Business Leader Tells Mechanchim: ‘You’re Making the Greatest Investment’
In a powerful address to mechanchim, Questrade founder and CEO Mr. Eliyahu Kholodenko praised the daily dedication of teachers, investing in each child and raising “frume, ehrliche, vareme, Chassidishe Yidden” – the greatest investment of all.
The Rebbe’s Behind-the-Scenes Liaison to the Gedolim
In a rare interview, Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Levine discusses his decades as a behind the scenes contact between the Rebbe and some of the leading Torah figures of the previous generation, including Harav Moshe Feinstein, Harav Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, and Harav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, leading to Harav Gedalia Schorr dubbing him ‘the CIA of Lubavitch’.
Live: Pre-Selichos Farbrengen With Reb Sholom Charitonov
Join Live Motzei Shabbos at 10:00 PM ET: The famous annual pre-selichos farbrengen with Rabbi Sholom Charitonov will be streamed live to allow anash and shluchim from around the world to participate.
Avraham Fried Releases Energetic Yomim Noraim Song
Using words from the Rosh Hashana davening, Avraham Fried released a song “Veyeda Kol Peul,” on how when Moshiach comes the entire world will recognize that it is being constantly created by Hashem.
Rabbi Bluming: Save a Family Facing Eviction
I Wasn’t Excited to Meet the Rebbe, Then Everything Changed
In Mobile, Alabama, Original Singer Finds Long-Lost ‘Minyan Man’
Chinuch Begins at Home
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Amid Draft Pressure, Chabad Beis Din Issues Guidance
Amid growing draft pressure facing yeshivah bochurim in Eretz Yisroel, Beis Din Rabonei Chabad has issued guidance reaffirming the central role of Torah learning. The Rabbonim also address Tishrei travel to the Rebbe, urging bochurim to consult their yeshivos and askonim so as not to jeopardize their learning.
100 Years After Communist Persecution, Jewish Life Flourishes in Moscow
A century after the Frierdiker Rebbe delivered the maamar of Vekiblu Hayehudim in Moscow amid Soviet persecution, the city is preparing for Tishrei with major renovations at Marina Roscha, expanded Torah and chinuch programs, and preparations to accommodate thousands throughout the Yomim Tovim.
Rebbes and Askonim Meet with President Trump
Leading Chassidishe Rebbes and rabbonim representing several major kehillos were received by President Donald Trump on Thursday for a rare joint audience in the Oval Office.
Maybe $50,000 Was Never the Problem
“We hand young Anash a savings number like it’s a mitzvah, and nobody checks if the number is even right. People sit down with a lender only after they think they’re ready. That’s backwards. That conversation should happen first, not as a reward after five years of sacrifice.”
Final Days: Help Continue The Legacy
As the Keren Meir annual raffle enters its final days, supporters are being asked to help ensure that Rabbi Meir Roness ע”ה’s lifelong mission continues to reach as many Yidden as possible.
Bay Families Are Going the Extra Mile for Chassidishe Chinuch
From across the Bay Area, families are driving as far as an hour and a half each way to attend Cheder of the Bay, a cocoon of age-old holiness and chassidishkeit.
Derher’s Tishrei Mini Site Back by Popular Demand
Tishrei is almost here. The Yomim Tovim are quickly approaching, and with so much to prepare for, it’s easy to find yourself busy with everything—except preparing for the Tishrei you truly want to experience.
Federal Prison Rabbis Unite at Historic New York Kinus
A record nine rabbinic chaplains serving the Federal Bureau of Prisons gathered in New York for a historic kinus organized by Senior Regional Chaplain Rabbi Avrohom Richter, bringing together the Bureau’s Jewish chaplains for meetings with rabbonim and askanim, visits to Jewish institutions, and practical discussion of the religious needs of Jewish inmates.
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A Holy Jew Lived in Shanghai: The Remarkable Life of Harav Meir Ashkenazi – II
Part two of the series about the fascinating and colorful story of Harav Meir Ashkenazi of Shanghai traces his response to the Holocaust, post-war communal activism, visit to Eretz Yisrael and America, and his final years in New York as the rov and father figure of the international Shanghai diaspora.
From the Himalayas to Tokyo, 75 Shluchim Gather in Taiwan
From the Himalayan towns of India to Seoul, Tokyo and Bangkok, shluchim gathered in Taipei, Taiwan, for a kinus, marking forty years after the Rebbe sent the first shliach to Southeast Asia.
Drinking Water Before Running?
Ask the Rov: Does one make a bracha on water drunk before running? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Oven Turned Off and On: Bishul Yisroel?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including behind during selichos, oven relit by a non-Jew, and guidelines for repurposing a church to be a Shul.
Unmarried Man as a Teacher?
Ask the Rov: How may an unmarried man serve as a teacher or tutor? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
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.
How Do I Toivel a Keurig?
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.
Rice: Three Brachos or One?
Ask the Rov: Which bracha do we make on rice? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
He Gave His Life for His Children’s Chinuch, and Succeeded
Dedicated to his children's chinuch, R. Benche Raskin fought the Haskala in his hometown, moved to another city, and early each morning he recited Tehillim and brachos with tears, pleading for ehrliche children. The result: The large Lubavitcher Raskin family.
Alexander Ruvinov, 85, AH
Alexander Ruvinov, a longtime resident of Kensington, New York, passed away on Monday, 18 Elul.