Historic Milestone as Aguch and Badatz Announce Joint Cooperation
A historic and significant milestone for the Crown Heights community, Anash, and shluchim worldwide was marked this week as Agudas Chassidei Chabad (Aguch) and the Badatz of Crown Heights issued official letters announcing their joint cooperation and commitment to working together.
Before Drawing Conclusions From the Rebbe’s Letters…
When the Rebbe says something at a Farbrengen, and certainly when the Rebbe writes to a specific person or entity, it must be taken in the right context and background. A Shliach wanted to make a teen hub for teenagers who would likely never attend a regular program. What would this hub be for? What would its hours be? Who would it be open to? What would be done there? All of this is not said.
The Search for a Good Sermon Is Over
‘I Have Found It Helpful in My Own Life’
10 Lubavitcher Bochurim Arrested After Visiting Draft Office
Shliach Awarded Top Honor in Muslim-Majority Republic
Women’s Shabbaton Offers Weekend of Learning and Connection
MAZAL TOV
Is This How We Treat the Rebbe’s Shchuna?
“After attending an inspiring Rosh Chodesh farbrengen, filled with words of Torah, Chassidus, and inspiration, I walked down Kingston Avenue expecting to feel the pride of being in the heart of the Rebbe’s Shchuna. Instead, I was absolutely shocked.”
Streets Closed for First Ever Young Shluchim Parade
The streets of Crown Heights were closed as hundreds of young shluchim marched in a historic first-ever Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim parade, complete with flags, live music, and a police escort.
The Rebbe’s Unusual Prescription for a Worried Chossid
When Rabbi Noson Gurary received a troubling medical diagnosis, the Rebbe gave him an unusual instruction, recalling advice he had given him six years earlier and demonstrating his extraordinary personal care.
Oholei Torah Talmidim Rejoice on Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Music, niggunim, and dancing, and visits to the Rebbe’s house filled Oholei Torah as talmidim across the Yeshiva celebrated Rosh Chodesh Kislev from Preschool through Beis Medrash.
Thousands Celebrated Beloved LA Gabbai’s Miraculous Recovery
Thousands of men, women, and children from across Los Angeles came out to celebrate the miraculous recovery of the beloved gabbai of Congregation Levi Yitzchok, Rabbi Levi Raichik, who marked his recovery with a grand Hachnosas Sefer Torah through the streets of the city.
Rockland Parents Explore ‘Chinuch in a Changing World’
Anash parents of Rockland County gathered for an evening titled “Chinuch in a Changing World,” exploring the Rebbe’s perspective on technology and raising children with strong Chassidishe values in today’s changing world.
Chabad Rov Faces Calls for Criminal Investigation Over Psak
An Israeli left-wing lawmaker called for a criminal investigation into Harav Gedalia Axelrod, following a psak he issued concerning the formation of an Israeli government supported by Arab political parties.
Utica Ave Shelter Proposal Temporarily Delayed
On Tuesday night, Crown Heights residents made their voices heard in a rare mini political win for the neighborhood. Another critical meeting will take place in one week, on Thursday, November 19.
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A Journalist’s Fascination with Lubavitch From Siberia to Paris
After their Great Escape from Soviet Russia and a period in German and Austrian DP camps, 1000 Lubavitcher refugees converged in Paris in 5707–5708. Local Yiddish journalist Yitzchak Shmulevitsh was amazed by their devotion to Torah and each other, and documented their work to establish a yeshivah and a girls’ school, as well as the eventual departure of many of them to Eretz Yisrael. Part III of a series.
Chassidishe Parsha Goes Digital With Extensive New Archive
A comprehensive new website is bringing together years of resources and study aids for the thousands around the world who learn Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah every week, whether for the parsha, an approaching Yom Tov, or a concept they want to understand better.
Should Husbands be Singeing the Wicks?
Ask the Rov: What should be used for Shabbos candles? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
How Much Profit Is a Storekeeper Allowed to Make?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bishul Yisroel for rice cakes, marking up household necessities more than a sixth, and keeping an inaccurate kitchen scale.
The Alter Rebbe’s Handwritten Kabbalah Maamar Explained
The Age of Chinuch for Shabbos Candles?
Ask the Rov: From what age should a girl begin lighting her own Shabbos candle? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Smaller Tefillin for Bar Mitzvah Boys?
Bracha on Cake and Tea After Bentching?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including cake and tea after bentching, heated floors on Shabbos, shirt buttons right over left, and born during Bein haShmoshos.
The Chassidishe Rov Who Wasn’t Afraid to Take a Stand
A bitter feud between two groups of wagon drivers had left an entire town without a rov, as no one dared face the losing side, until R. Yehoshua Nemoytin arrived and settled the matter in a way no one expected.
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, 57, AH
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, shlucha to Toronto for over 35 years, passed away on Monday, 22 Cheshvan.