabbos the fourth grade boys class of Hebrew Academy of Morris County had their first full Shabbos experience with the Monsey Chabad community. The children were excitedly looking forward to the Shabbaton after hearing stories from older grades Monsey Shabbaton experiences when they came to Monsey with Rabbi Gil Hami and were not disappointed.
As part of a tour of prisons on behalf of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia to provide Jewish books and counseling to inmates, Rabbi Aaron Gurevich had contacted officials to plan his trip to Nizhny Novgorod. When he heard their assessment of the Jewish population, he pressed on.
Israeli men, women and children from all walks of life crowded into a Nes Ziona wedding hall in a massive show of support for Chabad-Lubavitch of Cyprus.
It’s a heart-breaking bird’s eye view of New York’s worst tragedy. Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, a shocking and powerful 17-minute video taken by an NYPD helicopter on that fateful day surfaced Monday on the web.
When a group of Essex County, N.J., residents got together with their local Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and devised a program to bring joy and companionship to the high number of seniors in their area, little did they know that they’d strike a chord among Jewish communities across North America.
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe,” in honor of the Birthday and Yahrzeit of Moshe Rabeinu we are presenting a video clip from a farbrengen which took place on the 7th Adar 5745. The Rebbe talks about the connection of this special day with the month of Adar and the holiday of Purim.
Rabbi Yisroel and Chany Haller and their 3 month old daughter, Nechama Dina, have recently moved out on Shlichus to Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa.
Moshe Rubin (Melbourne, Australia) and Mushka Gershowitz (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Tuesday night at FREE
1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
Aizik Rosenfeld (Bogota, Colombia) and Blumi Lazar (Moscow, Russia)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Family and friends gathered Sunday morning for a ceremony in which a new Sefer Torah was completed and dedicated by the Wasserman family in memory of the their father, Reb Avrohom Wasserman OBM.
Last week, the Toronto community held an “Evening of Tribute, Honor and Inspiration” to recognize Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet and Rebbetzin Jettie Schochet. More than 500 people attended the event held at “the BAYT” to show their gratitude to the couple for their lifetime of work.
Only in Africa will you find the ambassadors of the United States and Italy dancing to the tunes of Chassidic music together with Chabad Rabbis and African government officials. The unusual character of the dinner reflected Chabad of Africas 20 years of successful activities.
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