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.
Mordechai Lubecki, a Lubavitcher Photographer from Paris who travels the world, was attacked last night in Sofia, Bulgaria, by a man who threatened him with a knife and stole his yarmulka, while shouting “Hitler” at him.
At the bar mitzvah of Mordechai Tenenboim of Hewlett, Long Island, son of shliach Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim, a special teshura was published which tells the life story of Rabbi Mordechai Mentlik, after whom the bar mitzvah bochur is named.
A timely and relevant class highlighting the Rebbe’s insight into a past wars that Eretz Yisroel fought to gradually weaken their enemies was taught this past week by over 2,000 shluchim around the world.
Gallery 2: The first day of the new school year at Oholei Torah had the talmidim excited to meet their classmates and teachers and to resume their Torah learning.
The first day of the new school year at Oholei Torah had the talmidim excited to meet their classmates and teachers and to resume their Torah learning.
A tefillin campaign in Budapest run by a group of bochurim from the Brunoy Yeshiva attracted hundreds of locals and tourists across the city and near the famous ‘Shoes on the Danube Bank’ Holocaust memorial.
Mesivta Oholei Torah started the new year with remarkable growth, with both Shiur Alef and Shiur Gimmel having some of the largest incoming classes in the Mesivta’s history. To cater to the bochurim, the Yeshiva is proud to introduce an impressive new team of staff members.
The annual Chof Av campaign for Chabad of Kazakhstan was a smashing success, with over 3,500 chassidim participating from around the world to support Jewish life in Kazakhstan and honor the legacy of R’ Levi Yitzchok. A raffle for two tickets to Almaty will be taking place.
Mrs. Edna Gottesman, a beloved mother and grandmother who always held great faith and a positive attitude despite being widowed at a young age, passed away on Sunday 28th of Menachem Av 5784.
On Monday, erev Rosh Chodesh Elul, the Bnei Brak City Council Hall held a tribute event to honor the Rebbe in connection with thirty years since Gimmel Tammuz and the local shluchim in honor of 70 years since the establishment of Tzach in the city.
More than 100 Bochurim gathered at Anshe Sholom Chabad in Kew Gardens, Queens, for a memorable Released Time Teachers’ Conference filled with learning, inspiration, and camaraderie, as they prepare to influence Jewish students in New York’s Public Schools.
Sefardic communities throughout the world will recite selichos throughout Elul as per their custom. Two shuls in Crown Heights will hold daily selichos at 1:00 and 5:00 AM.
War Summary, Day 333: The American Department of Justice intends to file charges against senior members of the Hamas leadership for their involvement in the kidnapping and murder of American citizens, the IDF found explosives attached to a baby carriage in Tulkarm, and Israel begins the process of taking over aid distribution in Gaza in an effort to cut Hamas out of the process.
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including bochurim taking food from the yeshiva kitchen, is bankruptcy recognized in halacha, a dog in shul, and why we don’t round the corners of blankets.
Live at 8:30 tonight: three women’s classes in an hour on relevant topics in Halacha by fascinating and knowledgeable teachers.
The first day at Tomchei Tmimim on Ocean Parkway is always filled with anticipation and excitement as Talmidim, both returning and new, gather to begin another year of learning and personal growth.
After a medical emergency on the way to Alma Ata, Rabbi Shloimy Greenwald was placed on a ventilator and sedated in Istanbul, Turkey. Today, he woke up and was able to communicate with his family.
Yesterday, the hallways of Cheder Chabad of Baltimore came alive with excitement, marking the beginning of a new school year. The classrooms were filled with the sound of Torah as students eagerly opened their siddurim, Chumashim, and Gemaras, diving into another year of Torah.
The Reshet network of schools opened their new school years with 45,000 students starting in one of the dozens of existing or new schools.
Moshe Sasonkin, a young Crown Heights bochur whose limbs were amputated as a baby, spent his summer inspiring others with Yiddishkeit and joy. Despite not having hands, he personally laid tefillin on others, as seen in this incredible clip.
Natal, Brazil, is ranked the second most dangerous city in the globe, yet bochurim of Project Mitzva Tank Brazil made a meaningful Shabbos experience for the locals and ended the weekend celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of an old Yid.
