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.  

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.]]> https://anash.org/tickling-someone-in-the-ear-with-tzitzis/feed/ 0 https://anash.org/new-press-publishes-translations-of-chassidus-for-women/ https://anash.org/new-press-publishes-translations-of-chassidus-for-women/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1111364 A new book press called Inner World Press, founded by Chava Green, has published its first book this year called "The Feminine Paradox: Ezer Kenegdo, Opposition that Births a Luminous World."]]> https://anash.org/new-press-publishes-translations-of-chassidus-for-women/feed/ 0 https://anash.org/oholei-torah-zal-begins-with-540-bochurim-expanded-faculty/ https://anash.org/oholei-torah-zal-begins-with-540-bochurim-expanded-faculty/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1111258 With 540 talmidim beginning the new Shnas Halimudim, Oholei Torah Beis Medrash has expanded its faculty and support staff and added two new dormitory locations to accommodate the growing number of bochurim.]]> https://anash.org/oholei-torah-zal-begins-with-540-bochurim-expanded-faculty/feed/ 0 https://anash.org/ohel-bus-runs-expanded-schedule-for-elul/ https://anash.org/ohel-bus-runs-expanded-schedule-for-elul/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1111333 Bus to Ohel is expanding its Crown Heights service, with hourly buses throughout the day and additional evening trips during the special days of Elul and the opening of the new zman.]]> https://anash.org/ohel-bus-runs-expanded-schedule-for-elul/feed/ 0 https://anash.org/how-do-i-toivel-a-keurig/ https://anash.org/how-do-i-toivel-a-keurig/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1111222

In this week’s episode of Lemaan Yishmeu, Rabbi Yosef Braun addresses intriguing halachic questions on a wide range of practical topics — real questions that have come to his desk, along with his clear and insightful responses.

11 Elul marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Moshe Chaim Yehoshua Schneersohn-Twerski, the Tomashpil-Koidenover Rebbe, who lived just steps from 770. A great-grandson of the Mitteler Rebbe, he maintained a close connection with the Rebbeim and devoted his life to Taharas HaMishpacha and strengthening Yiddishkeit in America.

“Everything we place before the public tells people something about what Lubavitch is. The deeper question is: What do we want our children to understand when they hear the word ‘Lubavitch,’ and will the next generation see that derech clearly in us?”

Top Israeli tech and media figures gathered in Savyon to celebrate the launch of Jewit – Simply Being Jewish, a groundbreaking AI-powered platform directed by shliach Rabbi Shmuel Bistritzky.

8 Elul marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Moshe Katznellenbogen and Reb Yosef Volovik, two generations of mesiras nefesh Yidden who became remarkable talmidei chachomim and Chassidim, keeping Torah and Yiddishkeit alive through decades of Soviet persecution and hardship.