Houston Mikveh Celebrated Rededication with Exquisite Event
The Houston Jewish community gathered for the rededication and ribbon-cutting ceremony of Mikveh Taharas Yisroel at Texas Chabad Regional Headquarters with a dessert reception honoring the 22 mikveh volunteers.
Iranian Missile Narrowly Missed Itamar’s 770
An Iranian missile which landed just outside the community of Itamar in Shomron on Monday, narrowly missed both homes and the local Chabad center built in the likeness of 770. Despite significant damage, there were miraculously no injuries.
Lost Rashbam Manuscript Uncovered in Moscow Library Archives
Los Angeles Rabbonim Farher Bochurim on Full Masechta
When the Rebbe Wants, Nothing Is Impossible
24 Sivan marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Dovid Bravman, known for his deep hiskashrus to the Rebbe. Reb Dovid played a central role in improving conditions in Kfar Chabad, especially for the many new immigrant families who arrived there during the village's early years.
Boys Rescued From Arab Villages Cry Shema at Kosel Bar Mitzvah
Showering After Mikvah?
Ask the Rov: What is the source of the practice not to shower after mikvah? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
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‘Ask the Rabbi’ Cart Brings Yiddishkeit to Atlanta’s Beltline
It is not every day that runners, cyclists, and dog walkers on a busy city trail are stopped by a rabbi with a cart, but on the Atlanta Beltline, Rabbi Leivy Lapidus, shliach to Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward, uses his “Ask the Rabbi” cart to draw curious passersby into conversations, mitzvahs, and moments of connection that can reach millions online.
Can a New Assembly Member Lower the Housing Costs?
Since launching his campaign for New York State Assembly, Ahron Gluck has found one issue coming up again and again: the growing struggle to find an affordable apartment or home in the neighborhood we love.
Please Say Urgent Tehillim
Please recite Tehillim 43 and 20 for Devorah Leah bas Yehudis, a young mother who is in urgent need of a refuah shleima.
Are All Jewish Story Tapes Kosher?
“I’m meticulous and careful B”H about the books and content I allow my kids to consume. And what’s this? A Jewish story tape feeding my children public school talk?!”
Argentine President and Hostage Family to Headline Rebbe Tribute
Live at 6:30 PM ET: Thousands to gather in Buenos Aires for a major pre-Gimmel Tammuz event featuring Argentine President Javier Milei, as well as freed hostage Yosef Chaim Ohana and his father Avi Ohana. An English livestream will be available on Anash.org.
Does Your Child Have a ‘Kriah Brain’?
Why do some children seem to learn Kriah effortlessly, while others struggle even with repeated practice? Successful reading is not only about intelligence or effort; it requires a child to have developed a “Kriah Brain.”
What Happens When Students Spend a Week Living Like Bochurim?
The vision was simple: let students experience Yeshivah life firsthand. For half the day, the students lived like bochurim, and in the afternoons, they shifted into hands-on learning mode.
Controversial Development Opens On the Outskirts of Crown Heights
A new housing development dubbed “Utica Crescent” including supportive housing for homeless individuals just opened on Rutland Road in Crown Heights south – on the joint border of Remsen Village and East Flatbush, next door to the shuttered Kingsbrook Synagogue.
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‘My Generals’: The Rebbe’s Revolutionary Approach to Special Children
For generations, children with special needs were viewed through the lens of their limitations. But the Rebbe fundamentally transformed the way we understand, speak about, and care for children with special needs, and revealed the unique spiritual depth hidden within these neshamos. An in-depth conversation with author and parent of a special child, Rabbi Eliyahu Wolf.
Tanya Chidon Showcases Bochurim’s Mastery of Tanya
Oholei Torah Mesivta held its annual Chidon Tanya, where finalists demonstrated their mastery of the 53 chapters of Tanya after months of learning and review, with the top winners receiving sets of seforim in recognition of their achievement.
Putting a Mezuzah on a Blocked Doorway?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including getting paid for research on Shabbos, mezuzah on a blocked doorway, and calculating maaser on investments.
Little Tyke: The Obligation of a Destructive Child
Get a Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens This Week
Sephardim and Ashkenazim After Moshiach Comes?
Correct Placement of the Tefillin Shel Yad?
Ask the Rov: Where is the correct place for tefillin on the arm? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Tznius from What Age?
The Chossid Who Wouldn’t Stop Shouting Tanya Through the Window
A chassidishe shochet in Nikolayev, R' Asher Grossman was a devoted chossid and a talented ba'al menagen. When his friend, R' Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, was quarantined with typhus, he came daily and shouted Tanya to him, hoping it would give him the strength to overcome his illness.
Stop Trying to ‘Become,’ Serve Hashem Now
In the newest episode of Conversations in Chassidus, Postville Mashpia Rabbi Gavriel Levin discusses his project of answering life's questions through the lens of Tanya, and Tanya's fundamental message of not trying to "become".