A large fire broke out at the Ohr Chaya Mushka Seminary in Yerushalayim this morning, with over 50 students initially evacuated to local hospitals, two of whom were in moderate condition. Firefighters swiftly brought the fire under control, and most students who were hospitalized have since been discharged.
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, Yaldei Hashluchim are invited to join thousands of their fellow shluchim learning Mishnayos and Tanya by heart, with Merkos 302’s MyShliach MBP Program, purifying the world, and receiving exciting rewards while they’re at it.
On Motzei Shabbos, shluchim and sons from Maryland, DC, and Virginia came together for learning and a special Melave Malka Farbrengen for Yud Tes-Chof Kislev. The special program was arranged and hosted by Chabad of Bethesda as part of their weekly Avos U’Bonim Motzei Shabbos learning.
In this episode of the “Hilchisa L’Meshica” podcast, Rabbi Yehuda Shurpin discusses the seemingly contradictory sources on whether Yerushalayim will have a wall, and the nature of the wall, when Moshiach comes.
On Friday night, a Houthi ballistic missile managed to evade three of Israel’s most sophisticated missile interceptors. Miraculously, the missile landed in an empty playground in Yaffo, causing only minimal indirect injuries. The location: Between Baal Shem Tov St. and Mezritcher Maggid St. near Chabad St.
In observation of “Yud Tes Kislev Haaroch,” farbrengens are being held this evening throughout 770. In the small zal upstairs, Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon, and Harav Yosef Braun were seen farbrenging together.
A grand event in Moscow, celebrating the Chag Hageulah of the Alter Rebbe and 25 years of the Marina Roscha shul, was attended by a large crowd and enriched by the Neshama choir from Eretz Yisroel. The Rebbe’s Chalukas Hashas card and a dollar were awarded at the event.
Boys and girls, young and old, of the Morristown anash community celebrated a festive Yud Tes Kislev. Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel of Port Washington inspired Nshei, followed by a farbrengen with Anash. The Cheder held exciting activities thoughout the day and the Bochurim farbrengened at the Ohel.
Over half a year after Dovid Strober, an ‘Or Avner Chabad’ graduate from Vinnytsia, Ukraine went missing after going to battle on the front lines of war, DNA testing confirmed that he had fallen in a minefield and his body was brought back for a levaya before Shabbos.
A unique Yud Tes Kislev Melave Malka and Farbrengen was held at F.R.E.E of Brighton Beach, led by Rabbi Boruch Lepkivker of Crown Heights who inspired the crowd in their native language, Russian, and highlighted how Chassidus is available in many languages and we must take advantage of it.
Recent fortifications to the Chabad Shul in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, proved invaluable when a nearby Russian shelling damaged the main door but caused minimal harm to the building overall.
At the Miami Yeshiva, Rabbi Leib Shapiro led a lively and energetic Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen with bochurim and anash about the importance of learning Chassidus, followed by lively singing and dancing.
Following two previous incidents this year, this Friday for the third time, police responded to reports of gunfire in the middle of the night at Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School in Toronto. There are no injuries and investigations are ongoing.
Have you ever wondered what the novelty of the Tanya is? Lectures in Tanya, which is publishing Reb Yoel Kahn’s shiurim on Tanya in English, has now produced a special supplement with visual charts illustrating the interconnectivity of prokim in Tanya.
Harav Shimon Galai, a prominent rov and posek in Bnei Brak, visited Chabad of Princeton, NJ, where he said Lechaim with shliach Rabbi Dovid Dubov in honor of Yud Tes Kislev and shared words of Torah and admiration for the work of shluchim around the world.
Ask the Rov: May a bochur hug his younger sister? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Shluchim and Anash in the Netherlands gathered in Amsterdam for a chassidishe farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev, with guest speaker, Rabbi Nissan Dovid Dubov from London, England.
Watch Live Motzei Shabbos at 8:30 PM: The 29th annual Heichal Menachem Melave Malka and farbrengen celebrating Yud Tes Kislev will be streamed live, featuring uplifting talks, chassidishe niggunim and special video presentations.
Hundreds of Anash and Bochurim gathered in 770 for a farbrengen marking 226 years since the Alter Rebbe was released from prison and Rosh Hashana LaChassidus, strengthening their commitment to learning and living with Chassidus.
This past Thursday, Yud-Tes Kislev, thousands gathered at the majestic Cirque Mondial venue, nestled in the heart of Reuilly Lawn in Paris’s 12th arrondissement of Paris, for a grand celebration marking the Chag HaGeulah.
Watch: A group of rabbis and businessmen share their unique perspective on the power and effect of Chassidus.
R. Ziskind Kurnitzer was an outstanding chossid of the Alter Rebbe who was said to have ruach hakodesh. When a plague broke out in his town, he directed his shamash to take two stones from the cemetery and expose the sinners who were causing the plague.
On the night of Yud Tes Kislev, a special Tanya printing was arranged at the Metzudat Levona outpost in southern Lebanon, with soldiers joining in with learning the Tanya, and following with a lively farbrengen.
MyShliach releases the story of Yud Tes Kislev for kids. Led by master storyteller Rabbi Achiezer Langzam of MyShliach StoryHour, this captivating storytelling session brings the story of Yud Tes Kislev to life.
Yesterday, the City Council voted to rename the portion of President Street by the Rebbe’s house as ‘Lubavitcher Rebbe Way.’ Chabad activist Yaakov Behrman led the invocation, and Council Member Crystal Hudson praised the Rebbe’s transformative impact.
