Rabbi Asher and Dini Hecht together with their daughter Mushka have recently moved on Shlichus to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas where they will be establishing a new Chabad center, serving the needs of the Jews of the Texas valley.
As every year, from Yud Shevat thru Yud Alef Nissan, talmidim of Cheder Menachem in Los Angeles worked in preparing a special and most befitting present for the Rebbe in honor of Yud Alef Nissan with their annual Mishnayos Be’Al peh program; together, the talmidim learned and were tested on a total of over 118,000 lines of Mishnayos, Tanya, Siddur and Yediyos Kloliyos. This number includes: 9,770 Mishnayos – including 151 complete Masechtos and 1,222 Perakim, 7 Sedarim, as well as 80 Perakim of Tanya Baal Peh.
MONSEY — Marking it tenth year, Yeshivas Menachem Mendel Lubavitch of Monsey held its first ever dinner last night, appropriately titled Dinner of the Decade.
Culprits could face hate-crime penalties in what Shreveport police say was the weekend desecration of several historic Jewish graves.
Investigators went to Oakland Cemetery, on the edge of the downtown and Ledbetter Heights neighborhoods, about 2 p.m. Saturday after a groundskeeper reported that nine headstones had been overturned or broken.
Sholom M. Rubashkin was hospitalized over the weekend after a possible insect bite became infected and got worse over the weekend, requiring hospitalization.
The following is the fourth gallery that was submitted to our Photo Competition, depicting “Our Beautiful Community”.
This is the first gallery of many already submitted! To learn more or join the competition visit awarmfocus.org
We are saddened to inform you that Esther Klein, mother of Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, passed away Friday evening, May 14th, at 8:00pm.
Funeral services will take place on Monday afternoon, May 17th, at 1:00pm sharp in the McCormick Auditorium of the Norris University Center of Northwestern University, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208. Following services, internment will take place at West Lawn Cemetery, 7801 West Montrose Avenue, Norridge, IL 60706.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Menachem Rapp (Melbourne, Australia) and Mushki Pil (San Francisco, CA)
Supporters turned out in support of Keren Avrohom Eliezer Camp Fund’s annual auction, and enjoyed a performance by Lipa!
Auction Winners:
Grand Prize – C.Z. Minkowitz
Jackpot – Rochel Perl
Split the pot – Chava Altein
Admission – C.M. Bendit
Kehot Publication Society has just released a chasidic discourse (“maamar”) by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of sainted memory. The discourse, entitled “Chaviv Adam,” was delivered by the Rebbe on the second day of Shavuot 1925, in S. Petersburg, Russia, and has never before been published.
For 8 months Thursday night was Mishmor night, for Oholei Torah Zal and students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 7th and 8th grades. Each Thursday night big bochur and little bochur would learn, farbreng, snack and play together.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A Crown Heights family went through a harrowing ordeal this Sunday afternoon. Their 2-year-old daughter slipped away and vanished as they enjoyed the beautiful day in Prospect Park.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Chabad of Brooklyn Heights celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Mei Menachem Community Mikvah Dinner in style at the Prospect Park Picnic House with an evening dedicated to fostering harmony in the home.
About me: I am a young Shliach living in queens. I go to school in Crown Heights. I think Crown Heights is the coolest place on earth.
The following is the third gallery that was submitted to our Photo Competition, depicting “Our Beautiful Community”.
To learn more or join the competition visit awarmfocus.org
The Yeshiva Gedola Lubavitch in London announced that they are the first Yeshiva in the UK to be granted a license by the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) to sponsor students for study at their Yeshiva.
As the days get warmer it becomes time to tend to the yards. Reb Leibel Swerdlov, a Crown Street resident, took advantage of the nice Sunday weather and tended to his yard.
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