New Engagement!
Yosef Yitzchak Avichzor (Crown Heights) to Nechami Rachamim (Petach Tikvah, Israel)
New Engagement!
Levi Halperin (Amnon, Israel) to Richie Segal (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, 30th of Tishrei, 8:00pm at The Lubavitcher Yeshiva Small Hall

Global Campaign to Light Shabbat Candles for Israel
A global campaign to encourage women to light Shabbat candles this week in solidarity with Israel is underway using the hashtag #LightForIsrael.

Picture of the Day
A Crown Heights Hatzalah Paramedic working at a private ambulance company in New York City took time between his life saving response to put on Tefillin with multiple other Jewish responders.

Op-Ed: You Need to Actually Do Something
The bottom line is if you don’t want to tell your grandchildren that you did absolutely nothing during these times, then you need to actually do something. Op-Ed by Yosef Hershkop

Vigilance, Not Fear: Security Update Regarding Tomorrow
It should be emphasized that the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and local police forces that Agudath Israel has met with over the past 24 hours have reported no known, credible threats at this time.

Weekly Letter: The Powers Which Man Was Given
Regarding the Creation of the world and its ultimate purpose – the creation of Man – the Rebbe underlines some fascinating details: the powers which man was given, the purpose of his creation and the meaning of G-d’s command to him to replenish and to conquer it and have dominion over its living creatures…

Report: US, Qatar Agree to Keep Iran From Tapping $6B in Unfrozen Assets
US and Qatari officials have decided to keep Iran from accessing $6 billion worth of recently unfrozen oil revenues tied up in Doha, at least for now.

Brooklyn to Gaza in 48 Hours: Dozens Called Up on Jewish Holiday
Chaim Pinson was celebrating Shemini Atzeret in Brooklyn and was ready to retire for the night. It was Friday, and Pinson had spent a joyous evening dancing with the Torah at the central Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in the Crown Heights neighborhood. Coming from Miami to visit family in New York, where he grew up, the 31-year-old was having a great holiday.

Women Across The Globe To Add 50,000 Minutes To Shabbos By Lighting Early
The zchus of Shmiras Shabbos cannot be overstated. This Shabbos, we will together try to add thousands of Minutes of Shmiras Shabbos by together, being mekabel shabbos a few minutes early.

NYPD Orders All Cops to Report in Uniform After Ex-Hamas Chief Calls for Global Protests
The NYPD has ordered all cops to report in uniform starting Friday in anticipation of potential unrest stemming from a call by the former leader of Hamas to stage global demonstrations in support of Palestinians, The Post has learned.

The Rebbe’s Chasidim Bring Physical and Spiritual Assistance to Israel’s Army Soldiers
The morning after the Shmini Atzeres/Simchas Torah attacks was Isru Chag in Israel. While others were cut off from family and not knowing what to do, Rabbi Zalman Traxler, shliach and Rabbi of the Artist Quarter Minyan, Tsfat, decided to take action.

JLI: Jewish Scientist Reveals How Old the World Really Is
How does the geological evidence square with biblical accounts of Creation? Explore a fascinating perspective on thinking about the world’s age with the Science Editor of Rockefeller University.

Op-Ed: It Happened Simchas Torah As They Were Dancing
by Levi Y. Liberow – Beis Moshiach Magazine I always wondered what it felt like to be in 770 (or in any shul during Yom Tov) at the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, a war which we just marked its […]
New Engagement!
Yosef Zirkind (Sharon, MA) to Ruthy Andrusier (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, Oct. 22nd, 5:00pm at Ulam Chana

Here’s My Story: Unpacking On The Battlefield
Rabbi Shimon Bekerman is a veteran activist and served as a member of Tzeirei Agudas Chabad in Israel. He was interviewed in his home in Kfar Chabad in June of 2014.

Don’t Shoot, He’s Wearing Tzitzit!
Watch this incredibly heroic story of IDF Deputy Battalion Commander Guy Madar, of how he battled the terrorists and was saved himself because he was wearing Tzitzis.