The seven hostages release in the first group are Guy Gilboa-DaThe seven hostages release in the first group are Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Eitan Mor, Gali and Ziv Berman, Alon Ohel, Matan Angrest, and Omri Miran.
The unthinkable happened in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal this past week. All advertising was taken down and replaced with pictures and videos of your average New Yorkers. Among the featured photographs are images of Chabad families, as well as a photo from the Kinus Hashluchim.
Building on the tremendous success of last year’s Achdus Hakafos in Crown Heights—and the overwhelming gratitude and positive feedback from so many—we are pleased to announce that the Second Annual Simchas Torah Achdus Hakafos will take place Wednesday, 1:00–1:45 PM, at the corner of Albany Avenue and Crown Street.
We’ve got a little bonus track for you from the Avi Ganz Live Session — and with everything happening right now in Israel, the timing couldn’t feel more fitting.
The simcha of Yom Tov doesn’t come from what is in the glass. It comes from the Torah in our arms. From the circles we make. From the joy we bring with our own voices and feet.
Kollel L’Rabbonei Chabad and Kollel Aliba D’hilchasa present a special Yom tov shiur by HaRav Tuvia Kasimov
Chabad photographer Dovber Hechtman provides and inside look at the Tishrei Complex that is providing safe and comfortable accommodations for hundreds of bochurim.
Shir walked home with us for lunch in the sukkah. I asked how she copes with the trauma. She said, amongst other things, she’d been to the Rebbe’s Ohel in New York – and then added quietly, “I wish I had a dollar from the Rebbe.”
The hall was transformed into a stunning display of miniature sukkahs, each one an original masterpiece, thoughtfully designed and built with care, imagination, and genuine joy for the upcoming Yom Tov.
Alternate Side Parking rules will be suspended from Monday Oct. 13th -Wednesday Oct 15th for Columbus day, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah. Parking meters remain in effect.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
SNAP benefits have increased in October despite growing concerns that the funding may be cut due to the government shutdown.
With great sadness we report the passing of the Harav Shmuel Yosef Littman Plotkin OBM, a famed Chossid and the first Shliach to Bardichev. He passed away on Shabbos morning, the 19th of Tishrei, 5786.
There is a possibly unkosher Sukkah at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park. The Sukkah was built by a reform/conservative synagogue and has trees above it that may make it a Posul Sukkah.
Project Veritas published a breaking report after its reporting led to the arrest of two Brazilian nationals who planned to bomb a Chabad Center in Orlando, FL.
The Trump administration revealed in a court filing that more than 4,000 federal workers were fired Friday as a result of the ongoing partial government shutdown.
A reservist soldier who was seriously wounded in an accidental grenade blast in the southern Gaza Strip last week succumbed to his wounds over the weekend, the military announced.
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