Eve of Kinus Hashluchim Banquet Shluchim Run Marathon

by Yonit Tanenbaum

(L-R) Rabbi Zev Winberg, Rabbi Adam Haston, and Rabbi Yossi Harlig.

NEW YORK CITY [CHI] — It may have been the cool gusts of wind, or the fact that he was running a marathon, which caused his tzitzis to be swept into the air as his feet pounded down Bedford Avenue that day. The knowledge that his entire community was supporting him kept the Shliach running. This day, which he had previously looked forward to every year, took on a new meaning.

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BANGALORE, India [CHI] — Chanukah parties in the Chabad House in Bangalore was celebrated throughout the eight nights with a wide variety of people in attendance, including businessmen, students as well as families and children. But the special story of finding a lone Jew, who has been in India for more than 40 years, particularly brightened the local Shluchims Chanukah.

The Rapidly Expanding World of Kosher Food

BusinessWeek

The throng inside the Meadowlands Exposition Center — Israeli women in long skirts, Hasidim in floor-length coats, Wal-Mart buyers in Dockers — might have struck some as the casting call for a Mel Brooks movie. However, the crowd had come to Secaucus, N.J., in late October for the annual extravaganza known as Kosherfest, a two-day trade show connecting kosher food buyers and sellers from across the globe.

L’Chaim – Nazdarovya!

“In Odessa we closed the shutters when my grandfather lit the Menorah. Now, we celebrate in public, both indoors and outdoors”, said Rima Mazurovsky about the series of Chanukah events by Project Neshama – Chabad Lubavitch of Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach.

Lunar Eclipse Set to Darken Night Sky

NY Daily News

The total lunar eclipse will being after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, and last for more than three hours.

A rare total lunar eclipse is set to darken the night sky on Tuesday.

The celestial event is expected to begin after 1 a.m. EST on Dec. 21, and will continue for more than three hours.

What’s Your Jewish name?

In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: We are presenting a video collection from various ‘Sunday Dollars’ when numerous visitors ask the Rebbe to give them a Jewish name. From the weekly video magazine, ‘Living Torah’. Courtesy of JEM.