Centennial of Frierdiker Rebbe’s Release Launched in Yerushalayim
Hundreds filled the Toras Emes Chabad Yeshiva in Yerushalayim for a lavish seudas hoda’ah marking the start of the centennial year of the Chag Hageulah, with leading rebbes and rabbonim joining the celebration of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s geulah from Soviet imprisonment.
Starting Before Bar Mitzvah, Mesivta Bochur Completes Entire Shas
Oholei Torah Mesivta gathered for an inspiring evening celebrating the graduation of the Shiur Gimmel talmidim, highlighted by an extraordinary Siyum HaShas completed by talmid Menachem Mendel Feldman.
Shabbos Morning Inferno Destroys Shliach’s Home
A devastating fire destroyed the home of Rabbi Sholom Ber and Chaya Elishevitz, shluchim to Bellevue, WA, early Shabbos morning. The family and camp counselors escaped BH without serious injuries, but they lost all of their belongings.
Camp L’man Achai Kicks Off Another Unforgettable Summer
Summer Yeshiva Boys Tested on Hilchos Shabbos at the Badatz
He Never Made It to Yeshiva, So His Friends Built One
Just before he was set to begin learning in a Crown Heights yeshiva, 28-year-old Johnny Ellis, a member of Chabad Young Professionals of Hoboken and Jersey City, passed away suddenly; his friends and shluchim turned their grief into the “Johnny Yeshiva,” a five-week Sunday program of Torah learning already filled to capacity.
Taiwan’s First Jewish Cemetery Opens With Emotional Burial
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12,000 Mishnayos, 800 Blatt Gemara Mastered by Moscow Boys
At Mivtza Torah of Cheder Menachem in Moscow, talmidim were honored for memorizing more than 12,000 Mishnayos and 800 blatt Gemara, with certificates, prizes, and a special raffle for a coin received from the Rebbe.
Gluck Shares Closing Reflections with Crown Heights Community
Following a record election for Crown Heights, Ahron Gluck shares a message with the community who voted for him, expressing appreciation to his supporters, community leaders, and media platforms, for a campaign that sent a clear message to local politicians.
Live: Farbrengen with Rabbi Yossi Paltiel
Live at 9 PM ET: In honor of the Chag HaGeula of Yud Beis – Yud Gimmel Tammuz, congregation Magen David of Miami, Florida will be hosting a Chassidisher Farbrengun with guest speaker Rabbi Yossi Paltiel. The event will be livestreamed on Anash.org.
Wine Spilled on a Suit: Who Pays?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including designing a website for a church, mistakenly spilled wine on someone’s suit, and overpaying a loan out of doubt.
Did You Remember This Forgotten Chabad Minhag?
Yud-Beis Tammuz was Shabbos. The Rebbe’s annual minhag for the day can still be fulfilled today.
Why Didn’t the Rebbe Spend Those Hours Helping More People?
“The Rebbe carried the burden of Klal Yisroel on his shoulders. Thousands of letters flowed through his office. People from every corner of the world sought his guidance and blessing. And yet, the Rebbe insisted on devoting countless hours every day to intensive Torah study.”
Florida’s Largest Kosher Wine Retailer Now Shipping Nationwide
For years, South Florida’s most serious kosher wine buyers had a secret called Elk. Now the rest of the country can discover what they’ve been talking about, as Florida’s largest kosher wine retailer launched nationwide shipping, making its carefully curated inventory of 40,000 bottles available to customers across the United States.
At the Great American State Fair, Kentucky Booth Features Chabad
At the Great American State Fair, fairgoers were welcomed by the Rebbe’s Shliach to Lexington, Kentucky, Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, who was personally invited to represent the state’s vibrant Jewish community at Kentucky’s official booth.
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Historic Times: The Rebbe’s First Message to American Jewry
As we approach Gimmel Tammuz, From the Margins of Chabad History uncovers reports about the Rebbe’s farbrengens before the nesius and the Rebbe’s first message to the broader American public, just days after accepting the nesius.
He Stopped Coming After Gimmel Tammuz, But the Rebbe Called Him Back
When the Rebbe's cousin, a Belzer Chossid, thought his connection to the Rebbe had come to an end, a simple, offhand 'joke' triggered a series of precise, mind-blowing answers that changed everything.
Why the Rebbe Battled Israeli Ships Over Shabbos
Ask the Rov: What was the Rebbe’s halachic objection to Israeli ships traveling on Shabbos? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Pas and Bishul Yisroel: Cereal, Lox, and Pringles?
Aiding Elderly Parents with Maaser Money?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including AI service over Shabbos, maaser money for aging parents, and davening musaf before shachris.
Get a Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens This Week
If We Have Geulah, Who Needs Moshiach?
Spending Shabbos on a Cruise?
Ask the Rov: May I participate in a cruise that travels over Shabbos? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
‘Who is That Distinguished Looking Yid?’
A prominent chossid of the Tzemach Tzedek, R. Arche of Liozna was an exceedingly humble elder chossid. At a chassuna in Vitebsk, he saw a venerable chossid in the mirror, not realizing that it was himself.
Live: ‘Yiddishe Chinuch’ and Building a Torah Home
Join live at 8:00 PM: In the ongoing weekly series of halacha for the home, Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz, principal of Cheder Ohr Menachem, will speak on yiddishe chinuch and its role in strengthening a Torah-true home.