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Worldwide Senior Kollel Network Expands to Cape Town
At a festive event attended by Cape Town rabbonim and members of the Blouberg Jewish community, Kollel Tiferes Zkeinim Levi Yitzchok was launched in Cape Town for the first time, joining a network of seniors kolelim around the world.
4,000 Teens Fired Up at Uplifting Concert and Midnight Selichos
A massive pre-Tishrei gathering brought 4,000 teens together for interactive Jewish challenges, inspirational messages, and a spectacular concert featuring popular Israeli singers and performers, before concluding with an emotional midnight Selichos.
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Reb Zalman Schneerson, Holocaust-Era Savior and Visionary Leader
First Sefer Torah in a Decade Welcomed at the Ohel
A Siyum Sefer Torah - the first in approximately a decade - was held Sunday at the Ohel, donated by Mr. Mike Koba, who announced the new Koba Foundation to support a wide range of Jewish projects worldwide.
First Legal-Tender Coin Featuring the Rebbe Issued
Turnkey Package Makes Building a Mikvah Within Reach
Free Tool Lets Anyone Build a Custom Jewish Calendar
‘My Close Friend’: Remembering Reb Berel Chaskind
26 Elul marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Berel Chaskind, a devoted Chossid and yerei Shomayim who embodied what Tomchei Tmimim accomplished. From Soviet Russia to Eretz Yisroel and America, he remained a living link to old Lubavitch, and was instrumental in beginning the Rebbe’s review of the hanachos of the farbrengens.
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What They Take Home from Tishrei Won’t Fit in a Suitcase
In a few weeks, more than 1,500 Bochurim will pack their bags and return to Yeshivos around the world. But the most important thing they bring home will not be inside their suitcases.
Preparations Underway for Record Tishrei Guests at the Ohel
Preparations are underway for a record number of more than 150 bochurim who will spend Tishrei near the Rebbe’s Ohel. This year brings a new location, expanded accommodations and dining facilities, with yeshivah staff joining for learning and farbrengens.
Shechting Kaporos Only to Throw Them Away?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including shechting kaporos without kashering them, when to take three steps before shemone esrei, and taking a tefilas haderech keychain into the bathroom.
Hundreds Pack the Rebbe’s Shul in Paris for Selichos
Hundreds of Anash and mekuravim from across Paris packed the overflowing “Zibetz’n” shul for the first Selichos on Motzoei Shabbos, led by Head Shliach Rabbi Mendy Azimov, continuing the tradition of his father, Rabbi Shmuel Azimov.
Exiting the Ohel, Chicagoans Handed Dollars from the Rebbe
A group of Anash and mekuravim from Chicago experienced a pleasant surprise during their trip to the Rebbe this week, when an anonymous chossid gifted each participant a dollar from the Rebbe. “It felt like a clear bracha from the Rebbe.”
International Shochet Leads Shechita Presentation at Aliya
For the first time in Crown Heights, Aliya hosted a live shechita demonstration, giving participants a firsthand look at the halachos and process. The group watched as a ram, turkey, and chickens were shechted, then helped with the preparation of the meat, concluding the experience with freshly barbecued chicken and meat.
Students in Nebraska, South Korea and Beyond Begin School Together
Sarah from Nebraska, Jacob from South Korea, and Hannah from Texas joined 300 children from around the world as they were welcomed on the first day of the Nigri Jewish Online School of the Shluchim Office.
New Federal Proposal to Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parenting
A proposed federal rule could allow married families with a stay-at-home parent to receive child care subsidies, potentially providing financial relief to many frum and Anash families who choose to have a parent home with young children. For decades, the Rebbe emphasized the vital role of Jewish women in raising, nurturing, and educating their children.
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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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Moscow’s Marina Roscha Awakens for First Selichos
Hundreds gathered at Moscow’s central Marina Roscha Synagogue for a late-night farbrengen followed by the first Selichos, led by Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig.
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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.
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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.
OBITUARIES
Alexander Ruvinov, 85, AH
Alexander Ruvinov, a longtime resident of Kensington, New York, passed away on Monday, 18 Elul.
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Heritage Quest Ends, But Teens’ Global Impact Has Just Begun
Campus Shluchos Gather in DC for First-Ever JewishU Growth Summit
