Released Time Honors Dedicated Instructors After Successful Year
After an outstanding year of bringing Torah and Yiddishkeit to more than 1,000 children in over 100 public schools, 150 Released Time bochurim gathered to celebrate the continued impact of Chabad’s longest-running outreach program in America.
Record Anash Voters Bring Positive Change to Crown Heights Elections
Ahron Gluck received 2,245 votes in a record showing for an Anash candidate, falling short against Brian Cunningham, while community-backed candidates won both district leader races and a Municipal Court judgeship.
5th European Dayanim Conference Addressed Current Issues
The Fifth European Dayanim Conference of the RCE brought together dozens of Dayanim and community rabbis from across Europe for three days of Torah discussions, halachic lectures, and in-depth deliberations on issues facing communities across the continent.
Yeshivas Kayitz Opens With Serious Learning and Summer Fun
Magnificent New Mikvah Inaugurated on Poconos Campus
There’s a Chabad Minhag We Seem to Have Forgotten
Yosef Tzvi Sandman, 83, AH
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Program Kept Bochurim Learning Through Tammuz Break
Over 100 bochurim joined Yeshiva Bein Hazmanim’s Tammuz program in Oholei Torah’s Raitport Beis Medrash, with packed sedorim, fascinating shiurim, stipends, and a special farbrengen in 770.
Montreal City Councillor Mourns Shooting Victim at Chabad
City Councillor Mike Cohen visited Beth Chabad Côte Saint-Luc, where he spoke with shliach Rabbi Tzemach Raskin and put on tefillin in memory of shooting victim Michoel Moshe Mizrachi.
America’s Longest-Serving Governor Puts on Tefillin for First Time
66 years after his bar mitzvah, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad put on tefillin for the first time in his life. A longtime friend of the Rebbe’s shliach Rabbi Yossi Jacobson, the former governor finally agreed to wrap tefillin after hearing the story behind the special pair the rabbi brought.
Summer Kollel for Mechanchim to Open in Crown Heights
Igud Hamelamdim is once again launching its Summer Kollel for Mechanchim, offering all those serving in the mosdos of Crown Heights an opportunity to strengthen their own learning together with fellow educators in the Rebbe’s daled amos.
Operation Entebbe: The Daring Rescue That Defied Nature
50 years ago, Israel shocked the world with the miraculous rescue of 102 Jewish hostages from Uganda, in what became known as Operation Entebbe. While the world celebrated and debated the daring mission, the Rebbe revealed Hashem’s guiding hand throughout the story and the lasting lessons it carried for every Jew.
A Life of Song and Farbrengen: Reb Berel Zaltzman AH
Widely beloved for his singing, niggunim, and farbrengens, Reb Berel Zaltzman AH, was a renowned chazzan and shliach inspired generations of Yidden. We bring you a selection of photos and videos of Reb Berel performing, singing, and farbrenging throughout the years.
We Promise Zaidy We Will Carry Your Voice Forward
“I’ll never forget the look you gave me a few days ago. You stared right through my soul with an expression that seemed to say: ‘It’s not supposed to be easy. We are the Rebbe’s soldiers!’ That was your life. You were always singing. That’s what soldiers do – they march forward and they keep singing.” A tribute to Rabbi Berel Zaltman AH, by his grandson.
Anash Rush to Vote as Final Hours of Election Approaches
Throughout Election Day, an estimated 3,000 members of the Crown Heights Jewish community have taken the opportunity to make their voice heard and vote.
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Historic Times: The Rebbe’s First Message to American Jewry
As we approach Gimmel Tammuz, From the Margins of Chabad History uncovers reports about the Rebbe’s farbrengens before the nesius and the Rebbe’s first message to the broader American public, just days after accepting the nesius.
Stirring New Song Released on Alter Rebbe’s Words
Chassidic singer Mendy Haberfeld released “Dich Alein,” a heartfelt new single set to the Alter Rebbe’s powerful words expressing the deepest desire of a Yid to want only Hashem Himself.
Pas and Bishul Yisroel: Cereal, Lox, and Pringles?
Aiding Elderly Parents with Maaser Money?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including AI service over Shabbos, maaser money for aging parents, and davening musaf before shachris.
Get a Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens This Week
If We Have Geulah, Who Needs Moshiach?
Spending Shabbos on a Cruise?
Ask the Rov: May I participate in a cruise that travels over Shabbos? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
AI and Psak: Does a Rov Need to be Human?
Simcha is Simple
Although joy can sometimes feel out of reach, the Rebbe explained that every Yid can attain pure simcha with just a simple reflection: recognizing how fortunate we are to have been born as a Yid.
Live: ‘Yiddishe Chinuch’ and Building a Torah Home
Join live at 8:00 PM: In the ongoing weekly series of halacha for the home, Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz, principal of Cheder Ohr Menachem, will speak on yiddishe chinuch and its role in strengthening a Torah-true home.