This week a friend told me that he heard a beautiful story which he heard at a farbrengen from Rabbi Dovid Sholom Pape. So, I went over to him, and while the person related it to me properly, Rabbi Pape gave me some additional aspects of the story.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman delves into the preparations made for Yaacov’s arrival in Egypt, its spiritual significance, and some baffling questions.
The following story was posted to social media by Sarah Dukes, and tells a special story of a young girl who was Davening each day for a soldier in the IDF who turned out to be a family friend.
Nathaniel Melchior and Alon Segev, two reserve soldiers in the 404th Battalion of the 282nd Fire Brigade, did not expect this on their reserve service: they discovered an intact ancient oil lamp dating from the Byzantine period.
Menachem and Sheva Roitblat from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 770 Empire Blvd #5F (between Troy Ave and Schenectady Ave)
Lubavitcher and Crown Heights resident Zalmy Neparstak has a big Mazal Tov, he has completed the NYPD’s rigorous training and graduated as a police officer.
Rabbi Yitzchak Vorst, a child survivor of the Holocaust who went on to become the founding Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in the Netherlands and influence Dutch Jewry through his writings, personal warmth and loving acceptance of everyone he met, passed away on Wednesday night, 28 Elul (Sept. 14). He was 85 years old.
Jewish public school students from all across Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island transformed a week of vacation into a week of Jewish fun and Pride at the Released Time Winter Day Camps in Brooklyn and Queens.
The CEO and Head of School at Yeshiva Schools in Pittsburgh, Rabbi Yossi Rosenblum, provides an insight and comfort for the community following three tragic losses over the past few weeks.
Two years on from his brutal stabbing, Rabbi Shlomo Noginsky’s Rabbinical College continues to transform wounds into wellsprings of Jewish pride and identity.
This song is the second of our joyous anthems of that unity, a celebration of the chizuk we draw from each other, from the Chayalim dancing on the frontlines to the mothers whispering bedtime prayers with the next generation of Hashem’s soldiers.
In connection with the blessings which Yaakov is giving his children at the end of his years in Mitzrayim, by way of a last will and testament before his passing – we share a letter of the Rebbe wherein he gives detailed advice regarding the writing of a Jewish will.
With great sadness we report the passing of Shaina Gittel Astrin OBM, a member of the Crown Heights Chabad community and active member of Nshei Chabad.
Gershon Burkis, a former member of the Lod Religious Council, founded the “Machanayim Library,” a series of Jewish children’s books featuring authentic stories. He was interviewed in June 2015.
Online Smicha resents a video Shiur by Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Machon Lehoraa Online Smicha, discussing whether or not one is allowed to gain from not Kosher foods and the different perspectives on this topic.
As we come closer to Yud Shevat, read about the events of the year between the Frierdiker Rebbe’s histalkus and the Rebbe’s Kabolas Hanesius.
In honor of yud Shevat, Lahak Hanochos has announced the release of a new-and-improved set of Basi Legani Maamarim which was until now out of stock. Also, the story of those maamarim—and this year’s kovetz.
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