Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the definition of ownership by a Nossi – whether it is considered a personal ownership or an institutional one – and its ramifications on inheritance, pruzbul, and ‘Didan Notzach’.
The Baltimore community enjoyed a large Menorah car parade led by police motorcycles, a Cybertruck topped with a Menorah, and emergency vehicles, passing by Baltimore’s 770 and ending with a grand Menorah lighting, a laser light show, and a concert.
Chabad of Clearwater enjoyed a spectacular Chanukah last week with the lighting of the world’s longest Menorah, a Jumbo Cookie Menorah, the Simply Tsfat band from Eretz Yisroel and mini golf, laser tag, bungee jumping and more.
With an uptick of rockets from Hamas in the past weeks, Rabbi Chanael Pizem, a shliach in Sderot, had a Hamas rocket land on his property, the second time since Operation Swords of Iron and the third time since Operation Protective Edge. There were no injuries from the rockets.
The Itkin family invites you to join them this Monday evening at the JCM to mark the first yartzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Itkin AH.
War Summary, Day 456: Hamas playing games with negotiations, Blinken confirms pressure on Israel encourages Hamas, Lebanon ceasefire either falling through or being extended by 30-60 days, more tunnels found in Rafah, and growing concern for Egypt’s military buildup in the Sinai, which now includes anti-tank barriers.
Live: Agudas Chassidei Chabad will be holding a Farbrengen at Beis Rivka, Campus Chomesh, with speakers Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Rabbi Yosef Gopin, Rabbi Yosef Greenberg, and Rabbi Yossi Groner.
In a recently viral video, a small child is seen approaching the Rebbe during chazoras hashatz, as the Rebbe waves hello to him. 35 years later, that child shares how that special interaction touched him for life.
From the Anash.org Inbox: With the celebration of the Seforim on Hey Teves – “Didan d’haseforim notzach” – one mother can’t help but wonder why her own daughter in a Lubavitcher moisad is being taught non-Jewish novels when there is no compelling reason for it.
On the sixth night of Chanukah, an inclusive Public Menorah lighting and Chanukah celebration was held in Brooklyn featuring live captioning and an ASL interpreter to help the deaf and hard of hearing enjoy Chanukah together with everyone else.
On the eighth night of Chanukah, a beautiful art mural Menorah was lit outside San Francisco City Hall, following a record-breaking Car Menorah Parade with lively dancing that brightened the City Hall plaza.
Marking Hei Teves, Merkos 302 has launched the Chabad Lending Libraries Network. Spearheaded by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky AH at the Kinus Hashluchim 5782, It has been developed into the largest international network of Jewish libraries and was now formally launched in honor of Hei Teves.
Merkos 302’s Kollel Aliba D’hilchasa, with over 50 Shluchim and Anash joining since its commencement, highlights their new Rosh Kollel, HaRav Yaakov Goldstein, who has authored many English Halacha Seforim and director of halachic mega site ShulchanAruchHarav.com
In this article, we attempt to share a glimpse of the Rebbe’s approach to the trial itself. As with all such matters, it is difficult to find the line delineating between the spiritual and the physical, but it is nonetheless fascinating to see how even the types of things that may have initially seemed to be more ruchniyusdik were borne out in court.
With just hours left to Hey Teves, now is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of an incredible deal that is being offered for the first time: The chance to receive a full Chasidus library.
US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew visited Kfar Chabad to stand in solidarity with the community following the tragic murder of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan, a Chabad Shliach in the UAE. He remarked, “I learned about their heritage and witnessed the immense support they’re providing to the widows and orphans of fallen soldiers.”
A new camp for Lubavitch girls, Gan Yisroel Chai, has secured the lease of stunning temporary grounds for the upcoming summer when their camp is set to launch and is now opening up registration for the summer of 5785.
In honor of Hey Teves, Rabbi Bogomilsky vividly recounts many details from the story of recovering the seforim, culminating with the Didan Notach of Hey Teves.
On Motzaei Shabbos, a special Hey Teves farbrengen took place with Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, and Chabad attorneys Nat Lewin and Steve Lieberman.
Fifty-three years have passed since the Rebbe shared a groundbreaking insight. Yet, for some reason, it remained largely unexplored and unknown to the broader public. This Book aims to change that.
