News Archives | Anash.org https://anash.org/category/news/ News, Views, Inspiration Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:45:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Crown Heights Storeowners Come Out in Support of Gluck https://anash.org/crown-heights-storeowners-come-out-in-support-of-gluck/ https://anash.org/crown-heights-storeowners-come-out-in-support-of-gluck/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067947 Alongside major registration drives, Crown Heights storeowners have hung Gluck For Assembly signs in their windows, including many non-Jewish-owned stores in the heart of Crown Heights.]]> https://anash.org/crown-heights-storeowners-come-out-in-support-of-gluck/feed/ 0 Mivtza Trains a New Generation to Understand the Rebbe https://anash.org/mivtza-trains-a-new-generation-to-understand-the-rebbe/ https://anash.org/mivtza-trains-a-new-generation-to-understand-the-rebbe/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067902 Every week, hundreds of bochurim around the world are dedicating time to listen to the Rebbe's Farbrengens, write their own hanochos, and prepare themselves in a meaningful way for Gimmel Tammuz.]]> https://anash.org/mivtza-trains-a-new-generation-to-understand-the-rebbe/feed/ 0 Live: Project Chana Woman’s Power Hour https://anash.org/live-project-chana-womans-power-hour-59/ https://anash.org/live-project-chana-womans-power-hour-59/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067944

Join at 8:30 PM: Project Chana Woman's Power Hour featuring Rabbi Yosef Braun on carrying on Shabbos, Mrs. Sara Rayzel Wagner on Taharas Hamishpacha, and Rabbi Nissan Zibell on Kashering 101.]]> https://anash.org/live-project-chana-womans-power-hour-59/feed/ 0 Your Entire Torah Library – In One Place, Always https://anash.org/your-entire-torah-library-in-one-place-always/ https://anash.org/your-entire-torah-library-in-one-place-always/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067903 Whether you are a shliach preparing a farbrengen, a yungerman in kollel, a melamed building shiurim, or simply someone who takes their half-hour of learning seriously — Otzar HaChochmah meets you exactly where you are. This is your personal beis medrash. ]]> https://anash.org/your-entire-torah-library-in-one-place-always/feed/ 0 Lost Rashbam Manuscript Uncovered in Moscow Archives https://anash.org/lost-rashbam-manuscript-uncovered-in-moscow-library-archives/ https://anash.org/lost-rashbam-manuscript-uncovered-in-moscow-library-archives/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067815 A rare manuscript of Rashbam’s commentary on the Torah, long considered lost after being used for the first printed edition in 1881, was recently uncovered in the archives of the Russian State Library in Moscow.]]> https://anash.org/lost-rashbam-manuscript-uncovered-in-moscow-library-archives/feed/ 3 Los Angeles Rabbonim Farher Bochurim on Full Masechta https://anash.org/los-angeles-rabbonim-farher-bochurim-on-full-masechta/ https://anash.org/los-angeles-rabbonim-farher-bochurim-on-full-masechta/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067823 22 bochurim from Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad (YOEC) in Los Angeles were tested by the city’s rabbonim on the entire Maseches Bava Kamma Baal Peh.]]> https://anash.org/los-angeles-rabbonim-farher-bochurim-on-full-masechta/feed/ 0 Houston Mikveh Celebrated Rededication with Exquisite Event https://anash.org/houston-mikveh-celebrated-rededication-with-exquisite-event/ https://anash.org/houston-mikveh-celebrated-rededication-with-exquisite-event/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067584 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.]]> https://anash.org/houston-mikveh-celebrated-rededication-with-exquisite-event/feed/ 0 Boys Rescued From Arab Villages Cry Shema at Kosel Bar Mitzvah https://anash.org/boys-rescued-from-arab-villages-cry-shema-at-kosel-bar-mitzvah/ https://anash.org/boys-rescued-from-arab-villages-cry-shema-at-kosel-bar-mitzvah/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1066979 It was hard to believe that just a few months ago, the boys spoke Arabic and woke up every morning to the voice of the muezzin, unaware that they were Jews. And now they were standing at the stones of the Kosel, adorned in Tefillin, crying out “Shema Yisrael.”]]> https://anash.org/boys-rescued-from-arab-villages-cry-shema-at-kosel-bar-mitzvah/feed/ 0 ‘Ask the Rabbi’ Cart Brings Yiddishkeit to Atlanta’s Beltline https://anash.org/ask-the-rabbi-cart-brings-yiddishkeit-to-atlantas-beltline/ https://anash.org/ask-the-rabbi-cart-brings-yiddishkeit-to-atlantas-beltline/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067185 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.]]> https://anash.org/ask-the-rabbi-cart-brings-yiddishkeit-to-atlantas-beltline/feed/ 0 Can a New Assembly Member Lower the Housing Costs? https://anash.org/can-a-new-assembly-member-lower-the-housing-costs/ https://anash.org/can-a-new-assembly-member-lower-the-housing-costs/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067782 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.]]> https://anash.org/can-a-new-assembly-member-lower-the-housing-costs/feed/ 0 Please Say Urgent Tehillim https://anash.org/please-say-urgent-tehillim-22/ https://anash.org/please-say-urgent-tehillim-22/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067779 Please recite Tehillim 43 and 20 for Devorah Leah bas Yehudis, a young mother who is in urgent need of a refuah shleima.]]> https://anash.org/please-say-urgent-tehillim-22/feed/ 0 Iranian Missile Narrowly Missed Itamar’s 770 https://anash.org/iranian-missile-narrowly-missed-itamars-770/ https://anash.org/iranian-missile-narrowly-missed-itamars-770/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067553

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.

