About 500 people participated in the impressive “Chag Ha’Semicha” event which took place last Wednesday, 5 Tishrei, in Oholei Torah’s hall in Crown Heights. Certificates were given out to about 270 students who successfully completed the curriculum for Semicha.
In September of 1953, the Rebbe’s chief secretary, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, summoned two yeshivah students into his office with a new directive from the Rebbe. “He told us that we should arrange that on Sukkot, we should go out into the streets with a lulav and etrog and also gather children in the Sukkah, and help them make the blessing on the etrog … ”
The US on Wednesday officially announced that Israel has been accepted to its Visa Waiver Program and Israeli citizens will now be able to enjoy the benefits of the program.
Chabad photographer Yisroel Teitelbaum captured the faces and moments Erev Yom Kippur as Lubavitchers prepared for the holiest day of the year at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.
Join Shloime Zionce as he spends the day in Paris, France, from an extremely unique Synagogue, to a Kosher Restaurant, and of course the Eiffel Tower. While there of course, he spends some time at Chabad.
Shalom Ber Moscowitz (Kharkiv, Ukraine) to Chavi Zainz (S. Paulo, Brazil)
The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $835 million after no one beat the immense odds Monday night and won the top prize.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin interviewed Rabbi Yaakov Eckhaus, an educator for 58 years at Lubavitcher Yeshiva. The wide ranging interview, broken up into sections, will cover Internet, Smart Phones in school education, the Rebbe on Parallel Classes and more.
Photographer Dovber Hechtman captured the electric moments of Erev Yom Kippur in 770 as thousands of Bochurim went to the Rebbe for Birkas Habanim.
Mendel Benhaim (Bonneuil, Paris) to Tanya Alzerah (Villeurbanne, Lyon)
The US government is expected to announce this week that the State of Israel is joining the US Visa Waiver Program.
The Jewish community of Moscow was busy Erev Yom Kippur with Kapparos and the day’s preparations.
A musical tribute to all the Ten Yad Kallahs – by Jewish music superstars showcasing a medley of the most beautiful Eishel Chayil tunes for the third annual Tenathon.
On his way to Afternoon Prayers on Yom Kippur Eve, the Rebbe places coins in all the charity boxes set out in 770. On his way to Kol Nidrei, the Rebbe blesses the students of Tomchei Temimim.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Monday, September 25, 2023 for Yom Kippur. Parking meters remain in effect.
Watch this fascinating short clip from Montreal, Tof Shin Samech Vov, as Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky gave Lekach to Rav Yitzchak Hendel and Rav Volf Greenglass.
Thousands of Jews Paris gathered Motzei Shabbos, the night of Erev Yom Kippur, to do Kapparos by Chabad. The annual event was captured on camera by photographer Mordechai Lubecki.
