On Friday, the teens explored the Jewish history of Budapest. Rabbi Shlomo Kovesh of Chabad Budapest, Rabbi Tzemmy and Sophie Bassman of CTeen Budapest, and Rabbi Shimon Rivkin of CTeen International at Merkos 302, led the group as they visited historical Shuls and important locations, bringing energy and life, singing and dancing everywhere they went.
Recently I read about someone who was on a plane having a hard time breathing. Luckily for her, there was another passenger who although was not a medic, was quite knowledgeable in first aid, and with a straw was able to reopen her breathing tube. The question is, what can we learn from this?
A Hebrew language shiur by Machon ‘Taharas Habayis’ as a review on Taharas Hamishpacha for men launched successfully this week.
The Levaya of Mrs. Sara Raize Wolowik OBM of Montreal, Canada, passed by 770 Friday morning on it’s way to Kevurah.
An extraordinary Maamar from Reb Hillel Paritcher has been published here for the first time from Manuscript.
In this weeks Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman brings a story to explain the Alter Rebbe’s definition that we should polish ourselves during Sefiras Haomer.
The Wolowik family will be sitting Shiva following the passing of their mother, Mrs. Sara Raize Wolowik OBM. Times and location in extended article.
As Lag B’Omer approaches, NCFJE once again aims to bring our children a day of fun in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
Watch this clip from JEM which tells of the first encounter Rabbi Moshe Feller had with Velvel Greene, and how dedication made an incredible impression.
The man wanted for the unprovoked attack on a Lubavitcher walking on President Street in Crown Heights has been arrested, and is now facing charges of bias crime and robbery.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present this weeks unique photo of the Rebbe.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the secretary to the Rebbe for a period of 40 years and Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Machneh Israel, concluded his trip to Eretz Yisroel yesterday with a visit to Tzfas, where he davened at the resting place of the Rebbe’s brother, Reb Yisrael Aryeh Leib, marking the 70th anniversary of his passing, on 13 Iyar 5712.
Rabbi Shmuel Brook and Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook are sitting Shiva following the passing of their sister, Mrs. Sarah Siroka a”h. Times and location in extended article.
An alert security guard at Beis Rivkah Lefferts averted a crisis Thursday afternoon when he subdued an erratic and dangerous man outside the school building during dismissal.
In Idaho and Wyoming, life-affirming memorials to Yossi Kohn’s unforgettable smile have coalesced in the form of Mikvah’s in far flung communities.
On Tuesday, a delegation from Machne Israel, led by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, traveled to quiet Nes Harim, where the Wilhelms, Alumim directors Zalman and Malki Bukiet, and the ninety Ukrainian orphans and adult refugees reside. He was accompanied by Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky and Machne board member Rabbi Yosef Friedman.
In these weeks during which we remember and commemorate our Kedoshim of the Holocaust/Sho’a, the terrible tragedy we recently suffered, we share a letter from the Rebbe in answer to one asking “why did G-d permit the Holocaust,” with some personal details.
