Dramatic change came this year for girls who stayed in Crown Heights for the month of Tishrei. Thanks to the help of a number of donors Bnot Chabad provided dignified accommodation for some 200 girls, meaningful programing throughout their stay, daily meals and trips to the Ohel. As the guests make their way back home with renewed Chayus and Hiskashrus, some share their experiences spending ‘Tishrei with the Rebbe’.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the podium today at the U.N. headquarters in New York City during the General Assembly, where he vigorously defended the beleaguered Jewish State in front of dozens of world leaders.
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, a California Shliach suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) was recently rushed to the emergency room for urgent medical care. Please say Tehillim for Yosef Yitzchok ben Brocha for an immediate and complete recovery. [Tehillim in the Extended article.]
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing Shofar and Tzom Gedalia for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Update: Guide from Crown Heights Badatz Added.
Marking the communities continued growth, a new Mesivta opened this year in Monsey and they are already having a great year. The new Mesivta joins the existing six Shuls and two successful boy’s and girl’s schools.
“For almost two days, I couldn’t contact my brother Benny,” writes Zvi Hershcovich, editor-in-chief of Bill 613, a Montreal Jewish community news website. Zvi describes in great detail the harrowing ordeal of his brother and sister-in-law, Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, who recently survived a devastating hurricane that ravaged the town of Cabo S. Lucas, located at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, where they serve as Chabad emissaries.
Hurricane Odile has wrecked havoc on the glittery beach destination of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Chabad Shluchim Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, who have been serving the community diligently throughout the ordeal, are out of communication and need serious assistance.
Update: Shluchim contacted; need urgent assistance.
One by one, some 200 women walked through the redwood doors of the Berkeley, California, Mikvah on Sept. 7, craning necks and raising camera phones for peeks at the shimmering turquoise surface of the newly updated ritual pool.
Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters today released a statement that, in contrast to a banner for Rubain Dorancy with a backdrop of the Kinus Hashluchim group portrait, they do not endorse political candidates and have not authorized use of the photo for his campaign.
Update: Dorancy Apologizes.
On Monday evening, police officials and community leaders from Miami-Dade met with residents of the North Miami Beach Jewish community to inform them of the latest updates in the unsolved case of a Crown Heights rabbi who was shot and killed while walking to synagogue on August 9, but despite police outreach many residents remain fearful, wondering whether or not the case will ever be solved.
For its 8th year since its inception, campers of Camp Gan Israel Florida Overnight presented the Rebbe with a beautiful gift; a total of 32,319 lines of Torah; Mishnayos, Tanya, Siddur and Yediyos Kloliyos were learned as part of the camp’s annual Mishnayos Be’Al Peh program – with results far surpassing the achievements of the previous year.
A large chunk of a rocket fired from Gaza crashed through the roof of a home in Kfar Chabad, Israel. Miraculously, no one was hit or hurt by the deadly shrapnel.
The body of 21-year-old David Menachem Gordon, an American ‘lone soldier’ in the IDF who was reported missing after failing to appear at his posts since Sunday, has been found. An IDF spokesperson said the soldier’s lifeless body was found in central Israel, with his weapon lying at his side.
A 29-year-old woman was killed in a horrific crash on Eastern Parkway early Sunday morning. Witnesses said that a sports car was driving in excess of 80 miles-per-hour when it struck a sedan, killing the teenaged passenger and leaving car parts strew across an entire city block. Update: Both drivers arrested.
With great shock, sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Reb Yosef Raksin, HYD, of Crown Heights, who was shot and killed while walking to Shul Shabbos morning in North Miami Beach, Florida, where he was visiting his daughter. He was 60 years old. UPDATE: Levaya and Shiva times have been added.
A Lubavitcher was seriously injured in a ATV crash in the Evergreen Estates bungalow colony in Loch Sheldrake, NY. The man, who was riding the vehicle with his daughter, was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center and is listed in critical condition. Please say Tehillim for Tzvi Hersh ben Guttel.
For Allison Solomon, who lives in Toronto, Chabad Lubavitch of Markham in Thornhill has been a source of joy, support and identity.
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