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After 30 Years, Aguch and Badatz Announce Joint Cooperation
A historic and significant milestone for the Crown Heights community, Anash, and shluchim worldwide was marked this week as Agudas Chassidei Chabad (Aguch) and the Badatz of Crown Heights issued official letters announcing their joint cooperation and commitment to working together.
Before Drawing Conclusions From the Rebbe’s Letters
When the Rebbe says something at a Farbrengen, and certainly when the Rebbe writes to a specific person or entity, it must be taken in the right context and background. A Shliach wanted to make a teen hub for teenagers who would likely never attend a regular program. What would this hub be for? What would its hours be? Who would it be open to? What would be done there? All of this is not said.
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Is This How We Treat the Rebbe’s Shchuna?
Streets Closed for First Ever Young Shluchim Parade
The Rebbe’s Unusual Prescription for a Worried Chossid
Oholei Torah Talmidim Rejoice on Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Chabad Rov Faces Calls for Criminal Investigation Over Psak
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Rockland Parents Explore ‘Chinuch in a Changing World’
Anash parents of Rockland County gathered for an evening titled “Chinuch in a Changing World,” exploring the Rebbe’s perspective on technology and raising children with strong Chassidishe values in today’s changing world.
Utica Ave Shelter Proposal Temporarily Delayed
On Tuesday night, Crown Heights residents made their voices heard in a rare mini political win for the neighborhood. Another critical meeting will take place in one week, on Thursday, November 19.
Chassidishe Parsha Goes Digital With Extensive New Archive
A comprehensive new website is bringing together years of resources and study aids for the thousands around the world who learn Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah every week, whether for the parsha, an approaching Yom Tov, or a concept they want to understand better.
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.
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.
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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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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.
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
