Stop Making Two Years in Kollel Sound Like Too Much
“We have turned the Rebbe’s vision on its head. Today, a yungerman who stays for three years is looked at like something went wrong. We have convinced ourselves this is the authentic Lubavitch position. It is not. And the Rebbe’s own words make that unmistakably clear.”
Bochurim Complete Hanachos Mivtza with Grand Event
Hundreds of bochurim gathered at Bais Rivkah’s Campus Chomesh on Gimmel Tammuz for the grand finale of Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim’s record-breaking Mivtza Hanachos, training bochurim to understand and write the Rebbe’s farbrengens.
Oholei Torah Staff Honored for Their Dedication to Chinuch
Why the Rebbe Battled Israeli Ships Over Shabbos
Ask the Rov: What was the Rebbe’s halachic objection to Israeli ships traveling on Shabbos? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Flatbush Chabad to Host 250th at Historic Homestead
120 Bochurim Honored for Weekly Chavrusos with Young Shluchim
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.
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Yeshivas Kayitz Opens With Serious Learning and Summer Fun
Welcoming more than 750 talmidim, Yeshivas Kayitz Gan Menachem’s unique approach combines a true yeshivah atmosphere with a vibrant summer experience.
Magnificent New Mikvah Inaugurated on Poconos Campus
A magnificent new Mikvah was inaugurated at the yeshiva of the Poconos in Pennsylvania, which will serve the bochurim, the local community, and many guests who visit the Yeshiva throughout the year.
There’s a Chabad Minhag We Seem to Have Forgotten
Pick almost any date on the calendar, and most of us can name the Chabad customs connected to it. But one minhag seems to have slipped through the cracks.
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.
Yosef Tzvi Sandman, 83, AH
Dr. Yosef Tzvi Sandman, longtime administrator of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in New Haven, Professor Emeritus at University of New Haven, and longtime mentor and founder of the Anash community in New Haven, CT, passed away on Wednesday, 9 Tammuz, 5786. He was 83.
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.
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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.
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.
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.