Thousands Celebrated Beloved LA Gabbai’s Miraculous Recovery
Thousands of men, women, and children from across Los Angeles came out to celebrate the miraculous recovery of the beloved gabbai of Congregation Levi Yitzchok, Rabbi Levi Raichik, who marked his recovery with a grand Hachnosas Sefer Torah through the streets of the city.
The White House Call That Transferred an Army Doctor to 770
In a podcast interview, Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Pleasanton, California, recounts how his father, Dr. Larry Resnick AH, came to care for the Rebbe following the heart attack of 5738. He also shares the story of his parents’ shidduch, their relationship with the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, and the lessons he learned from the Rebbe’s constant guidance to push beyond one’s best.
Rockland Parents Explore ‘Chinuch in a Changing World’
Jewish Veterans Remember Fallen Comrades With Kaddish
Free Live Workshop for Shluchim: Beyond the Status Quo
Shturemdike Rosh Chodesh Kislev at Montreal Mesivta
Here We Grow Again: Help Expand The Thornhill Mesivta
Eleven years after opening its doors, The Thornhill Mesivta - Ohr Temimim Lubavitch of Thornhill (Toronto) has grown to nearly 70 bochurim and is expanding to meet the needs of its growing student body. A new adjacent property will double the Mesivta’s land size, with a $500,000 campaign underway to fund the expansion.
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Chicago Bochurim Hear Firsthand from the Rebbe’s Cardiologist
A group of Shluchim from Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago visited the Rebbe’s cardiologist, Dr. Ira Weiss, on Rosh Chodesh Kislev for a special farbrengen and an opportunity to hear firsthand stories about the Rebbe.
Young Shluchim Finally Meet Their ‘Big Brothers’
During the Kinus, hundreds of Young Shluchim who spend the year learning and connecting across time zones gathered in Crown Heights to meet their chavrusas, classmates, and teachers in person.
Chabad Girl in Critical Condition After School Bullying Incident
A 13-year-old Chabad girl from Chadera, Eretz Yisroel, is in critical condition after being struck in the head during a bullying incident at school. Her aunt pleads for Tehillim and appeals to schools and parents about the dangers of bullying.
770 Celebrates Rosh Chodesh Kislev With Farbrengen
Hundreds of Anash and bochurim gathered in 770 on Tuesday night for a farbrengen and seudas hoda’a celebrating the 49th anniversary of the miracle of Rosh Chodesh Kislev.
Furniture Industry Fundraiser Gala Honors NC Shliach
Rabbi Yosef Plotkin of Greensboro, North Carolina, was honored for his leadership at a furniture industry gala that also recognized prominent business figures and featured a moving presentation of financial assistance to two Chabad families facing serious illness.
Tzeirei Hashluchos Winter Camp Announces Head Staff
With just two weeks remaining until Machane Rivka Tzeirei Hashluchos Winter Camp, the Shluchim Office announced this year’s head staff, preparing an exciting and unforgettable camp experience for Young Shluchos from around the world in Lake Worth, Florida.
Sunday: New Torah in Memory of Mrs. Shoshana Rabkin
A Siyum and Hachnosas Sefer Torah will take place this Sunday in Crown Heights, in memory of Mrs. Shoshana bas R’ Dovid Rabkin a”h, in honor of her first yahrtzeit on 8 Kislev.
9,000th Tanya Edition Printed Near the Rebbe’s Room
In a tradition to print every millennial Tanya in 770, the 9,000th edition of Tanya was printed near the Rebbe’s room, in conjunction with the International Kinus Hashluchim.
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A Journalist’s Fascination with Lubavitch From Siberia to Paris
After their Great Escape from Soviet Russia and a period in German and Austrian DP camps, 1000 Lubavitcher refugees converged in Paris in 5707–5708. Local Yiddish journalist Yitzchak Shmulevitsh was amazed by their devotion to Torah and each other, and documented their work to establish a yeshivah and a girls’ school, as well as the eventual departure of many of them to Eretz Yisrael. Part III of a series.
New Handbook Offers Practical Tips for Teachers
A newly published handbook published by Igud Hamelamdim, titled Practical Advice for the Beginning Teacher, brings together 135 concise, down-to-earth suggestions addressing many everyday classroom situations.
How Much Profit Is a Storekeeper Allowed to Make?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bishul Yisroel for rice cakes, marking up household necessities more than a sixth, and keeping an inaccurate kitchen scale.
The Alter Rebbe’s Handwritten Kabbalah Maamar Explained
The Age of Chinuch for Shabbos Candles?
Ask the Rov: From what age should a girl begin lighting her own Shabbos candle? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Smaller Tefillin for Bar Mitzvah Boys?
Bracha on Cake and Tea After Bentching?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including cake and tea after bentching, heated floors on Shabbos, shirt buttons right over left, and born during Bein haShmoshos.
In the Twilight: Melacha During Bein Hashmashos
Ask the Rov: I realized right after shkiah that the dining room lights are off. May I ask a non-Jew to turn them on? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
The Chassidishe Rov Who Wasn’t Afraid to Take a Stand
A bitter feud between two groups of wagon drivers had left an entire town without a rov, as no one dared face the losing side, until R. Yehoshua Nemoytin arrived and settled the matter in a way no one expected.
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, 57, AH
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, shlucha to Toronto for over 35 years, passed away on Monday, 22 Cheshvan.