Growing Gains in Toronto
From shuls and schools to programs for the young and old, Chabad of Totonto has seen a growing gains and growing pains. Today, the growth can be seen clearly by all.
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Moully Art Plans #CHAI For March of the Living
Partnering with March of the Living and Chabad Warsaw, artist Yitchok Moully was commissioned to create a memorial for the Holocaust to be part of the program at this year’s March of the Living. Despite the march being cancelled, Moully shares his plan to inject an artistic twist, and bring light to next years march.
Oil Prices Plummet Below $0 A Barrel For The First Time Ever
The price of oil plummeted in trading Monday, falling to the lowest level ever recorded. The price of the primary US oil benchmark lost more than $50 a barrel Monday, falling below zero for the first time in history, reaching -$36 a barrel.
Rebbetzin Rachel Altein (center) surrounded by four generations of descendants; her daughter, Mrs. Chana Gurary; granddaughter, Mrs. Sara Morozow; great-granddaughter, Mrs. Mushka Itkin; and great-great-grandaughter Sema Itkin.
Obituary: Rebbetzin Rachel Altein, 95, Pioneering Educator, Activist and Editor
The story of Rebbetzin Rachel Altein’s life is intertwined with the history of Chabad in America like that of few others. She passed away on April 13 at the age of 95 after complications due to the coronavirus.
Rabbi Yisroel Friedman served as the senior rosh yeshivah (head of the academy) at Talmudic Seminary Oholei Torah in Brooklyn, N.Y., for more than 50 years. He became known as the very personification of “a Chassidisher rosh yeshivah.” He was also a member of the Central Committee of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis (Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch Haklali).
Obituary: Rabbi Yisroel Friedman, 84, Talmudic Genius and Fiery Chassid
Famed worldwide as a giant of Torah learning whose prowess as a Talmudist was matched by the depth with which he studied and applied the teachings of Chabad, Rabbi Yisroel Friedman was not only filled with Torah knowledge, but also with love for the Torah and with unbounded dedication to G‑d, the giver of the Torah. He passed away April 1 at the age of 84, after contracting the coronavirus.
Yosef Neumann was brutally stabbed at a Chanukah celebration in Monsey, N.Y. He is described as an unending font of charity, Chassidic stories, anecdotes and adages.
Obituary: Rabbi Yosef Neumann, 72, Monsey Chanukah Stabbing Victim
Three months after being brutally attacked at a Chanukkah Tish in Monsey, Yehosef Neumann A”H died of his wounds. He was 72 years old.
When The Lubavitcher Rebbe Self-Quarantined For Seder
Rabbi Pini Dunner, an Orthodox Rabbi and author, brings a pertinent message for this Pesach from the actions of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, when he self quarantined himself for the seder.
Rabbi Raitport Commissions Sefer Torah To Be Written For Klal Yisroel
Rabbi Yitzchok Raitport, a well known Rav and Rosh Kollel in Boro Park, has announced his intentions to commission a new Sefer Torah for the whole of Klal Yisroel.
Gleaning Jewish Wisdom Through Art
After every first Friday of the month, hundreds of guests pack the gallery to take part in JAC’s “Taste of Shabbos.” Surrounded by ambient lighting and eclectic artwork, visitors enjoy a free, full-course traditional Jewish meal of gefilte fish, salads, chicken, and hot soup.
A Magical Weekend for European Jewish Students
“Not a Regular Shabatton – Mehutton” was the slogan that brought close together about a hundred Jewish Students from all over Europe, gathering together for a 4-day long event in the heart of the Ancient Jewish Quarter.
Winners of N’Shei Chabad Mivtzoim Auction Announced
Crown Heights women gathered for the 2nd annual auction on February 23rd at Lubavitcher yeshiva, benefiting the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim. Upon registering, Each participant received a pouch with some Mivtzoim material and a beautiful card explaining the idea of ‘”Mivtzoim on the go’”. Wherever one goes one should always have some material to give to another Jew to awaken the pintele Yid within.
Russia’s Rabbis Gather for a Regional Shabbaton
Community rabbis from across Russia gathered this past weekend for in Rostov-on-don for a regional Shabbaton hosted by local community rabbis Rabbi Chaim Danzinger and Rabbi Shmuel Stolin.
The Origins of Life: How Chai Was Born
Chai means Life! Where did this life begin? Who started this life? Where did the vibrant chayos being celebrated all this week come from?
Gone But Never Forgotten: 26 Years Since The Murder of Ari Halberstam, HY”D
On the 23rd of Adar, 1994, a Lebanese terrorist named Rashid Baz opened fire on a van full of Lubavitcher Bochurim on the Brooklyn Bridge. In the attack, Ari Halberstam, HYD, was killed. 26 years after the murder, which shocked the world, we present a collection of videos and news broadcasts which gave broad coverage to the incident.
Rudy Vogel, left, with Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky, center and fellow students who completed the study of Apples from the Orchard—a tome of 1,117 pages of “Gleanings from the Mystical Teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (the Arizal) on the Weekly Torah Portion.”
A Journey in Mystical Study From a DP Camp to Longmeadow, Mass.
by Aharon Loschak – chabad.org As World War II drew to a close, Margarete Miller found herself lost and disoriented in a displaced persons (DP) camp somewhere in Europe, her home town of Bremen, Germany, flattened by Allied carpet bombing. […]
Celebrants danced down the streets of Reykjavik, Iceland, to mark the first-ever completion and inauguration of a Torah scroll on the European island.
Iceland Welcomes Its First Native-Born Torah Scroll
History was made in Iceland as celebrants danced down the streets of Reykjavik Feb. 16, to mark the first-ever completion and inauguration of a Torah scroll on the European island, following a reception last Thursday at the home of the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland.
A Tale of Two Solomons
Rabbi Meir Shimon Moscowitz, regional director of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, says he avoids perusing the extensive files of his late father, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, who served as regional director until his untimely passing in 2014, because “once I start reading, I’ll get sucked into it, and before I know it the entire day will have passed.” But this time, it was worth it.
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