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What Are You Still Pushing Away?
As we return to our regular lives after the Yomim Tovim, the Rebbe’s correspondence about Yaakov Zerubavel offers a timely lesson in the courage it takes to reconsider a familiar way of living. From a shiur by Rabbi Mendel Shapiro of Los Angeles.
‘The Only Person Who Tells My Husband What to Do Is My Father’
In an interview, Rabbi Mayer Plotkin of Montreal recalls personal memories of the Rebbe, Rebbetzin Chana, and an exceptional exchange with Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. “From the day I got married, there was not one instance that I told my husband what to do. The only person until today who tells my husband what to do is my father.”
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Live: Shloshim Event for Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier
Join live at 7:30 PM: Family, students, and admirers will gather for a shloshim memorial for Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier a”h, with an evening of tribute and inspiration from his life and lasting impact.
London Chassidim Pack Sukkah for Six-Hour Simchas Beis Hashoeiva
Hundreds of Chassidim from across London joined a lively Simchas Beis Hashoeiva farbrengen with guest mashpia Rabbi Shia Rabinovitch, Rosh Yeshivah in Berlin, with crowds remaining for close to six hours.
How ‘ConnectYid’ Is Helping Shluchim Reach Thousands More
Months after Anash.org first reported on the launch of ConnectYid, the platform is moving from concept to practice, helping Shluchim bring Anash and community members into personal outreach across multiple communities.
The ‘Big Tent’ of Lubavitch
“Politicians love the phrase big tent. A party roomy enough for people who disagree, who come from different places, who would never otherwise share a table. Usually it’s a slogan. This Tishrei, in Crown Heights, I watched one actually stand.”
Ohr Menachem Boys Spend a Day in the Great Outdoors
As the streets of the Shchuna filled with the annual Labor Day festivities, Cheder Ohr Menachem once again put the focus where it belongs—on keeping our kinderlach Heilig and Rein, and protecting the special kedusha and taharas hanesh of a Yiddishe child.
I Never Knew How Closely the Rebbe Was Watching
After a serious medical ordeal left him struggling to find his footing in yeshivah, Rabbi Moshe Weiss had no idea that the Rebbe was closely following his progress, until years later, when he discovered what had prompted two unexpected visitors to suddenly show up at his dorm room.
Lavish Event Celebrates Hundreds of Semicha Graduates
Hundreds of graduates of Lemaan Yilmedu’s 5786 programs received their certificates at a grand festive Semicha Celebration attended by prominent rabbonim, dayanim and heads of the organization’s various learning tracks.
Forgot to Light Shabbos Candles?
Ask the Rov: What should a woman do if she forgot to light Shabbos candles? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
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The Last Dance in Leningrad, The First in America
As we approach Simchas Torah, From the Margins of Chabad History presents a series of first-hand accounts of Simchas Torah with the Frierdiker Rebbe. Spanning decades and countries, they take us from the bittersweet farewell to Russia in Leningrad, 5688, to the historic visit to America, 5690, the remarkable celebrations in cosmopolitan Riga, 5693, and finally the iconic scenes at 770 Eastern Parkway.
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Chabad Reaches a New Frontier: Teaching the Teachers
Chabad Houses have done extraordinary work reaching Jewish students. But Rabbi Menachem Schmidt saw a question nobody was asking: what about the academics who teach those students every day, the scholars whose ideas shape what an entire generation believes is true and worth caring about?
Torah
How Many Shabbos Candles?
Ask the Rov: How many candles are required to light for Shabbos? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Using the Weeping Willow for Aravos?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including is 9 haddasim allowed, securing schach with natural string, and Weeping Willow for Aravos.
Rabbi Bluming Gives Year’s First Moshiach Shiur
Borrowing Mitzvah Items Without Permission?
Ask the Rov: May I use someone’s tallis, tefillin, or siddur without asking? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
From Rennet to Whey: OK Kashrus Expert Talks Kosher Cheese
Kittel on Yom Kippur After a Second Marriage?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including Hatoras Nedorim at night, tzitzis without an undershirt, and kittel on Yom Kippur after a second marriage.
Inspiration
The Partisan Who Never Stopped Fighting
From the forests of Nazi-occupied Europe to the establishment of Chabad institutions in Eretz Yisroel, Reb Zusha Wilmowsky devoted his life to rescuing, building, and inspiring. Forty years after his passing, his remarkable story remains an example of courage, determination, unwavering hiskashrus, and extraordinary simcha.
OBITUARIES
Rabbi Arye Leib Prager, 91, AH
Rabbi Arye Leib Prager, longtime Crown Heights mechanech who taught for many years at Oholei Torah, passed away on Wednesday, 26 Tishrei.
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