Buenos Aires Children Marched Proudly Through the Streets
More than 2,500 children and families filled the streets of Buenos Aires with Jewish pride and joy at a massive Lag BaOmer parade and celebration marking 50 years since the Rebbe’s Chinuch campaign.
South Brooklyn Parade Sparks Strong Display of Jewish Pride
Hundreds of children and families from across Sheepshead Bay gathered for a vibrant Lag BaOmer parade celebrating Jewish pride and the Rebbe’s 12 Pesukim, inspiring many unaffiliated Jews to reconnect with their Yiddishkeit.
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Shliach Rabbi Liraz Zeira, who lost both of his legs while on army duty in Lebanon, was seen wrapping tefillin with a fellow Jew while standing on his prosthetic feet.
Free Shavuos Course Tackles AI, Algorithms, and the Almighty
Shluchim Gather to Discuss Future of Italian Jewry
They Suffered a Huge Loss. Let’s Not Leave Them Alone.
Daily Gemara Program Starting a New Masechta
Introducing Children to Torah
Ask the Rov: When and how should a child be introduced to Torah study? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Chamah to Hold Pre-Shavuos Food Distribution Monday
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It’s Time to Rethink Transition Yeshivos and Shlichus
“There is a disappointing phenomenon in our yeshiva system that I have been observing over the past few years. The transition year from zal to shlichus through ‘transition yeshivos’ often lacks stability, structure, and clear expectations, leaving many bochurim feeling unsettled and unprepared.”
Playing Ping Pong on Shabbos?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including ping pong on Shabbos, exercise before shachris, lending out maaser money, and passing through a shul.
Hundreds Gathered at Napierville Mesivta for Day of Celebration
Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Napierville hosted a major Lag B’Omer celebration that brought together hundreds of people for a day filled with achdus, mivtzoyim, children’s activities, a bonfire, fireworks, and the warmth of Yiddishkeit.
While Boro Park Avoids Shabbos Fines, Crown Heights Remains in Limbo
New York City sanitation (DSNY) workers are now banned from issuing trash-related fines to New Yorkers in certain neighborhoods during Shabbos. But for some reason Crown Heights was not included.
What Does “Living with Chassidus” Look Like?
Coming from Rabbi Akiva Wagner‘s yahrtzeit, Conversations in Chassidus releases a heartwarming episode with Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, reflecting on the Light of Chassidus as it was imparted to him by Rabbi Wagner.
Live: Shloshim Tribute for Rabbi Leibel Alevsky
A memorial evening will take place tonight, Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, commemorating the shloshim of Rabbi Yehuda Leib (Leibel) Alevsky, longtime shliach to Cleveland, Ohio, who directed the local Chabad institutions for decades.
Chabad Cheder Wins City’s Education Prize
A Lubavitch school in Beitar Illit earned national recognition after being selected as a breakthrough school in educational innovation and social leadership. At a prestigious Ministry of Education event, the Cheder’s unique chinuch approach, devoted staff, and uplifting Chassidishe atmosphere were praised as a model of success in chinuch al taharas hakodesh.
Organ Donation for Scientific Research?
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.
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Shliach Rabbi Liraz Zeira, who lost both of his legs while on army duty in Lebanon, was seen wrapping tefillin with a fellow Jew while standing on his prosthetic feet.
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The Refugees Who Astonished the Jewish World: 80 Years Since ‘The Great Escape’
In Sivan 5706, chasidim began to flee the Soviet Union for the free world. As we mark 80 years since the Great Escape, From the Margins of Chabad History launches a series documenting the vibrant chasidishe life of the escapees in the refugee centers and DP camps, until they reached their final destinations.
She Told the Rebbe She’d Be Embarrassed
When Mrs. Channa Arnold, orphaned as a child in Israel, told the Rebbe she would not wear a sheitel after marriage, she received an unexpected response in the middle of the night that changed her life and shaped her home, family, and decades of chinuch.
Get a Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens This Week
Job Description of Moshiach According to the Rambam
A shiur by Rabbi Levi Garelik, moreh horaah in Crown Heights, who explained deep concepts into clear lessons about the job description of Moshiach according to the Rambam.
Speaking Gossip or Personal Conversations?
Ask the Rov: If someone tells me something, may I go repeat it? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Wearing an ID Wristband on Shabbos?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including removing cream from the cake and wearing an ID wristband on Shabbos, chosson giving gifts to his kalla, and grilling by a non-Shomer Shabbos.
Get a Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens This Week
Posting Negative Online Reviews?
Ask the Rov: Can I post a negative review about a Jewish-owned business or product? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
In the Middle of the Night, They Heard Knocking on the Door
It was late one blustery Friday night under Communism when knocking was heard on the door of a chossid’s home in Nevel. Terrified, he opened the door, to find the town's shochet Reb Chaim Dovid Lein looking for candlelight by which to learn a maamar.
The Rebbe Chose My Shlichus in Crown Heights
In a special video interview, Rabbi Menachem Gerlitzky, a familiar figure in Crown Heights and 770, shared his story of life by the Rebbe, and how the Rebbe chose him to be on shlichus to retirees in Crown Heights and the surrounding areas.