Simchas Torah is primarily a Yom Tov which is celebrated as a family. Fathers dance happily together with their children and the Sifrei Torah. For this reason, there will be special Hakofos in 770 where children will be able to experience Hakofos in the Rebbe’s Shul. The Hakofos will only be on Thursday night, the night of Tahalucha. In order for this to proceed in a respectful way, please read the following instructions.
During the month of Tishrei, each holiday with the Rebbe marked a unique spiritual moment. As the month began in judgment – we pray our fates are written up for good on the High Holidays and sealed on Succoth – it ends in triumph on Simchas Torah, a 48-hour marathon of joy when Hashem Himself celebrates and thousands of Jews, from students to dignitaries, flocked to 770 to rejoice with the Rebbe.
It is forbidden on a holiday to do any act in preparation for the following day,1 even if the following day is Shabbat. However, the sages created a halachic device, called an eruv tavshilin, which allows one to cook food on a holiday day for use on a Shabbat that immediately follows it.
Avoid a parking ticket! Pay attention, alternate side parking regulations are suspended for Shemini Atzereth Sep. 30th (Thursday) and Simchas Torah October 1st, (Friday) but are then in affect again on Shabbos (October 2nd).
One hot attraction this Chol Hamoed was the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, where Jews from all walks of life flocked to enjoy the exhibits and hands on activities.
Braving the intermittent rain, thousands turned out for Simchas Beis Hashuevas 3rd night with music.
A Shliach and his brother on their way to do Mivtzoim with a large Sukkah Mobile were involved in an accident with a drunk driver who collided with the Sukkah trailer and caused significant damage.
ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — Over 300 Jews participated in our exhilarating Sukkos event! 4 volunteers with lulav and esrog in hand helped everyone fulfill this special mitzvah. As they entered the largest sukkah in Russia (nearly 2,000 sqare feet!), the participants were pleasantly surprised by how magnificent the place looked, and how warm it felt. The courtyard was recently renovated for our Hachnosas Sefer Torah to look and feel like the old city of Jerusalem.
A large group of lucky Jewish children in the Surrey/White Rock area were delighted to discover that their annual “Sukkah-Hop” would take place in a limousine this year!
Thousands packed yesterday into the ampipark in Raanana, Israel to watch Hasidic singer Avraham Fried host two popular Israeli singers Boaz Sharabi and David Deor, who together performed a song in honor of Gilad Shalit.
Have you seen a really cool or unusual Sukkah? Do you think you can get the most people to like YOUR Sukkah?
Yosef (ben mathisyahu) Weingarten (Crown Heights) and Ruth Levitas (Montreal, Canada)
L’Chaim Sunday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
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In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: We are presenting a short video clip from Shacaris on Hoshana Rabba 1984. The Rebbe waves the Arbaas Haminim during Hallel and circles the Bimah for Hoshanos. From the weekly video magazine, ‘Living Torah’. Courtesy of JEM.
Fathers and sons in Lubavitcher Yeshiva got together on the schools rooftop for their now annual Simchas Beis Hashueva, with live music by Avigdor Tzeitlin.
BROOKLYN [WABC] — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn overnight that left one man in critical condition.
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