Levaya For Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM Passes by 770
The Levaya for Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Chabad Yeshiva in Toronto, Canada, passed by 770 Monday afternoon, where a large crowd of Anash waited to bade farewell.
Jewish Communities in Commonwealth Welcome King Charles III
Amidst a resplendent display of British pomp and national pride, King Charles III ascended to the throne of England on Shabbat, and Jewish communities throughout the Commonwealth celebrated the coronation with special prayers for his welfare during Shabbat services, followed by expressions of goodwill for the new king.
There Is Just Nine Days Left, Have You Helped Make A Wedding Yet?
Nervously fretting over her special day, a Kallah is still worrying if every detail will be right for her wedding. Right now, a Chosson is looking at the cost and wondering “How will we afford it?” Have you helped KSCVK make a wedding yet? There is just one week left to buy your tickets for the KSCVK auction.
Baby Girl!
Yitzchak and Shaindy (nee Rosenfeld) Heisler from Seattle, WA had a baby girl!
1600 Bochurim Take First Moshiach Chidon Test, Winners Announced
Last Thursday, over 1,600 bochurim from across the globe took the first Moshiach Chidon test. The test covered the first booklet in the new curriculum provided by the Moshiach Chidon.
The Goldstein children in McAllen, Texas, in the mid-1980s, a few years after a schoolteacher from Brooklyn, N.Y., entered their father’s store and changed their lives forever.
Houston’s Newest Torah: A Tale of Two Letters in a Children’s Scroll
Dovid Goldstein was 7 years old in 1981 when a bearded man entered his father’s store in McAllen, Texas, and changed his life forever. A “prodigy” of McAllen’s Temple Emanuel Sunday School, the boy was a world away from Chassidic Brooklyn, N.Y., where the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson—led the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
LIVE: Join The Simcha of Lag B’Omer In Meron
Hundreds of thousands of Jews will be in Meron Monday night and Tuesday to celebrate Lag Ba’Omer. The holiday marks the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi). Join the Simcha through a live broadcast.
New Engagement!
Melech Bialo (Cleveland) to Miri Moszkowski (Manchester, UK)
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Simi (nee Gutnick) Cohen from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
TODAY: Community Bonfire To Unite The Community
Today, Monday, the Crown Heights community will be joining together for a Shnas Hakhel Bonfire taking place in front of Wingate High School on Kingston Ave. Updated Schedule in Extended Article
Video of the Day
The Great Parade will be arriving soon, and the players, marchers, and band members are hard at work preparing. Watch as this group do a dress rehearsal for the exciting day.
BDE: Rabbi Akiva Gershon Wagner, 55, OBM
With great sadness we report the untimely passing of Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Toronto, Canada. He passed away on Monday, the 17th of Iyar, 5783 following an extended illness. Updated with Levaya Information
200 Youths Join Mega Hakhel BBQ In Aubervilliers, France
Over 200 youths gathered for a MEGA HAKHEL BBQ in honor of Lag Baomer with their shliach Rabbi Shmulik Tewel in Aubervilliers France.
Wherever he went, Eli Baitelman took tefillin, eager to help a fellow Jew perform a mitzvah.
Obituary: Rabbi Eli Baitelman, 40, Father of Seven and ‘Best Friend’ to Hundreds
One could say that Rabbi Eli Baitelman was a walking fountain of joy, kindness and Jewish inspiration. He served for more than a decade as a beloved Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi in Pacific Palisades, Calif., an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles, and then continued to share the joy of Judaism with everyone he met in a subsequent career in construction. Baitelman passed away on Shabbat, May 6 (15 Iyar) after suffering a heart attack, just two days before the bar mitzvah celebration of his son, Sholom, was set to take place on the joyous day of Lag BaOmer.
Information to be Menachem Avel The Tenenbaum Family
The Tenenbaum family will be sitting shiva in Crown Heights after the passing of Rabbi Eli Tenenbaum OB”M. Times and location in extended article.
New Engagement!
Chaim Lishner (Crown Heights) to Rivkie Scheiner (Southfield, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St.
New Engagement!
Yonathan Elkrief (Creteil, France) to Haya Chiche (Bagnolet, France)
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