Can’t Live Without It: The Power of the Rebbe’s Maamorim
In an interview with “Conversations In Chassidus,” Rabbi Levi Jacobson, shliach in West Thornhill, Ontario, and mashpia to many shluchim, discusses his recent Siyum on all of the Rebbe’s Maamarim, the power in learning them, and how Chassidus transformed his shlichus.
Chassidus Is Not Your Therapy
Every few years, a new modality comes along. It has its proponents and its detractors. The proponents say it’s needed. The detractors say we have something better — the Rebbe, Chassidus, a mashpia, a sefer — and we don’t need to look elsewhere. And the wheel spins, the pundits write, and the world is in turmoil.
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Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere and mashpia at Yeshiva University, R’ Moshe Weinberger, led over 50 community members to the Rebbe’s Ohel on Chof-Daled Teves with a farbrengen accompanied by music and spirited dancing.
Dive Team Continues Week-Long Search for Missing Bochur
Frum Candidate Wins Council Seat in Bay Harbor Islands
New App Helps Shluchim Reach Every Yid in Their Area
Kyiv Children Create Interactive ‘Tut Altz’ Display
Preschool Directors to Explore Relationships That Shape Chinuch
MAZAL TOV
Lubavitch Cheder Seeks Experienced Melamdim
A Cheder in the Tri-state area is looking for experienced Yiddish speaking Melamdim.
If you are interested, please email [email protected].
Rabbi Chaim Meir Chazan, 78, AH
Rabbi Chaim Meir Chazan, a prominent Chossid who served for decades as a shochet and helped establish Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Kiryat Gat, passed away on Wednesday evening, 29 Nissan.
500 Women Gather for Inspiring Shabbaton in Petersburg
More than 500 Jewish women from 45 cities across Russia and Belarus came together in Petersburg for an uplifting Shabbaton, marking the 10th anniversary of this unique gathering organized by the Kollel Torah learning network.
Children Enjoy Released Time Pesach Camp
Despite the challenges of the busy Pesach season, this year’s Pesach Released Time Camp in Queens was an outstanding success, giving public school children a joyful and meaningful Chol Hamoed experience filled with davening, learning, activities, and memorable trips.
Ukrainian Shluchim Applaud Zelensky for New Antisemitism Law
Ukrainian shluchim and Jewish community leaders are applauding President Volodymyr Zelensky for signing a groundbreaking new law that officially criminalizes antisemitism, making it punishable by up to eight years in prison.
How a ‘Free Palestine’ Activist’s Son Got a Letter in the Torah
When Toulouse shliach Rabbi Chaim Hillel Matusof was notified that a five-year-old boy from a home hostile to Judaism and Israel was critically ill beyond hope, he rushed to his side and witnessed a recovery they called nothing less than miraculous.
Don’t Take It Back: Repentance and Limits of Restitution
“Choshen Mishpat Renaissance” continues its series with Rabbi Yehoshua Yaffe as the new maggid shiur. In this shiur, he discusses “takkanas hashavim” in halacha.
Massive Mitzvah Tank Parade Energized Greater Miami
Defying stormy forecasts, a record-breaking fleet of 23 Mitzvah Tanks launched from the Lubavitch Educational Center on Yud Alef Nissan, rolling through Greater Miami to distribute Shmurah Matzah, help men put on Tefillin, and proudly spread Jewish pride.
Large-Scale Affordable Housing Announced for Frum Community
The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel announced plans to develop thousands of affordable housing units in Monticello for the broader Charedi community, at roughly $200 per square foot – a fraction of what most frum communities in New York, including Crown Heights, currently pay.
Spotlight Photo
Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere and mashpia at Yeshiva University, R’ Moshe Weinberger, led over 50 community members to the Rebbe’s Ohel on Chof-Daled Teves with a farbrengen accompanied by music and spirited dancing.
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Newspapers Report the Leadership and Sacrifice of Harav Levi Yitzchak
In honor of 18 Nissan, 148 years from the birth of Harav Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father, From the Margins of Chabad History presents a series of newspaper articles about his appointment as rov of Yekatrinoslav and his mesiras nefesh under Soviet rule.
Doctors Address Chabad Business Club on Healthcare and Ethics
Jewish entrepreneurs in Kaliningrad gathered to hear fascinating healthcare presentations by experienced physicians during the inaugural session of a new business club, an initiative established by Shliach Rabbi Avraham Baruch Deitch to strengthen community life.
Why We Should Celebrate the Geula Before it Arrives
Shlissel Challah: Origin and Meaning?
Ask the Rov: What is the origin and meaning of “shlissel challah”? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Watch: Hidden Depths of the Shiras Hayam
Having a Non-Jew Do Work on Chol Hamoed?
Eating Matza Throughout Pesach?
Ask the Rov: To what extent am I obligated to eat matza during Pesach other than at the seder? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Starting the Seder Early?
Ask the Rov: In our place of shlichus, nightfall is very late. Can I start the seder before night? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
What the Rebbe Told Rabbi Groner After 28 Nissan
The sicha the Rebbe delivered on 28 Nissan 5751 shocked the Chassidim. Two weeks later, the Rebbe asked Rabbi Leibel Groner a"h what the practical outcome of the sicha had been.
Stop Chasing Inspiration, Change How You See the World
In this pre-purim episode of Conversations in Chassidus, R' Getzel Rubashkin discusses how to live in the reality of Torah, and how that leads to proper Emunah, Simcha, and so much more.