Live: International Kinus Hashluchim Banquet 5787
Join Live at 1 PM: Nearly 7,000 shluchim and baalebatim will gather for the grand Kinus Hashluchim banquet, featuring moving stories of shlichus, a tribute to Rabbi Eli Schlanger HYD, and the iconic International Roll Call, with the entire event broadcast live worldwide.
Historic Yechidus With Gerrer Rebbe on Coalition Politics Released
A historic, never-before-released transcript of a private yechidus between the Rebbe and Harav Yaakov Aryeh Alter, today the Gerrer Rebbe, has just been made public, shedding new light on the Rebbe’s extensive involvement in Israeli politics and guidance to leading figures in the political arena.
Five New Members Join Rebbe’s Vaad for Russian Seforim
How Much Profit Is a Storekeeper Allowed to Make?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bishul Yisroel for rice cakes, marking up household necessities more than a sixth, and keeping an inaccurate kitchen scale.
Junior Nshei Launches New Year of Monthly Gatherings
Live: Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim Grand Finale
Kinus Melaveh Malka Uncovers the ‘Secret of Chabad’
While much of the attention surrounding the annual Kinus Hashluchim focuses on Chabad’s global reach, Motzai Shabbos’s intimate Melaveh Malka revealed a lesser-known force behind it: the brotherhood that allows Shluchim to build Jewish life at some of the world’s furthest frontiers, knowing an entire family stands behind them.
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The Tomchei Tmimim Mashpia Who Gave Everything for His Bochurim
28 Cheshvan marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Michoel Beliner of Nevel, known as Reb Michoel der Alter. A devoted mashpia in Tomchei Tmimim in Lubavitch, he was renowned for his Torah and avodah, as well as his extraordinary care for bochurim and his tireless efforts to help Yidden in need.
The Faces of the Shluchim 5787
As shluchim gathered outside 770 for the annual Kinus group photo, they broke out in spirited singing as preparations for the picture got underway.
The Rebbe’s Army in One Photo
Thousands of shluchim from across the globe gathered outside 770 Eastern Parkway on Sunday morning for the largest group photo of rabbis.
Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim Takes Over Crown Heights
After checking in on Friday morning to the Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim, Young Shluchim took over Crown Heights for a day full of connection, fun and inspiration.
New Shluchim to Midtown Miami
Rabbi Mendel and Rochie Gopin have joined Chabad at Midtown Miami as new Shluchim, with a focus on expanding programming for young Jewish families.
50 Campus Shluchim to Receive $1,000 Tzitzis Gift
As shluchim gather for the Kinus Hashluchim, a tzitzis campaign in memory of Rabbi Zvi Kogan HY”D is expanding to 50 Chabad on Campus locations, providing selected shluchim with a $1,000 gift card toward tzitzis for their students in exchange for a $100 campus contribution.
Behind Closed Doors, Shluchim Confront the Challenges of Shlichus
Thursday’s General Session brought thousands of shluchim together for an unfiltered look at the realities of shlichus, its hurdles, its highs, and the stories in between.
Young Shluchim Kinus Kicks Off in Crown Heights
Young Shluchim from around the world reunited with friends in Crown Heights on Friday morning as the Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim kicked off with an exciting day of activities.
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A Journalist’s Fascination with Lubavitch From Siberia to Paris
After their Great Escape from Soviet Russia and a period in German and Austrian DP camps, 1000 Lubavitcher refugees converged in Paris in 5707–5708. Local Yiddish journalist Yitzchak Shmulevitsh was amazed by their devotion to Torah and each other, and documented their work to establish a yeshivah and a girls’ school, as well as the eventual departure of many of them to Eretz Yisrael. Part III of a series.
22 Mikvah Grant Recipients Announced at the Kinus
22 communities across nine countries will receive mikvah grants, thanks to the Shluchim Foundation-Keren Hashluchim, led by Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, executive director of the International Kinus Hashluchim.
The Alter Rebbe’s Handwritten Kabbalah Maamar Explained
The Age of Chinuch for Shabbos Candles?
Ask the Rov: From what age should a girl begin lighting her own Shabbos candle? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Smaller Tefillin for Bar Mitzvah Boys?
Bracha on Cake and Tea After Bentching?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including cake and tea after bentching, heated floors on Shabbos, shirt buttons right over left, and born during Bein haShmoshos.
In the Twilight: Melacha During Bein Hashmashos
Ask the Rov: I realized right after shkiah that the dining room lights are off. May I ask a non-Jew to turn them on? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Too Tired to Daven Maariv – Can You Make It Up?
The Chassidishe Rov Who Wasn’t Afraid to Take a Stand
A bitter feud between two groups of wagon drivers had left an entire town without a rov, as no one dared face the losing side, until R. Yehoshua Nemoytin arrived and settled the matter in a way no one expected.
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, 57, AH
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, shlucha to Toronto for over 35 years, passed away on Monday, 22 Cheshvan.