JEM: The Story of the Rebbe’s Incredible Kindness to A Couple on their Wedding Day
The wedding was to take place the same night as the Rebbe’s Farbrengen. The Rebbe came up with a simple solution.
Before being called to the Torah for his bar mitzvah aliyah at the Choral Synagogue.in Kharkov, Ukraine, Yisroel Moskovitz helps resident bless the lulav and etrog. Photo courtesy Chabad of Kharkov
Joyous Bar Mitzvah Celebrated in Sukkah in Kharkov, Ukraine
Perhaps nowhere in Ukraine was Sukkot more widely celebrated this year than in Kharkov, the country’s second-largest city. There, in the eastern part of the country, close to the border with Russia, that Yisroel Moskovitz became a bar mitzvah during Chol Hamoed, the intermediate days of Sukkot.
Weekly Letter: The Question of Women Participating in Hakofos on Simchas Torah
On the question of women participating in hakofos on Simchas Torah – the Rebbe clarifies in this letter, some points (which he had made during a personal meeting with the correspondent) which need to be considered so that the actual practice should conform to halachah.
Crown Heights Safe Tech Expanded Isru Chag Hours
In response to the many requests from guests and students returning to yeshiva and schools right after YomTov, we will be open on Isru Chag from 2:00pm – 6:00pm.
Gallery: Simchas Bais Hashoeva Takes Over The Streets of Paris
Over a hundreds men, woman, and children congregated in Bastille Square in Paris for a Simchas Bais Hashoeva event complete with music, stuntman, and dancing.
Mobile Sukkah in the City of Sydney
With a full four days of Chol HaMoed Sukkos, and the temperature unseasonably hot reaching an average of 35 Celsius, CBDChabad Sydney was undeterred in taking their annual Sukkah Mobile Pilgrimage across the City of Sydney and the surrounding suburbs every day of Chol HaMoed.
Shliach Makes Birthday Hachlata to Teach the Rebbe and the Rebbe’s Fathers Teachings on the Zohar
Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch Southwest Florida who teaches weekly insights of The Rebbe on the Parsha as well as a Mamar of the Rebbe on YouTube, has taken on a new initiative in honor of his Birthday. The Hachlata, to teach The Rebbe and The Rebbe’s Father teachings on the Zohar every week.
Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $1.4 Billion
The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no players matched all six numbers and hit it rich Wednesday night.
Bochur Seriously Injured In Fall, At Least Four Arrested During Wednesday Night Simchas Bais Hashoeva in Crown Heights
Wednesday night, the second to last night of Chol Hamoed Sukkos 5784 in Crown Heights was an active night for Simchas Bais Hashoeva, and unfortunately not for all good reasons.
Here’s My Story: How I Got Engaged In My Sleep
Rabbi Yosef Posner has served as a Chabad emissary in Skokie, Illinois, since 1981. He is currently the president of the Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc). He was interviewed in November 2022.
Gallery: Simchas Bais Hashoeva Event Enlivens The Streets of Remsen Village
Hundreds of Chabad residents of Remsen Village poured out to the streets Wednesday evening as they celebrated Simchas Bais Hashoeva with singing, dancing, music, and activities.
Video Shiur: The Rings Around the Lulov
We present a video Shiur by Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Machon Lehoraa Online Smicha, discussing the different halachos on Sukkos and the different minhagim and significance over the four Arovos used on Sukkos.
Hadar Hatorah Builds Brand New Sukkah, Hosts Farbrengens Each Night of Chol Hamoed
This year Hadar Hatorah, with the help of Moshe Glikin and student Michoel Yaroslavsky raised funds and purchased a brand new sukkah that is situated in the front of the 824 building. This is the first time the Hadar Hatorah sukkah has been in the front of the building.
Video of the Day
At Simchas Bais Hashoeva in Crown Heights last night, NYPD Inspector Richie Taylor, a Yarmulka wearing Frum Jew, addressed the participants and thanked Crown Heights Shomrim and Hatzalah for their amazing work in making the event safe.
Chabad Sukkah Mobiles Around the World
Courtesy of Lubavitch.com we present a series on Chabad Sukkah Mobiles found around the world.
JLI: The Debates between Talmudic Sages and the Ancient Philosophers
Explore some of the debates between the Talmudic Sages and the philosophers of Athens and Rome in the wake of the Temple’s destruction, from eating etiquette to the meaning of astrology, and their deeper meaning.
Hypocritical Scientists and Sukkot
It is ludicrous to claim that the universe has no intelligent Creator. Even in the face of evidence and logical feasibility, scientists have taken a rigidly religious attitude and rejected the existence of a Divine entity.
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