New Chapter in the Dramatic Rescue of Reb Levik’s Seforim
An unpublished memoir by a clandestine Israeli activist describes how they managed to smuggle out seforim filled with the handwriting of the Rebbe’s father, which had been preserved with mesirus nefesh by Rebbetzin Chana.
Israeli Leaders Gather to Revisit the Rebbe’s Security Doctrine
Knesset members from across the political spectrum, generals, and senior reserve officers gathered at a festive launch event of “Oseh Shalom,” a new Hebrew work presenting a systematic and comprehensive overview of the Rebbe’s teachings on Shleimus Ha’aretz.
Watch: Vov Tishrei Program for Children
Milan Shliach Violently Attacked, Three Suspects Arrested
Milan shliach Rabbi Tzemach Mizrachi was knocked into the street after three Muslim men harassed and attacked him. Police have detained all three suspects.
Rebbe’s House and Room to Open for Vov Tishrei
New Shluchim to Kirkwood, Missouri
Maryland Shliach Turns Everyday Life Into 500-Word Lessons
After nearly 50 years of speaking to people, both in person and on the air, Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, longtime shliach to the state of Maryland, has released the second volume of Eclectic Thoughts of Meaning, a collection of short essays drawn from weekly emails he has been sending to a wide readership for years.
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Lubavitch Helped Start This Milwaukee Shul, Now It’s Coming Back
Lake Park Synagogue has gifted its Shul building to Lubavitch of Wisconsin, ensuring that the building on Milwaukee’s East Side will continue to serve as a center of Jewish life. The gift closes a circle that began more than four decades ago.
Teachers Unions Protest Hochul’s Yeshiva Tuition Relief Plan
New York teachers unions and allied groups are organizing a protest Wednesday at United Federation of Teachers headquarters in Manhattan, pushing back against Governor Kathy Hochul‘s plan to opt New York into a federal tax credit scholarship program that could bring meaningful tuition relief to tens of thousands of frum and Anash families across the state.
As Cuba’s Crisis Deepens, Four Tons of Aid Reach Jewish Families
As food and fuel shortages intensify across Cuba, Chabad Friends of Cuban Jewry has distributed nearly four tons of essential supplies to Jewish families across the island. The effort helped provide staple foods, hygiene products and medical supplies, with a group of bochurim traveling more than 680 miles to reach communities beyond Havana.
Live: When Fasting Becomes Forbidden
Live today at 2 PM: Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein of ShulchanAruchHarav.com will deliver a live Zoom shiur on the halachos of fasting on Yom Kippur, offering clear halachic and medical direction for those navigating the fast under health constraints.
Chabad Bee Farm Brought Together Children of All Stripes
Busloads of children, including from public schools, who once hesitated to enter the Chabad village, now come to discover the world of bees and honey, while encountering Jewish life and Torah in a warm and entirely natural setting.
Free Kaporos Returns to Crown Heights for Second Year
After introducing free Kaporos last year to ease the financial burden on families, NCFJE is bringing the initiative back for a second year, offering Kaporos free of charge to the Crown Heights community ahead of Yom Kippur.
One Bochur Joined Halikut; Then His Father Started Learning Too
One Bochur began calling home to review a Sicha. Before long, his father was opening a Likkutei Sichos too, and his younger siblings were paying closer attention than anyone realized. The Vaad Hatmimim set out to strengthen Bochurim, but what happens next reaches an entire family.
Guests Make the Most of Their Time at 770
With thousands of guests from around the world in New York for Tishrei, the days of the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah are filled with bochurim and Anash making the most of their time, davening, learning, and farbrenging.
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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.
Thailand Forces Removal of Jewish Graves Amid Protests
Four Jewish graves were forced to be immediately evacuated this week from a Lubavitch-owned cemetery outside Bangkok after Thai authorities refused to renew its operating license. The move comes amid escalating tensions surrounding Chabad institutions in Thailand, as they face baseless accusations of orchestrating a “Zionist land takeover” of the country.
Carrying in a Fenced Park on Shabbos?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including carrying in a fenced park, is a Tehillim with a Rebbe's dime muktza, and flushing a toilet with electric sewage pump on Shabbos.
What Will Tishrei Look Like When Moshiach Comes?
Skipping to Catch the Minyan?
Ask the Rov: If I came late to shul, should I skip korbanos to daven Shemoneh Esrei with the minyan? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
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.
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.
The Mashpia From Whom Everyone Was in Awe
Childless for many years, they asked for brachos of the Mezritcher Maggid, R. Avrohom Kalisker, and R. Mendel Vitebsker, without success. At last, the Alter Rebbe connected them with R. Mordechai "Hatzadik," and R. Mordechai "Mashpia" was born.
Rabbi Avraham Lipskier, 86, AH
Rabbi Avraham Lipskier, who devoted more than six decades to teaching and guiding baalei teshuva, passed away on Thursday, 28 Elul.