Rabbi Nissan Mangel, Holocaust survivor, and renowned author and lecturer, was all but 10 years old when he came to the concentration camps. This interview is by Annabel Anisfeld, an Actor / Writer / Director from London, England, and a recent graduate from NYU Tisch.
Chabad photographer Dov Ber Hechtman has been in Meron since before the beginning of the festivities documenting the sites, crowds, and events that have converged at the holy gravesite of the Rashbi.
Join this live broadcast at 10:30am of the grand Lag B’Omer parade at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in New York, where thousands of Jewish children are gathering for this special event.
The Brownsville Anash community celebrated the joyous day of Lag B’Omer with a marching band parade, BBQ, bounce house, bonfire, face paint, and balloons.
In honor of the upshernish of the son of Yosef Kramer, he shared a Pirsum Rishon of three short movie films of Lag B’Omer Parades by the Rebbe from three different years.
Just in time for Lag B’Omer, an EDM Mix made by the Davidov Brothers, two shluchim from Toronto, Canada, is now available to the public.
In honor of Lag B’Omer, the The Hilulo of the Rashbi, Rabbi Michoel Seligson has provided an overview on the date, minhagim, joy and parades relating to this joyous day.
A Lag Ba’omer bonfire and celebration took place for the 38th year running on Empire Boulevard, in the backyard of the Horowitz family home. There, the Horowitz family and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei have held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
Originally released a few years ago, DJ Farbreng has added his unique sound to this upmix to help connect to Heilige Reb Shimon on this special day of Lag B’omer.
Following an unthinkable tragedy, little Raphael Chaim Meir is fighting for his life. Today, in the merit of all Jewish children, we are commencing the writing of a Torah, which will serve to safeguard the children, just as the children have committed to safeguard the Torah.
With the start of the new Rambam cycle those who are learning three chapters a day will be learning Hilchos Deot this week. Those learning one chapter a day will get there in the middle of Iyar. As you know the first two Halachos of the fourth Perek discuss healthy living.
The Rebbe encouraged Jewish people to visit the Ohel on Lag B’Omer, saying that on that special day and the Rashbi could be found there.
You’ve seen it before: His radio buzzes, he picks it up and hears the call for help, and poof! He’s out running as if he has a cape on his shoulders ready to go save another life. But there’s much more to this scene that what meets the eye.
Brendon Koussevitzky (Coral Springs, FL) to Jamie Barishman (Long Island, NY)
This afternoon, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced the winners of its coveted annual awards – and did not include the deeply objectionable New York Times series on the Orthodox Jewish community and their yeshivas.
Following a devastating illness, Reb Akiva Wagner returned his soul to its Creator. He passed away the day after his 55th birthday.
Levi and Dena Blecher from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
