As children head back into the classroom for the new school year, the vital topic of education is on everyone’s mind. The Rebbe’s guidance on this topic is refreshingly clarifying, offering valuable insights and tips for anyone involved in shaping young minds.
Cheder Chabad Monsey is Off to a Great Start
On Wednesday morning, the familiar halls of Cheder Chabad Monsey once again echoed with the joyous sounds of Torah learning and heartfelt davening, as eager faces, both young and old, poured in. The air was filled with the unmistakable scents of crisp school supplies, new shoes, and freshly polished floors.
Making a Bracha When Reaffixing Mezuzos?
Ask the Rov: I removed my mezuzos to check them. Do I make a bracha when reaffixing them? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Crown Heightsers Will Soon Walk in the “Lubavitcher Rebbe Way”
Besides being a path in avodas Hashem, “Lubavitcher Rebbe Way” will soon be a concrete road in Crown Heights, renaming President St. in honor of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin who lived on that block.
War Day 337: PIJ Commanders Eliminated, New Propaganada Leaked
War Summary, Day 336-337: U.S. proposal delayed due to new demands from Hamas, Sinwar’s tactics leaked in another document, PIJ battalion commanders eliminated in Gaza, Researcher finds BBC to breach it’s own rules in bias against Israel over 1,500 times.
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Fathers and Sons Learn Together on Opening Day of Antwerp Yeshiva
The Antwerp Mesivta, which caters to talmidim from across Europe, began their new zman with a father-and-son learning session. This year, they added a Shiur Alef in Yiddish, to help bochurim become fluent in “the Rebbe’s language.”
Shliach Gets His Voice Back After Checking His Mezuzos
Ohio Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Mangel completely lost his voice and was scheduled for surgery, when he decided to check his mezuzos and a miracls occured, shocking his doctors.
He Mixed Something Good Into His Ink
A misnagdishe communal leader in Vilna, Reb Meir Refoel’s became an ardent chossid after witnessing two incredible mofsim by the Alter Rebbe. Despite the attacks the Vilna chassidim faced, he insisted on keeping the peace.
The Rebbe’s English Letters on Astrology and Predictions
In this week’s collection of letters, the Rebbe responds to individuals who wrote to him about astrology, horoscopes, forecasting, making a raffle for a shidduch, suffering, anxiety, confusion, and more.
Yonkers Barber Attacked with Scissors is Thankful to be Alive
Jewish barber Slava Shushakova of Yonkers, NY, was attacked by an Islamic customer with the barber’s own scissors. Moderately injured, the barber ascribed his survival to the mezuzah on his shop affixed by Yonkers shliach Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz.
How a Stolen Sukkah Can Be Kosher
In this week’s Choshen Mishpat Renaissance podcast, Rabbi Berel Polityko discusses ta’us akum as it applies to skip lagging and taking advantage of a glitch in an airline’s website. Listen here.
A Jewish Burial in Rural Saskatchewan
When a man’s final request was to be buried in a simple pine box in Rural Saskatchewan, his non-Jewish sister-in-law happened to call a rabbi. After much effort, he was laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery that matched that description, the first person to be buried there in more than 70 years.
When a Normal Person Finishes His Day
As a bochur, Reb Shlomo Zarchi asked the Rebbe for guidance in cheshbon hanefesh. The Rebbe drew a distinction between avoda at Krias Shema She’al Hamita, which is done at specific times, and a basic calculation at the end of a day.
War Day 335: Hostages Tunnel Under Child’s Bedroom, 200 Terrorists Eliminated
War Summary, Day 334-335: Hostages were held in a tunnel under a child’s bedroom, Egypt pushing for IDF withdrawal from Rafah, U.S. senior administration official reveals proposal details including heavy concessions, IDF targets terrorists in the humanitarian zone, 200 terrorists eliminated in Tel Sultan, rocket fire in the north, and notorious terrorist eliminated in Tubas.
Would the Rebbe Approve the Name of This Podcast?
In the second episode of the “Hilchisa L’Meshica” podcast, Rabbi Avraham Schneerson explores whether the Rebbe would approve of the podcast name and the differences between the Rebbe and the Chofetz Chaim in learning halachos related to the geulah.
Four Brisim Celebrated in Poltava After Tragic Blast Hits City
After terrible attack on Poltava that killed 50 civilians, two mohalim traveled over 24 hours to perform brisim on one baby and three adults, who refused to be hindered by the hostile events, and proceeded with the courageous act of displaying their Yiddishkeit proudly.
Aubervilliers School Begins the Year with Flair
The new school year began at the Shne-Or Institutions in Aubervilliers, France, amid pomp and celebration with balloons, a photo prop school bus, a rider on a white horse, and a walking siddur.
Russian Teens’ Trip Connected Them to Their Heritage
As the sun set over the Western Wall, casting a deep red glow across the ancient stones of the Old City, Esti from Riga, Latvia, stood in awe. At 17, she had never imagined she’d be here, singing together with thousands of other Jews as they welcomed the Shabbos together.
“Whose Ship Is This?”
Rebbetzin Devorah Groner, who together with her husband, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Groner, served at the helm of the Jewish community in Melbourne for almost 60 years, tells the story of their move to Australia and becoming established there.
Levaya Held for R’ Moshe Habosha
Residents of Crown Heights came out to accompany R’ Moshe Habosha, a longtime Crown Heights resident, who passed away on Beis Elul.
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From Boy to Bochur: Zman Begins at Oholei Torah Mechina
Having graduated Cheder, talmidim of Oholei Torah Mechina proudly entered their Troy Ave Zal ready to learn and grow in preparing for their yeshiva life.
Diverse Crowd Celebrates Tanya Printing on Rhodes Island
With tourists from around the world at Chabad of Rhodes, Greece, visiting bochurim pulled off a Tanya printing in just one day, which was attended by men, women, and children, from a wide spectrum of Jewish backgrounds.
Mashpiim: Bochurim with Draft Notices Should Not Travel for Tishrei
Following the annulment of the draft exemption for Yeshiva students by Israel’s Supreme Court and uncertainty about what will result, leading mashpiim in Eretz Yisroel are instructing bochurim to avoid the draft office, and not to leave the country if they received a notice even if means not traveling to New York for Tishrei.