Watch: Footage Captures Spectacular Crown Heights March
Video footage of the spectacular Lag Baomer March in Crown Heights, as boys and girls paraded and celebrated the special day with achdus, song, and Yiddishe pride, has now been released.
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.
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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.
Lincoln Place Glowed with Fire, Farbrengen, and Music
With colorful mitzvah-themed banners, lively music, torches, and a festive medura, the Anshei Moshe Family Shul in Crown Heights hosted an unforgettable Lag BaOmer celebration that brought together over 100 children and their families for crafts, a grand rally, a spirited parade, and a fleishige seuda.
What We Saw Was Only Half The Story
They Suffered a Huge Loss. Let’s Not Leave Them Alone.
New App Makes Shabbos Meal Hospitality Effortless
In the Rain, Cincinnati Marched Joyfully Toward the Geula
Free Shavuos Course Tackles AI, Algorithms, and the Almighty
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Shluchim Gather to Discuss Future of Italian Jewry
Dozens of shluchim from across Italy gathered in Milan for a regional Kinus Hashluchim filled with shiurim, workshops, sessions, panels, and farbrengens. The shluchim exchanged ideas, shared experiences from the field, and discussed practical ways to strengthen their shlichus and impact communities throughout Italy.
Daily Gemara Program Starting a New Masechta
A daily Gemara study program is the perfect opportunity for structured learning, with incentives and a clear goal in sight. Join this cycle and finish Maseches Ksubos in less then a year.
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
Ahead of Shavuos, Chamah will be holding a pre-Yom Tov food distribution on Monday, May 18, in the Bais Rivkah parking lot at 435 Montgomery St., starting at 4:00 PM.
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.
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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.
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.
Organ Donation for Scientific Research?
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
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.