]]> https://anash.org/iranian-missile-narrowly-missed-itamars-770/feed/ 0 Argentine President and Hostage Family to Headline Rebbe Tribute https://anash.org/arentine-president-and-hostage-family-to-headline-buenos-aires-tribute/ https://anash.org/arentine-president-and-hostage-family-to-headline-buenos-aires-tribute/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067554 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.]]> https://anash.org/arentine-president-and-hostage-family-to-headline-buenos-aires-tribute/feed/ 0 What Happens When Students Spend a Week Living Like Bochurim? https://anash.org/what-happens-when-students-spend-a-week-living-like-bochurim/ https://anash.org/what-happens-when-students-spend-a-week-living-like-bochurim/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067148 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. ]]> https://anash.org/what-happens-when-students-spend-a-week-living-like-bochurim/feed/ 0 Controversial Development Opens On the Outskirts of Crown Heights https://anash.org/controversial-development-opens-on-the-outskirts-of-crown-heights/ https://anash.org/controversial-development-opens-on-the-outskirts-of-crown-heights/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067483 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.]]> https://anash.org/controversial-development-opens-on-the-outskirts-of-crown-heights/feed/ 2 Shluchim Office Launches ‘Together For Shluchim’ Campaign https://anash.org/shluchim-office-launches-together-for-shluchim-campaign-3/ https://anash.org/shluchim-office-launches-together-for-shluchim-campaign-3/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067546 Today, the Shluchim Office launches a fundraiser to support the growing needs of Shluchim worldwide. Centered around the theme, “It’s All of ShlichUS,” the campaign calls on you to join in ensuring that every Shliach has access to the tools, resources, and assistance needed to carry out their vital work.]]> https://anash.org/shluchim-office-launches-together-for-shluchim-campaign-3/feed/ 0 Tanya Chidon Showcases Bochurim’s Mastery of Tanya https://anash.org/tanya-chidon-showcases-bochurims-mastery-of-tanya/ https://anash.org/tanya-chidon-showcases-bochurims-mastery-of-tanya/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067168 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.]]> https://anash.org/tanya-chidon-showcases-bochurims-mastery-of-tanya/feed/ 0 New Shluchim to La Fortuna, Costa Rica https://anash.org/new-shluchim-to-la-fortuna-costa-rica/ https://anash.org/new-shluchim-to-la-fortuna-costa-rica/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067409 Rabbi Shlomo and Chana Ben Ami, together with their children Mendy and Libi, are opening a permanent Chabad House in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, a major tourist stop near Arenal Volcano.]]> https://anash.org/new-shluchim-to-la-fortuna-costa-rica/feed/ 0 Iran Fires Missiles at Israel, Watches for Israeli Response https://anash.org/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-watches-for-israeli-response/ https://anash.org/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-watches-for-israeli-response/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067462

In a breaking news development, Iran fired three waves of missiles Sunday afternoon at civilians in northern Israel, according to multiple reports circulating throughout the afternoon. “If there is no response now, it means to allow Hezbollah to continue making life difficult for residents of the north” Israel’s foremost journalist Amit Segal said.

]]> https://anash.org/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-watches-for-israeli-response/feed/ 1 Thousands of Bochurim at Shabbos Hachana for Gimmel Tammuz https://anash.org/thousands-of-bochurim-at-shabbos-hachana-for-gimmel-tammuz/ https://anash.org/thousands-of-bochurim-at-shabbos-hachana-for-gimmel-tammuz/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067371 Thousands of bochurim from across Eretz Yisroel gathered for an uplifting Shabbos of preparation ahead of Gimmel Tammuz, spending the Shabbos immersed in a chassidishe atmosphere and strengthening their hiskashrus to the Rebbe.

