I heard the following story from Reb Binyomin Silberstrom of Yerushalayim, in the middle of the summer. However, I decided to wait and posted as the school year begins in earnest. As always your comments and feedback are appreciated.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman points out a lesson we can learn from the flood, and how we can apply it to our daily lives.
The Ohel Bus Service will be providing subsidized transportation round trip from Crown Heights to the Ohel for Zayin Cheshvan from Motzei Shabbos through Sunday.
Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida puts on Teffilin with George Laufer at the Israel Rally in Fort Myers Florida. Mr. George Laufer worked for the 71st Precinct for seven years and was stationed as the guard at 770. He was very friendly with Rabbis Klein, Groner, and Krinsky, and the Rebbe would frequently ask him how his Family was doing.
Hostage Judith Ra’anan was born in Israel but moved to the United States 30 years ago. The now-59-year-old settled in Evanston, Ill., and is an active member of Chabad of Evanston, which has been advocating for the return of Judith and her 19-year-old daughter, Natalie, as well as supporting their extended family.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Rochel Leah Brashevitzky OBM, a mother of a large Lubavitch family and Crown Heights resident. She passed away on Friday, the 5th of Cheshvan, 5784.
Folli and Sima Tessler from Crown Heights ad a baby boy!
A global campaign to encourage women and girls to light Shabbat candles in solidarity with Israel continues again this week using the hashtag #Lightforisrael. Everyone who lights candles is encouraged to post a picture with #lightforisrael and challenge and encourage friends to do so as well.
When you meet a “Palestinian” student working in a Jewish College Dentistry School you hardly expect to be putting Tefillin on them. But listen to the following audio then watch this moving video of this special encounter.
In connection with the narrative in this week’s parsha where Noach, after the flood, plants a vineyard, drinks its wine and becomes inebriated – we present a letter where the Rebbe addresses the issue of drinking mashka and clarifies his guidelines pertaining to it.
We present a video Shiur by Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Machon Lehoraa Online Smicha, discussing those who report a Jew to non-Jewish authorities, instead of going to the Jewish authorities, and what would happen to someone who does that to another Jew.
Following the Israel-Gaza crisis in the news and want to help by donating to a charity? Scammers follow the news, too, and are at the ready. Just like in the wake of a natural disaster, scammers set up fake charities to take advantage of your generosity. Here’s how to avoid charity scams and make sure your donation counts.
Tezvet Hatzalah of Israel is in URGENT need. Needed IMMEDIATELY are 200 Bulletproof Vests and Ballistic Helmets!!
The Governor of New York visited the Western Wall in a solidarity visit amid the fighting: ‘The residents of New York and the U.S., all of them will stand with Israel; we must not allow evil to prevail.’
I remember the Rebbe once said that emunah (belief) is for the past, and bitochon (trust) is for the future. So for the past, we believe that G-d did everything for our ultimate benefit, even if we don’t yet understand how.
Mrs. Sarah Hein is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who works as a Jewish event coordinator for Holiday Inn. She resides in Morristown, New Jersey, and was interviewed in March, 2023.
When he turned on his computer following Simchat Torah and saw the horrific news coming out of Israel, Rabbi Avromy Super knew he had to act. As director of Chabad of S. Lucia, he recalled the Tefillin Campaign launched by the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—during the 1967 Six-Day War and decided that would be his focus.
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