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A Conversation at Montefiore Cemetery on a Frosty Yud Shevat
The car pulled up at the side-entrance of the cemetery on Francis Lewis Boulevard, and I climbed out into the biting wind of a bitterly cold January day. Clearly, at the Ohel of the Rebbe, there are more important things to think about than the weather, so I immediately headed for the entrance in order to proceed to the Ohel. To my surprise, the gates were closed.
From Phoenix to Purkersdorf, Bochur Traces Long-Lost Photographs
Over a recent break from yeshiva, 13-year-old Menachem Lewis and his father, Yaakov, found themselves in Vienna. They were there with a purpose: to solve a historical mystery regarding the Frierdiker Rebbe, and to visit the places they’d read about but never seen.
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Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere and mashpia at Yeshiva University, R’ Moshe Weinberger, led over 50 community members to the Rebbe’s Ohel on Chof-Daled Teves with a farbrengen accompanied by music and spirited dancing.
Hadar HaTorah Concludes Powerful Winter Yeshivacation
Feminine Blueprint Summit to Begin on Chof Bais Shevat
Women’s Siyum Harambam Announces Speaker Lineup
Mayor Mamdani Shows Up at 770 Ramming Site
Farbrengens Reshuffle After 770 Evacuation
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Tonight: Central Yud Shevat Farbrengen for Bochurim
On Wednesday evening, Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim will be hosting a central Yud Shevat Farbrengen for bochurim in Oholei Torah led by Rabbi Osher Farkash, Mashpia in Argentina.
Man Rams Car at 770 Doors, No Injuries
A man attempted to ram into 770 by driving through the back doors. Boruch Hashem he was unsuccessful and the police have arrested him.
Live: Farbrengen with Rabbi Wolberg for Anash
Sought after farbrenger, Rabbi Moshe Wolberg of Kfar Chabad/Manchester, will farbreng for Anash on Wednesday evening at the Lincoln Place Shul and Beis Hamedrash, with a seuda by Mendy’s Catering.
Houston Community Farbrengs Late with Alaskan Shliach
A large Yud Shevat farbrengen at the Chabad Lubavitch Center in Houston, featured guest speaker Rabbi Yosef Greenberg, Head Shliach of Alaska, who inspired the audience from 8:00 PM until 2:30 AM.
Meeting with Russian President Turned Into a Yud Shevat Farbrengen
During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar shared about the significance of Yud Shevat and Basi L’Gani, revealing the world as Hashem’s garden. He also shared his discovery that Putin’s childhood Jewish neighbors were Leningrad chassidim.
The Treasure Is in Our Hands and We Have the Key
In a Yud Shevat reflection, Rabbi Yossi Rubin, Shliach in Clifton Park, explores the deeper meaning of Basi L’Gani, the role of Otzar, and why Yiras Shamayim and Kabbalas Ol are not just ideals, but the keys to unlocking our personal mission.
Watch: Passing the Flame from Father to Son
Fifty years ago, he was a young, secular boy who immigrated to America from Ukraine; today, he is a proud Lubavitcher Chossid, and his son is paying it forward as a Released Time teacher at P.S. 164 in Queens.
Ice Fall Could Not Stop Rabbi Gurary from Farbrenging
Despite a fall on ice before the farbrengen, Rabbi Nosson Gurary insisted on going ahead with the farbrengen at Beis Levi Yitzchok shul in Pomona, NY.
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Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere and mashpia at Yeshiva University, R’ Moshe Weinberger, led over 50 community members to the Rebbe’s Ohel on Chof-Daled Teves with a farbrengen accompanied by music and spirited dancing.
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The Untold Story of Chabad’s First Shluchim Down Under
Who was the first Chabad chasid in Australia? Ask any Australian Lubavitcher this question, and you will be told—R. Moshe Feiglin. But while the Feiglins did certainly lay the foundations for contemporary Chabad in Australia, there is also a fascinating pre-history of Chabad shadarim and residents in Australia, dating all the way back to 1856 (5616). In honor of Australia Day this Monday, From the Margins of Chabad History tells the stories of these colorful pioneers.
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Holocaust Day Marked at Chabad’s Jewish Museum
Since the United Nations designated January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Russia’s central commemoration ceremony has been held annually at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow.
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Toiveling Clay Pottery I Made in a Studio?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including checking out of a hotel on Shabbos, mezuzah on a deep doorway, toiveling personal pottery, and bishul yisroel of gluten-free bread.
Trimming the Mustache?
Ask the Rov: Is it permissible to trim the mustache or the hair of the neck? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Exact Wording of the Rebbe Scrutinized in New Publication
Rewriting the Siddur: What Stays, What Goes, and What Changes?
Trimming the Beard: What’s the Issue?
Ask the Rov: Why are we particular not to cut the beard at all? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Awkward: Do I Go Back to Admit a Lie?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including toiveling oil bottles for an event, leaving a cake in the oven at the start of Shabbos, and backtracking on a lie.
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‘The Younger Son-in-Law Will Be the Rebbe’
An early “American Chassid,” Rabbi Binyomin Mentz AH, shares memories from 5710–5711, the Frierdiker Rebbe’s histalkus and the Rebbe’s daily routines and farbrengens, providing vivid and personal insights into life in 770 during this pivotal period.
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Eight Years Later, Rubashkin Recounts His Path to Freedom
In this raw conversation, Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin takes us inside the moments that changed his life forever: hearing the sentence, choosing emunah over despair, surviving years behind bars, and holding on when there was no visible way out.
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Tears, Laughter, and Emuna at Women’s Circle Melava Malka
Girls Connect and Grow at West Coast Winter Camp