]]> https://anash.org/thousands-of-bochurim-at-shabbos-hachana-for-gimmel-tammuz/feed/ 0 Shluchim, Askonim to Lead Shluchim Office Annual Fundraiser https://anash.org/shluchim-askonim-to-lead-shluchim-office-annual-fundraiser/ https://anash.org/shluchim-askonim-to-lead-shluchim-office-annual-fundraiser/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067363 With a revamped Shluchim Placement platform, the new Shluchim Savings initiative, online schools for children of Shluchim, Jewish Insights lesson plans, and interest-free loans, the Shluchim Office is seeking a $600,000 boost for its growing network of programs serving Shluchim and their families worldwide.]]> https://anash.org/shluchim-askonim-to-lead-shluchim-office-annual-fundraiser/feed/ 0 Mr. Kalman Smith, 82, AH https://anash.org/mr-kalman-smith-82-ah/ https://anash.org/mr-kalman-smith-82-ah/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067405 Mr. Kalman Smith, a longtime member of the Jewish community in Pretoria, South Africa, who helped countless students receive semicha at Yeshiva LeRabbonus Pretoria, passed away suddenly on Shabbos, 21 Sivan.]]> https://anash.org/mr-kalman-smith-82-ah/feed/ 0 Upgraded Publication Ensures Summer Kriah Success https://anash.org/upgraded-publication-ensures-summer-kriah-success/ https://anash.org/upgraded-publication-ensures-summer-kriah-success/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067013 An upgraded publication by Hamesorah gives parents the tools to review with their child over the summer so they don’t forget the skills they acquired over the year.]]> https://anash.org/upgraded-publication-ensures-summer-kriah-success/feed/ 1 Rebbe’s Nigun Mizmor Shir Featured in New Release https://anash.org/rebbes-nigun-mizmor-shir-featured-in-new-release/ https://anash.org/rebbes-nigun-mizmor-shir-featured-in-new-release/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1066701

Chabad singer Berel Zucker has released a fresh and vibrant rendition of “Mizmor Shir,” the niggun composed by R' Sholom Bruchstat in honor of Yud Alef Nissan 5753, marking the Rebbe’s 91st birthday.

]]> https://anash.org/rebbes-nigun-mizmor-shir-featured-in-new-release/feed/ 0 Morristown Magid Shiur Elucidates Alter Rebbe’s Hilchos Pesach https://anash.org/morristown-magid-shiur-elucidates-alter-rebbes-hilchos-pesach/ https://anash.org/morristown-magid-shiur-elucidates-alter-rebbes-hilchos-pesach/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067199 A new sefer published by Rabbi Shmuel Zajac, a Magid Shiur at the Yeshivah in Morristown, explores many complex halachos related to Hilchos Pesach and is an invaluable resource for those learning Maseches Pesachim.]]> https://anash.org/morristown-magid-shiur-elucidates-alter-rebbes-hilchos-pesach/feed/ 2 Delegation of Mashpi’im, Shluchim Heads to Eretz Yisroel to Uplift Anash https://anash.org/delegation-of-mashpiim-shluchim-heads-to-eretz-yisroel-to-uplift-anash/ https://anash.org/delegation-of-mashpiim-shluchim-heads-to-eretz-yisroel-to-uplift-anash/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1066691 Ahead of Gimmel Tammuz, Aguch of Eretz Yisroel is flying down a large contingent of over a dozen rabbonim, mashpi’im, and shluchim from around the world to strengthen Anash communities across the country. They will lead farbrengens, give shiurim, and take part in gatherings in many cities.]]> https://anash.org/delegation-of-mashpiim-shluchim-heads-to-eretz-yisroel-to-uplift-anash/feed/ 0 Never-Seen Photos of Farbrengen for Public School Kids https://anash.org/never-seen-photos-of-farbrengen-for-public-school-kids/ https://anash.org/never-seen-photos-of-farbrengen-for-public-school-kids/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1058988

Newly discovered photos from a 5737 farbrengen in the Sukkah of 770 for Public School students are now being released for the first time on Anash.org. The unique gathering was entirely planned by the Rebbe and dedicated solely to participants of the Released Time program.

]]> https://anash.org/never-seen-photos-of-farbrengen-for-public-school-kids/feed/ 0 Months of Extra Learning Recognized at Yeshivas Erev Finale https://anash.org/months-of-extra-learning-recognized-at-yeshivas-erev-finale/ https://anash.org/months-of-extra-learning-recognized-at-yeshivas-erev-finale/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067023 After spending their evenings reviewing Gemara, Mishnayos, Tanya, homework, and Shabbos K’halacha, hundreds filled Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s Simcha Hall to receive the long-awaited Sefarim Vouchers they earned through Yeshivas Erev.]]> https://anash.org/months-of-extra-learning-recognized-at-yeshivas-erev-finale/feed/ 0 Meta Launches WhatsApp Plus With Paid Features https://anash.org/meta-launches-whatsapp-plus-with-paid-features/ https://anash.org/meta-launches-whatsapp-plus-with-paid-features/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1066721

Meta has launched WhatsApp Plus, a new $2.99 monthly subscription that lets users customize the app with new icons, themes, stickers, ringtones, expanded chat lists, and extra pinned chats while keeping regular WhatsApp free.

]]> https://anash.org/meta-launches-whatsapp-plus-with-paid-features/feed/ 2 20th Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin Ettel Tzerna Hodakov https://anash.org/20th-yahrtzeit-of-rebbetzin-ettel-tzerna-hodakov/ https://anash.org/20th-yahrtzeit-of-rebbetzin-ettel-tzerna-hodakov/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1067146 20 Sivan is the yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin Ettel Tzerna Hodakov, a respected mechaneches and the wife of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, head of the Rebbe's secretariat and director of the mosdos.]]> https://anash.org/20th-yahrtzeit-of-rebbetzin-ettel-tzerna-hodakov/feed/ 0