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Rare Recordings of Legendary Chabad Chazan Emerge
An early tomim and legendary chazan in America, Reb Shmuel Kantarof was a member of Agudas Chassidei Chabad and one of the founders of Nichoach. Two recordings of his chazanus were recently made available.
Riga, Brownsville, Crown Heights: Rosh Hashanah with the Frierdiker Rebbe
As we approach Rosh Hashanah, From the Margins of Chabad History presents contemporary accounts of Rosh Hashanah with the Frierdiker Rebbe in Riga, Brownsville, and Crown Heights. A letter of Rosh Hashanah berachos from the Frierdiker Rebbe to American Jews is also published here, for the first time.
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200 Spend Shabbos Selichos in Lubavitch Village
Mrs. Hadassa Carlebach, 99, AH
Mrs. Haddasa Miriam Carlebach, the matriarch to a large Chabad family who was a second cousin of the Rebbe and had a close relationship with the Rebbetzin, passed away on Sunday, 24 Elul.She was 99.
Miami’s LEC Welcomes 2,500 Students With 2 New Buildings
First Selichos Recited in the Rebbe’s House
Boca Raton Shliach’s Album Inspired by the Rebbe’s Tekiyos
MAZAL TOV
Animated Film Brings Shofar’s Wake-Up Call to Life
A new animated short film by Sydney-based educator Rabbi Chaim Y. Munitz, takes a simple mashal about a village fire and turns it into a visual lesson about the message of the shofar.
Melbourne Cheder Celebrates Mastery of 12 Perokim Tanya
Students, staff, and family came together at Cheder Levi Yitzchok in Melbourne to celebrate young Chaim Meir Kamentzky completing all of Yud Beis Perakim Tanya baal peh.
Find That Video You Watched at the Ohel
One of the most common questions asked by visitors after leaving the Ohel is: “Where can I find the video I saw while I was there?”
Before Selichos, Stand Behind 1,500 Bochurim
As Anash prepare to gather for Selichos on Motzoei Shabbos, the Vaad Hatmimim is asking the community to begin these days with an act of tzedakah for the 1,500 Bochurim now spending Tishrei by the Rebbe.
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.
Really?! We should stop telling you?
You have seen the ads. Every Elul they arrive, and they all say the same thing. Give, and you will be blessed. Give, and you will prosper. Give, and it comes back to you multiplied.
Chabad of South Broward Celebrates 46 Years of Growth
On Monday night, Chai Elul, more than 300 members and friends of the South Broward Jewish community gathered at Turnberry Aventura Jewish Center to celebrate the 45th Annual Dinner of Congregation Levi Yitzchok-Lubavitch/Chabad of South Broward.
‘If Rabbi Schneersohn Would Behave like All Rabbonim…’
The Rov of Minsk and later Leningrad, R. Menachem Mendel Gluskin, fought with mesiras nefesh to preserve Yiddishkeit under Soviet rule. During one NKVD interrogation, he asked why the Communists hated the Frierdiker Rebbe so fiercely, and received a revealing answer.
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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.
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Day-To-Day Guide for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur 5787
Read and Download: A new booklet of the Day-to-Day Halachic Guide by Rabbi Yosef Braun has been released, containing detailed instructions on the halachos and minhagim for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Torah
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.
Inspiration
I Wasn’t Excited to Meet the Rebbe, Then Everything Changed
After losing her father in a shocking, unsolved murder, young Chana Sharfstein reluctantly accompanied her grieving mother to a yechidus with the Rebbe, expecting little from the visit, until the Rebbe suddenly turned to her.
OBITUARIES
Alexander Ruvinov, 85, AH
Alexander Ruvinov, a longtime resident of Kensington, New York, passed away on Monday, 18 Elul.
Nshei
Heritage Quest Ends, But Teens’ Global Impact Has Just Begun
Campus Shluchos Gather in DC for First-Ever JewishU Growth Summit
