Kinus Banquet Charts Bold New Initiatives for Shlichus Worldwide
At the Kinus Hashluchim banquet, attended by nearly 7,000 shluchim and guests from 110 countries, twelve major initiatives were unveiled, including a $50 million Jewish education fund, new overnight camps, grants for 100 new shluchim, a kolel network for seniors, and a project of 7 mitzvos for non-Jews.
After Decades in Captivity, Tzemach Tzedek’s Sefer Returns
In a moving moment during the Kinus Hashluchim, a 250-page sefer of the Tzemach Tzedek, with close to 100 of his handwritten hagahos that had been held in captivity for decades, was brought to the Rebbe’s room and returned home to the Rebbe’s library.
Rebbe’s Coffee Letter Brews Inspiration in Arizona
Kids to Experience Month of Kislev Like Never Before
300 Campers and Staff Reunite at Parksville Reunion
Philadelphia Jews Answer ‘Boycott Ride’ With Tefillin
AI Tool Turns Kinus Photo Into Personalized Video
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Young Shluchim Conclude Kinus with Grand Banquet
The Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim of the Shluchim Office concluded on Sunday evening with a grand Finale Event, a celebration culminating four packed days of inspiration, fun and Chassidishkeit.
A Heartfelt Thank You to a Doctor Who Cares
“Thirty minutes before Shmini Atzeres, which was Erev Shabbos, I had some concerning medical symptoms. The Dr’s office was closed. I needed some medical advice and quite urgently.”
Kinus Hisorerus Gears Up for 40 Years of Hei Teves
Hundreds of bochurim at 770, joined by many visiting shluchim, gathered Wednesday night for a unique and historic Kinus in preparation for the upcoming milestone of 40 years since Hei Teves, marking the Didan Notzach victory in 5747.
European Country of Slovenia to Get Its First Chabad House
Rabbi Yossi and Rochele Krinsky are preparing to establish the first permanent Chabad center in Slovenia, bringing a full-time Chabad presence to the Central European country for the first time.
Rebbetzin Matil Segal, 85, AH
Rebbetzin Matil Segal, wife of Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Halevi Segal, rosh kollel of the Tzemach Tzedek Kollel for Horaah and Dayanus in Yerushalayim’s Old City, passed away on Monday, 29 Cheshvan, at a ripe old age.
New Website Helps Kids Prepare for Chidon Tests
For most children in the Chidon HaMitzvos, learning the units isn’t the hardest part. Knowing whether they really know them is.
S. Petersburg Chabad Unveils $11 Million New Home
After years of operating from makeshift spaces, Rabbi Alter and Chaya Korf have opened a magnificent $11 million, 18,000-square-foot Chabad center in S. Petersburg, Florida, marking a major milestone in more than two decades of Shlichus.
‘You Can Cut Off My Head, but Not My Beard’
25 Years: 29 Cheshvan marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Meir Avtzon, a chossid who displayed extraordinary mesiras nefesh in Soviet Russia and continued his devoted service to Yiddishkeit in the United States.
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A Journalist’s Fascination with Lubavitch From Siberia to Paris
After their Great Escape from Soviet Russia and a period in German and Austrian DP camps, 1000 Lubavitcher refugees converged in Paris in 5707–5708. Local Yiddish journalist Yitzchak Shmulevitsh was amazed by their devotion to Torah and each other, and documented their work to establish a yeshivah and a girls’ school, as well as the eventual departure of many of them to Eretz Yisrael. Part III of a series.
Buenos Aires Talmidim Receive Their First Siddur
The first-grade talmidim of Cheder Oholei Chinuch in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reached a special milestone this past Sunday, when they received their very first siddurim at a joyous Mesibas HaSiddur surrounded by their proud families.
How Much Profit Is a Storekeeper Allowed to Make?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bishul Yisroel for rice cakes, marking up household necessities more than a sixth, and keeping an inaccurate kitchen scale.
The Alter Rebbe’s Handwritten Kabbalah Maamar Explained
The Age of Chinuch for Shabbos Candles?
Ask the Rov: From what age should a girl begin lighting her own Shabbos candle? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Smaller Tefillin for Bar Mitzvah Boys?
Bracha on Cake and Tea After Bentching?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including cake and tea after bentching, heated floors on Shabbos, shirt buttons right over left, and born during Bein haShmoshos.
In the Twilight: Melacha During Bein Hashmashos
Ask the Rov: I realized right after shkiah that the dining room lights are off. May I ask a non-Jew to turn them on? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
The Chassidishe Rov Who Wasn’t Afraid to Take a Stand
A bitter feud between two groups of wagon drivers had left an entire town without a rov, as no one dared face the losing side, until R. Yehoshua Nemoytin arrived and settled the matter in a way no one expected.
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, 57, AH
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, shlucha to Toronto for over 35 years, passed away on Monday, 22 Cheshvan.