In this weeks Parasha - Miketz we discuss the power of speech.
Halacha and the Parasha: Parashas Miketz
In this weeks Parasha – Miketz we discuss the power of speech.
In this weeks Parasha – Miketz we discuss the power of speech.
Gov. Perry met with a delegation of Texas Jewish leaders Thursday to mark the first full day of Hanukkah, lighting the menorah in the governor’s public reception room, then singing and dancing along to traditional songs. The menorah holds one candle for each night of Hanukkah, with the ninth candle, the shamash, used to light the other candles.
When Jews at Congregation Chabad-Lubavitch west of Boynton Beach began their Hanukkah celebrations Wednesday, they were reveling in a miracle that might seem to some as wondrous as a candle that burned for eight days.
This Shabbos, Shabbos Chanukah, the famous Chazanim Rabbi Mendel Shagalov and Rabbi Eli Raskin will honor the congregents of Bais Eliezer Yitzchok at 394 Kingston Ave with their cantorial talents.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have convened a Hanukkah celebration at the White House on the second night of the Jewish festival of lights.
Boys and Girls from all schools in Crown Heights gathered in 770 for a Chanukah Rally, which was brodcasted live to over 5,000 Jewish children around the world, all of whom participated in the Rally.
A song in Hebrew rang out from a crowd gathered in a Harford County park at sundown Wednesday. Throughout the joyful salute to Hanukkah, Peter Silton held a burning torch.
BOSTON, MA — Governor Deval Patrick and other dignitaries attended a menorah lighting ceremony at the State House this afternoon to mark the beginning of Hanukah, the eight-day celebration that commemorates the victory of a small army of Jews, known as the Maccabees, over the much larger Syrian Greek army in 139 B.C.
ISRAEL [CHI] — Yesterday, the first day of Chanukah brought the first of many nights of home visitations to families of terror victims. Scores of volunteers guided by the CTVP staff visited many bereaved families of terror victims and family members of fallen IDF soldiers. They lit candles and brought them the message of Chanukah with a special emphasis on “Haor Yinatzeiach” – “the light will win.”
Two classes from the Oholei Torah Kindergarten went on Chanukah Mivztoim to the Prospect Park Residence and a Senior Day Center in Park Slope to visit the Jewish Seniors.
High winds grab Rabbi Levi Shemtov’s hat during the lighting of the menorah on the White House Ellipse. With him in the cherry picker are White House budget director Jacob Lew, center, and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov.
This Miami TV broadcaster has no idea how many days there really are in Chanukah!
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall accepted a menorah from Rabbi Eli Blokh, the director of Chabad of Rego Park/Jewish Russian Community Center of Queens during meeting with the Shluchim who serve in queens at Borough Hall, Wednesday, December 1st, just hours before start of Chanukah.
MONROE TWP, NJ — The largest menorah in New Jersey was re-erected in Monroe on Thursday, Nov. 18, after receiving structural improvements after it toppled over last year due to heavy winds.
On Sunday, December 5th – 28th Kislev, Torah Café will be airing its 6th webcast, entitled “Conversations: Free to be Jewish.” The webcast will be moderated by Baila Olidort, editor-in-chief of Lubavitch.com, and will feature remarks from Alan M. Dershowitz, Dr. Malcolm Hoenlein, and Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet of London.