Hundreds joined an uplifting selichos at Me’aras Hamachpelah led by Lubavitcher singer and chazan Avraham Fried, to the background of a dramatic multimedia presentation projected on the building.
Titled “yedid beis Rebbe,” Reb Elye Chaim Althaus was a devoted chossid of the Frierdiker Rebbe and stood by his side in all his activities. When Reb Yisroel Jacobson expressed surprise that the Rebbe’s shul was not ready on erev Rosh Hashana, Reb Elye Chaim turned the question around.
In a video filmed outside the UN, Israel’s ambassador Danny Danon quoted the Rebbe about adding in light, celebrating Rosh Hashana, and blowing the shofar. Shliach Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Noimann was on hand to blow the shofar.
Historical photos from the archive of R’ Shmuel Zalmanov of Montreal shows an earlier version of 770’s tashlich pond in 5735 (1975), built by 770’s bedek habayis, led by Rabbi Chaim Boruch Halbershtam.
Every year before Rosh Hashana, the Rebbe would write a letter addressed to “The Sons and Daughters of Our People Israel, Everywhere” containing an inspiring message and a call to action for the New Year. This week’s booklet also discusses how we must start off the year with action and that Rosh Hashanah must influence the entire year.
Shofar will be blown on Eastern Parkway on both days of Rosh Hashana for those unable to attend shul, every hour on the hour, starting from 10:00 AM until 6:25 PM.
The final hours before Rosh Hashanah are here, bringing a powerful opportunity to tap into the Rebbe’s incredible promise.
Rabbi Shmuel Butman recalls the Rebbe’s visits to their home in Paris, the dishes and tricycle the Rebbe gave them, and a special chair on which the Rebbe sat during a shiva visit.
Ask the Rov: May one listen to the shofar with a hearing aid? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, every needy family and individual in Moscow received a generous food basket in a successful initiative spearheaded by Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar.
After midnight on the night before Rosh Hashana, Reb Leibel Bistritzky was saying Tehillim upstairs in 770, when the Rebbe walked in. After inquiring whether he would be blowing shofar, the Rebbe gave him a maamar and a special bracha.
In this week’s Choshen Mishpat Renaissance podcast, Rabbi Berel Polityko explores how paying taxes fits within the principle of ‘the law of the land’ in Jewish law.
Project 10.7 offers a powerful way to mark the first anniversary of Oct. 7. Each community is assigned 10 kedoshim, and community members are invited to take on one of 10 Mivtzoim in their honor, performing them at least 7 times.
JEM’s popular Good Night My Child bedtime program launches a brand-new video series “Tishrei Explorers” where children can engage in an interactive Tishrei experience
The Rebbe actively supported this vital organization, and in 5748 (1988), personally donating $10,000 to Eshel-Hachnosas Orchim. Today, they continue their remarkable work, providing essential services to those in need.
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including mayonnaise on Rosh Hashana, husband’s hatoras nedorim for his wife, haircut obligation on erev Rosh Hashana, and tearing letters on Yom Tov for food.
At a memorial ceremony with shluchim at Babi Yar, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted the struggle against an “axis of evil,” describing it as “a war of the West fighting for its life against a bloodthirsty coalition bent on wars and conquering territories of its rivals, at the cost of lives.”
An Iranian missile made a direct hit on a Chabad Reshet school in Gadera, blasting the wall and creating a huge crater, but BH the kids were away. The only casualty from all 181 missiles was an Arab from Gaza who smuggled in.
With Yom Tov approaching so quickly, have we had a chance to fully prepare? How can we ensure this is a meaningful Tishrei, a true “Chossid’s Tishrei”? A Chassidisher Derher has created just what you need.
With their signature ahavas yisroel and constant goal to improve medical care for the Crown Heights community and its visitors, Crown Heights Hatzalah is once again setting up a first aid station in 770.
Close to 200 ballistic missiles were sent from Iran into Eretz Yisroel. The only reported casualty is an Arab from Gaza who entered the country illegally. Israel plans a “significant and harsh” response tonight.
The kever of the tanna R’ Yochanan Hasandlar, “the shoemaker,” is not far from the kever of R’ Shimon Bar Yochai in Miron. Lubavitcher photographer Mordechai Lubecki visited the site and captured photos of it.
On Thursday, Chof Daled Elul, over 500 women gathered for a moving community-wide challah bake for the protection of Eretz Yisroel and the safe return of the hostages. It also marked the 50th anniversary of the Rebbe’s Mivtza Neshek campaign, making it an opportune time to focus on the three mitzvos uniquely tied to Jewish women.
Mrs. Channa Karp, a beloved mother and grandmother from Buffalo, NY, passed away on Monday, 27 Elul.
For the seventh consecutive year, a remarkable Smicha celebration was held at the Beis Midrash of Colel Ohel Yosef Moshe in Buenos Aires, Argentina, highlighting the hard work of the musmachim and their achievement in attaining Semicha.
