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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.
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Oholei Torah Talmidim Rejoice on Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Chabad Rov Faces Calls for Criminal Investigation Over Psak
Rockland Parents Explore ‘Chinuch in a Changing World’
Utica Ave Shelter Proposal Temporarily Delayed
Chassidishe Parsha Goes Digital With Extensive New Archive
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Should Husbands be Singeing the Wicks?
Ask the Rov: What should be used for Shabbos candles? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Jewish Veterans Remember Fallen Comrades With Kaddish
A moving Veterans Day tribute was led by Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum of Chabad’s Jewish Uniformed Services Association at a Maryland military cemetery, where Jewish veterans remembered fallen comrades with Kaddish and a retired Navy captain put on tefillin.
Free Live Workshop for Shluchim: Beyond the Status Quo
Tzviki Krasnjansky and Shmuli Rothman to host an interactive workshop for shluchim.
Shturemdike Rosh Chodesh Kislev at Montreal Mesivta
The talmidim of Mesivta Menachem in Montreal, alongside their Rabbonim and Talmidim HaShluchim, gathered for a powerful, “shturemdike” Seudas Mitzvah in honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, marking the entrance into the 50th year since the miraculous recovery of the Rebbe in 5738.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
Torah
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.
Inspiration
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.
OBITUARIES
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, 57, AH
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, shlucha to Toronto for over 35 years, passed away on Monday, 22 Cheshvan.
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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
