This coming Monday, the 27th of Sivan is my mother’s 39th Yahrzeit. While on the Friday before her yahrzeit, I normally post something about her life, this year I chose to write something I did that summer in her memory. I am doing so in order to share the response I received from the Rebbe.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman takes a new, or perhaps ancient, view of the ingoing Israel-Iran conflict, bringing parallels that show its unique significance.
It is the end of an era after two Crown Heights food establishments, Gombos Bakery and Ess N’ Bench Restaurant, close on Kingston Ave.
As the security situation in Israel continues to evolve, the United States Embassy is exploring possible options to assist American citizens who wish to leave the country.
This spring, the kitchen at Michlelet Chana was alive with sizzling pans, vibrant colors, and the unmistakable energy of students learning, laughing, and creating. Over the course of 10 weeks, a group of post-seminary students participated in an immersive Culinary Arts Program led by acclaimed chef and food writer Naomi Ross.
It’s a scene repeated from history on the ancient stones of Hebron, Jews once again gathering on the famous “seventh step” just outside the Me’arat Hamachpelah, the Cave of the Patriarchs. All are praying for their people’s survival in the face of an ongoing missile attack from Iran.
In the week when Moshe sends his emissaries on a mission to scout the Land of Israel – we share a letter where the Rebbe thanks his well-wishers and considers their praise a tribute to the entire Chabad movement.
As Israel launched a pre-emptive strike on Iran early Friday morning, its airspace was closed abruptly to commercial traffic, and thousands of passengers en route to the Holy Land were diverted. Chabad centers across Europe and beyond welcomed hundreds of last-minute Shabbat guests. Benny was one of them.
There has been much discussion recently within Lubavitch regarding the idea that Hashem “needs” us and our avodah. Some claim that this is a central teaching of Chassidus, while others argue that it is a serious distortion.
Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Dr. Anne Lewinsky resides in Sydney, Australia, where she practices general medicine with a focus on nutrition and diet, together with her husband, Sid, a retired asset manager. They were both interviewed in August 2023.
In a long-awaited development, Israel’s Ministry of Transportation has released initial guidance for Israeli citizens who are currently stranded abroad and wish to return home. The announcement, issued late Wednesday, outlines steps for those with return tickets, as well as a special process for those without.
The ninth part of Rabbi Chaim Dalfin’s interview with R’ Avraham Shmuel Levine has now been released, covering 1980, and how Beis Yisroel got Rav Shach to allow the Rebbe’s letter to be read.
In a major development, the Israeli cabinet gave official approval early this morning for flights to depart Israel in order to return stranded tourists and other foreigners to their home countries.
Rabbi Levik and Libby, with their newborn Yosef Yehudah, the fourth consecutive Bechor in this family of Shluchim, are setting out to expand programming for youth, families, and the growing Jewish community of the Central Coast.
In this unique picture provided courtesy of the Archives of Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, we present a picture from the early 1900’s which has some of the same people Tuesday’s picture of the day. Sitting in this photo is Shimon Aaron and Henka Yaichel and their daughter Chasia (Charlotte). Standing L-R: Yudel (Nathan), Zaide, Gershon.
by CrownHeights.info It is a pure miracle, but will still make your blood boil. In a large salvo of missiles shot from Iran Thursday morning, multiple missiles made it through Israel’s defenses, with one making a direct hit on Soroka […]
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