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Mrs. Henna Markel, 45, AH

Mrs. Henna Markel (nee Margolis), a Crown Heights resident and mother of three, passed away on Tuesday, 12 Elul, following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Miriam Slavin, 96, AH

Mrs. Miriam Slavin, a Holocaust survivor, longtime Crown Heights resident and matriarch of a large Chabad family, passed away.

Mrs. Leiba Simon, 38, AH

Mrs. Chana Leiba Chaya Simon (nee Goldhair), a young mother from Ormond Beach, Florida, passed away on Monday, 11 Elul, following a lengthy illness.

Tonight: F.R.E.E. Food Distribution in Crown Heights

Chabad F.R.E.E. NYC will hold a kosher food distribution in Crown Heights tonight, with a wide variety of fresh produce and pantry staples available from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.

We’re Improving Our Schools, But Are We Reaching Our Children?

As our schools become more professional, are we succeeding at the ultimate goal of chinuch? Rabbi Benjy Korf, director of LEC Miami, addressed what it takes to raise Chassidishe children and what no amount of training can replace.

A New Year of Halacha Starts Now!

Start off your year strong with a commitment to learning Halacha. Lemaan Yilmedu, the premiere English-language Halacha program, is kicking off their courses this week! Each year-long course can help you master an area of Halacha in a practical, in-depth way.

Sydney Tanya Shiur Expands for Rabbi Yaakov Levitan’s 40th

Today, 12 Elul marks what would have been the 40th birthday of Rabbi Yaakov Levitan HY”D. To honor his memory, a Sydney-based weekly Tanya shiur dedicated in Yaakov’s name is encouraging people to join.

225 Talmidim Begin New Zman at Oholei Torah Mesivta

The halls of Mesivta Oholei Torah are once again filled with the vibrant sound of Torah as 225 talmidim begin a new Shnas Halimudim at the Greenwald Campus on Remsen Avenue, making it the largest Lubavitch Mesivta in North America.

New Doors, Sparkling Floors: 770 Readies for Tishrei

From newly refreshed benches to gleaming floors and renewed entranceways, 770 is already beginning to show the signs of the extensive preparations that precede Tishrei each year.

Teacher Creates Full-Year Jewish Calendar for Classrooms

A classroom teacher frustrated by month-by-month calendars created a giant dry-erase Jewish calendar showing the entire school year, with Hebrew and English dates side by side.

Pull-Out Pens Bring 12 Pesukim Into Children’s Daily Lives

Marking 50 years since the Rebbe launched the 12 Pesukim campaign, a new pull-out pen is helping thousands of children in camps and schools connect with the Pesukim in a personal and practical way.

You Really Want to Change; So Why Haven’t You?

We tend to assume that if we truly wanted to change, we would have changed already. A powerful insight in the Rebbe’s maamar Ani L’Dodi 5726 suggests that the truth may be very different. From an Elul shiur by Los Angeles Mashpia Rabbi Mendel Schapiro.

There Was Only One ‘Reb Shmuel’

11 Elul is the yahrzeit of Harav Shmuel Halevi Levitin, a devoted chossid, rov, and mashpia who served as the Rebbe Rashab and Frierdiker Rebbe’s shliach. He oversaw Tomchei Tmimim across Russia until his arrest and exile to Siberia. The Rebbe showed him great kiruvim and dedicated a sicha to him after his passing.

Tickling Someone in the Ear with Tzitzis?

Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bringing tefillin into the mikvah, missed kapitlach before Boruch She'omar on Shabbos, and tickling someone in the ear with tzitzis.