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Announcing New Shluchim to France!

The Shluchim Office would like to join with all other shluchim in wishing a hearty Mazal Tov to Rabbi Mendy and Faigy Bitton (nee Blank) and their two children Levi Yitzchak and Chaya Mushka, who have B”H newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe’s Shluchim. He will be taking up the position of Shliach Torah in the Beis Chabad of Sarcelles, France under Rabbi Yaakov Bitton.

Yaldah Magazine Launches First Fiction Novel

SHARON, MA — YM Books, the newly launched book publishing branch of YALDAH Magazine is proud to present their first fiction novel: One Is Not a Lonely Number, by Evelyn Krieger. The 450-page novel tells the first-person narrative of 13-year-old Talia Schumacher, the only child of a wealthy orthodox couple, known for their hospitality.

Info to be Menachem Avel Rabbi Hershel Pfeffer

Rabbi Hershel Pfeffer of Pittsburgh PA is sitting shiva after the passing of his brother Aryeh Leib Hakohen Pfeffer.

Rabbi Pfeffer will be sitting Shiva at 640 Eastern Parkway #4D, Wednesday & Thursday from 11:30 – 4:30 p.m.

He will then be sitting Shiva in Pittsburgh. Times to be announced there.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

New Women’s Film: Exclusive Showing Tonight

Jewish women in New York are inspired and abuzz over the latest smash hit film for women. Sarah – One against All is based on the riveting and powerful real-life story of “Mumeh Sarah,” Mrs. Sarah Katzenellenbogen, courageous leader of the Chassidic underground escape system for Jews in post-WWII Russia.

New Lebben Mitten Rebben Booklet

A new and unique issue of “Leben Mitten Rebben” has been released. During the Farbrengen of Yud Shevat 5726, sixteen years after the Histalkus of the Frierdiker Rebbe, the Rebbe compared our current situation to that of the Chassidim who remained in Russia after the Frierdiker Rebbe left.

Video: Shoplifter in Action at Apple Drugs

The following is surveillance footage capturing a shoplifter stealing from Apple Drugs. The incident took place yesterday, Monday, at around 11:00am, where the thief, a black male in his late 30’s spent a few minutes in the aisles of the store and made off with approximately $50 worth of goods.

Chovevei Torah Announces 21 Talmidim HaShluchim!

Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights announced today that 21 Temimim will be heading out on Shlichus to various Chabad yeshivas around the world for the coming school year. Chovevei are once again the first to make this announcement, ahead of any other Chabad yeshiva.

Announcing New Shluchim to Delaware

Rabbi Motti and Rochel Flikshtein and daughter Shoshi will be moving to Wilmington, DE. They will take the position of Program Directors in the new Chabad Center for Jewish Life.

The community is especially excited, as this is the return home for Rochel, who was born and raised in Wilmington. Her parents and siblings were one of the founding families of Chabad in Delaware and are pillars of Chabad and the local Jewish community.

$50,000 Raffle Campaign in Full Swing at YNS Tzfas

The YNS Chabad Tzfas second annual scholarship raffle campaign is currently underway.

YES YOU CAN WIN BIG and at the same time help support the most important fundraising event of the year for the yeshiva. Your warm response would be greatly appreciated in enhancing the success of our mission.

The Indian Phone Rep Recalls Mumbai Shluchim

From The Inbox:

Yitzchak Sapochkinsky from Chabad of Westlake Village, CA was speaking with an American Express representative at an indian call center, when the rep suddenly expressed interest in Chabad. The indian rep went on to say “I live in Mumbai, India, next door to the Chabad House” and spoke about the Holtzberg’s.