Powerball $842 Million Jackpot-Winning Ticket Sold In Michigan
A lucky Powerball ticketholder in Michigan won the estimated $842 million jackpot Monday night, according to the lottery’s website.
“He Needed to Go Back, The Distance was Killing Him”
Of all the terrified faces on the morning of October 7th, I remember Amichai’s anguished features distinctly. He needed to go back. The distance was killing him. He sat in my Sukkah on Shemini Atzeret afternoon. Yes, he had always thought he might end up at war, even in the reserves, but never in Gaza.
Yossi Landau, a volunteer for Zaka— the search and rescue organization responsible for ensuring that terror victims in Israel have a proper Jewish burial— hauntingly tells the Chabad Young Professionals Mission to Israel about the horrors he witnessed on October 7.
Choosing Purpose over Pleasure, Young Jewish Professionals Volunteer in Israel
The young Jewish men and women who chose to come to the scene of one of the most horrific attacks in Jewish history were part of the Chabad Young Professionals (CYP) Mission to Israel. Organized by CYP’s chapter on New York City’s Upper East Side and including people from across the country, the group spent the week focusing on providing multifaceted support to the Israeli communities devastated in the wake of the attacks.
Rabbi Yosef Itkin, 69, Teacher Known as ‘Lamplighter of Pittsburgh’
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Itkin, an acclaimed teacher, mashpia (Chassidic mentor) and kashrut executive who brought his tireless enthusiasm for Torah study and Chassidic philosophy and customs to the Pittsburgh Jewish community for more than 40 years, passed away on 7 Tevet (December 18). He was 69 years old.
At least 45 people throughout Ukraine were killed in the last few days as drones and rockets were directed at several cities, including the capital of Kyiv; Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city; and as far as Lviv, on the Polish border.
Ukraine Jewish Community Mourns Young Man Killed in Rocket Attack
A 30-year-old Jewish man from Kharkiv, Ukraine, was laid to rest Monday after he was killed during a barrage of Russian airstrikes over the weekend.
Picture of the Day
Mazel Tov to the proud Stamford Hill parents on the arrival of their baby boy, the first baby born in the UK in 2024. Yup, this frum baby boy was born at “00:01”.
New Engagement!
Michoel Abraham (South Africa) to Rochele Blau (Crown Heights)
Students Leave Auschwitz with Renewed Sense of Commitment
Amidst the current challenges on campuses worldwide, Chabad on Campus students on the LivingLinks trip walked out of Auschwitz determined to stand firm and proud in their commitment to Yiddishkiet.
LEC Miami Honors Hatzalah Volunteers On Rambam’s Yartzeit
In honor of the Rambam’s yartzeit on Chof Teves, Lubavitch Educational Center’s Boys Elementary School in Florida commended three of their teachers who also volunteer with Hatzalah as EMTs: Rabbis Asher Sossonko, 5th grade rebbi, Aharon Spielman, 4th grade rebbi, and Mendel Stern, 5th grade rebbi.
New Engagement!
Uziel Rubashkin (Postville, IA) to Miriam Greenberg (Buffalo, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President St.
Powerball Jackpot Reaches $810 Million to Start 2024
A Powerball player (or players) could begin 2024 on a high note: the current jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $810 million ahead of the next drawing.
Derher Kids: New Dramatic Audio Episode With A Trip Behind The Iron Curtain
Herher is excited to present a highly dramatic new Derher for Kids episode, where a young bochur is sent to Russia on a daunting mission.
Emotional Moments at the Western Wall With Amputees Of Ongoing War
Amputee civilians and soldiers from the Iron Swords war came to the Western Wall to say a psalm of thanksgiving and to pray for the recovery of wounded friends and IDF soldiers
Intoxicated New Years Reveler Drives Up Albany The Wrong Way, Crashes Into Parked Bus
An intoxicated New Years reveler discovered the perils of driving drunk early Monday morning when he attempted to drive the wrong way up Albany Ave and crashed into a parked school bus.
Australia Chabad Rabbi Wins “36 Under 36” Changemaker Award
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Aron, who directs Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA) with his wife Shevi, has been named one of the recipients of the Jewish Changemaker Award, given annually to 36 people under 36 years old who are impacting Jewish life in Australia.
Developers Secure $256 Million In Funding For Utica Crescent Affordable Apartments That Will Sit Between Crown Heights and Remsen Village
With cash in the bank, the next phase of the Vital Brooklyn project – planned to transform the area between Crown Heights and Remsen Village into a haven of affordable housing and homeless shelters – is ready to kick off.
LIVE at 8:00PM: Annual Crown Heights Hiloula Event of Rabbi Yaacov Abuhatzeira, the Abir Yaacov
Merkaz Sefarad Chabad and the Zaetz family are proud to invite you to the annual Hiloula of Rabbi Yaacov Abuhatzeira, זצוק”ל, a.k.a the Abir Yaacov.
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