The streets of Irvine, located in Orange County, California, witnessed an unusual spectacle this week. The event and ceremony of bringing in the first Torah scroll that was placed in a Chabad house for Israelis, which is located in the city and serves the Israeli community in the entire county.
In honor of Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Michoel Seligson has provided an overview of the special day by the Rebbe and included pertinent facts and stories.
Mariana Tsopa and her three children’s lives were upended on Feb. 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Chabad of Poland in Warsaw, offered welcomed relief for the family, inviting 250 members of the community to briefly escape the chaos by joining them for a two-week respite during the Passover holiday in 2023.
Mikvah.org has announced a new and improved search feature where they offer access to over a hundred podcast episodes. Now, you can easily filter by the oldest to newest, newest to oldest, and more.
Baruch Hashem with the continued growth of the Lubavitcher community, the NCFJE together with their sponsors have once again stepped up to help keep the Minhag of Kaparos alive.
One call to Shomrim, a fast response, and another person who attacked a Jew in an unprovoked assault was under arrest in Crown Heights.
Since the beginning of Jewish history, the symbol of the High Holidays has been the shofar, the ancient curved instrument used to inaugurate the Jewish New Year. When Covid created unprecedented obstacles to synagogue attendance, many around the world were still able to hear the shofar’s hallowed cries thanks to a decades-old Chabad-Lubavitch innovation: bringing shofar to the streets.
Mendele Zilberstrom (Eilad, EY) to Chassi Eizenbach (Kfar Chabad, EY)
After much organizing and planning, with all the complex logistics underway, Operation “Kimcha deTishrei” was launched this week. Thousands of needy Jews, amongst them elderly, indigent, or large families who are going through a rough patch, will each receive a large food basket during these days in an organized and dignified manner.
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.
Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, under the leadership of Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, has begun their 18th year of stellar Chinuch. To celebrate this special occasion, the Yeshiva arranged – through a vaad of alumni – a grand Hakhel Dinner for all of its alumni at the JCM.
The youth feel a void, they are thirsty for purpose and meaning in life. Three individuals recount their return to Judaism.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Shimon (Shimmy) Heshkovitz OBM a Shliach of the Rebbe in Ofakim, EY. He passed away on Tuesday, the 26th of Elul, 5783, after battling an illness.
As Jews across the world begin to prepare for the High Holidays, Chabad of Poland has begun to coordinate holiday food preparation at a record scale of more than 5,000 meals and food packages to help Polish and Ukrainian Jews to help celebrate Rosh Hashanah.
Enjoy this sneak peak from Chabad of South Broward’s 42nd Annual Gala Dinner that took place this year at the Gulfstream.
Bentzi and Devorah Leah (nee Koncepolski) Sasson from the Five Towns, NY had a baby boy!
Imagine being able to walk your child through the front door of 770, straight into the incredible sights, sounds, experiences, and life-changing memories of Tishrei with the Rebbe. JEM’s new series of the acclaimed Good Night My Child project aims to do just that.
