Today, Yud Gimmel Iyar, marks the yahrzeit of Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Leib,OBM, the brother of the Rebbe. Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Leib was born in Nikolaev on the 16th of Sivan, 5669. That same year, the family moved to Yekatrinaslav, as Rabbi Levi Yitzchok took up the position of Rov of the city. He was known as a genius and child prodigy, and was famous for his diligence.
Rabbi Dovid Raskin, an immigrant from the Soviet Union who, as chairman of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, spearheaded many educational campaigns instituted by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, passed away Tuesday at the age of 84.
Reiterating his promise to keep in better touch with the community, Yossi Hackner wrote a ‘tell-all’ style letter which he titled ‘a cry for help,’ in which he laments the lack of any real change, Rabonim still fighting, and being promised funds and assistance which never came. He concludes with an appeal for the desperately needed money to pay the Rabonim.
Levi Yusewitz (Crown Heights) and Rivky Levin (Kensington, NY)
Commuters face major disruptions Tuesday morning following a derailment of a work train at the Dekalb Avenue Station.
Bracha Leah Sassonkin’s front door stands just over 300 feet from Israel’s border with Lebanon. The view she had yesterday of the attempt by Palestinians pouring out of buses trying to breach Israel’s border was too close for comfort.
Students from across Russia gathered in Rostov for a weekend Chabad-Lubavitch run program designed to foster Jewish pride and strengthen participants’ connections to their heritage.
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A hearing seeking a new trial for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud is scheduled before the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
This will be the century of disasters. In the same way that the 20th century was the century of world wars, genocide, and grinding ideological conflict, the 21st will be the century of natural disasters and technological crises and unholy combinations of the two.
Schneur Zalman Borenstein (Crown Heights) and Mushkie Bronstein (Andover, MA)
Kids, join the fun! Send a photo or design of an original poster you will be holding at The Great Lag B’Omer Parade, or a poster promoting The Great Parade. Viewers the world over will vote on their favorites.
One out of every ten Americans is addicted to something, and chances are that every person reading this article knows someone first hand who is struggling with some form of addiction: substance, alcohol, internet, or otherwise.
The FDA put out a warning for parents who’s babies are teething. Benzocaine, the numbing medication normally used in over-the-counter products like Anbesol and Baby Orajel, has been linked to a rare condition called methemoglobinemia. That’s when the blood does not move oxygen through the body. In the very worst cases it can be deadly.
Montreal Yeshiva Zal welcomed seven new Talmidim HaShluchim last week.
Sunday, May 11th, Educational Institute Oholei Torah celebrated its 56th Annual Dinner event in their Gutnick Ballroom in the Eastern Parkway Campus.
A refreshing change is coming to this year’s Mens Chinuch Conference, which will be taking place in the Dolce of Norwalk – a beautiful hotel and conference resort.
What’s as big as a beach ball, as heavy as three bowling balls, could feed a multitude and harkens back to biblical times?
