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My Memories of Living in the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s Building
In a video interview, Rabbi Chaim Levi Goldstein of Crown Heights, a veteran mechanech, shares fascinating stories and memories spanning his family’s roots in Lubavitch, his childhood living in the same apartment building as the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, and decades of guidance and personal encounters with the Rebbe.
Does Every Community Issue Belong on the Front Page?
“There seems to be a growing assumption that whenever we identify a weakness in our community, the natural place to discuss it is in a public article, accessible not only to Anash but to the entire Jewish world and beyond. I’m not convinced that assumption is correct.”
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The Smartphone Question We Can’t Afford to Ignore
Two Chabad Candidates Fall Short in Likud Primaries
Two Lubavitchers from Lod, MK Shabtai Katash and attorney Dror Legali, failed to secure their respective slots in this week’s Likud primaries, ending their bids for assured positions on the party’s list for the upcoming Knesset elections.
Elul in Lubavitch Sparks First Tefillin at Age 70
A 70-year-old Jew who arrived in Lubavitch with his children on Rosh Chodesh Elul put on tefillin for the first time in his life, following an encounter with Moscow shliach Rabbi Yakim Yagudayev.
Honey Prepared for Rosh Hashana in Russia’s Jewish Country
Folsom Chabad Breaks Ground on 23,000-Square-Foot Center
MAZAL TOV
Enable a Kallah to Arrive at Her Chuppah in Dignity
During these days of Elul, Chodesh Harachamim Vehaselichos, please help a kallah take care of many basic expenses we’d all wish a Kallah to have.
New Yiddish Initiative Opens Elul Zman at Antwerp Yeshiva
Bochurim at the Antwerp yeshiva will begin learning Chassidus in Yiddish, “dem Rebbin’s shprach,” as the growing yeshiva opens the new shnas halimudim with an expanded staff and talmidim from across Europe.
Kids’ Art Festival Returns for 3rd Year at JCM
After two successful years, the JCM summer community event has become a special tradition for local families. The Jewish Children’s Museum’s Kids’ Art Festival is back for a third year, bringing an afternoon of creativity, excitement, and family fun to the JCM Plaza!
Rice: Three Brachos or One?
Ask the Rov: Which bracha do we make on rice? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
‘Parking Stickers of Shame’ Return to NYC
A newly enacted city law allowing hard-to-remove stickers to be placed on vehicles violating Alternate Side Parking rules is drawing anger in Crown Heights, where two local council members voted in favor of the measure.
Boy Rescued From Tanzania Celebrates Emotional Bar Mitzvah
A Jewish boy who was rescued from an abusive Muslim household in Tanzania six years ago celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Eretz Yisroel this week, marking the latest stage in a complex rescue and rehabilitation operation led by Yad L’Achim with the assistance of the Rebbe’s shliach in Tanzania.
In One Year, You Could Be a Certified Sofer
This year-long offering will provide you with the tools, training and certification to be a Sofer Stam. Taught in Ksav Alter Rebbe by Rabbi Chaim Pape, a skilled Sofer who excels in teaching the holy craft to new sofrim, students will study the theory of Safrus in Keses Hasofer alongside intensive practical training.
Florida Campers Fill Their Summer with Baal Peh Learning
Campers and staff of Dovi’s CGI Florida gathered on the final Friday of the summer to present the Rebbe with a gift of Torah by heart and to celebrate their collective and individual achievements at the 20th Annual MBP Award Ceremony.
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A Holy Jew Lived In Shanghai: The Remarkable Life of Harav Meir Ashkenazi
A learned rov, a tireless activist, a fearless leader, and a devoted chasid. From Cherikov to Vladivostok, Shanghai, and New York. In honor of his 72nd yartzeit, From the Margins of Chabad History tells the remarkable and colorful story of Harav Meir Ashkenazi. Part 1 of a series.
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‘Davenen Mit a Niggun’ Returns With New Elul Release
Following the enthusiastic response to the first installment, Machon Gaaguim Nigunei Chabad has released the second part of its “Davenen Mit a Niggun” project, featuring familiar sections of davening sung to niggunim taught by the Rebbe.
Torah
Splitting Davening Between Two Chazzonim?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including saying “Elokim Acheirim,” missed parsha when traveling to Eretz Yisroel, and splitting shachris between two chazzonim.
Late to Minyan: Daven or Wait?
Ask the Rov: I walked into Mincha, and they’re in the middle of Shmoneh Esrei. Should I daven or wait? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Making a Phone Call Before Davening?
In this week’s episode of Lemaan Yishmeu, Rabbi Yosef Braun addresses intriguing halachic questions on a wide range of practical topics — real questions that have come to his desk, along with his clear and insightful responses.
Bracha on Ice Cream with Cookie Crumbs?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bracha on ice cream with crumbs, man wearing shorts, Shnayim Mikra interruptions, and age of tznius for a girl.
Get a Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens This Week
Crocs or Slippers in the Street on Shabbos?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including holding the eitz chayim during kriah, Crocs and open-backed slippers outside on Shabbos, and saying "Good Shabbos" on Friday.
Inspiration
Boys Banned from Ball Playing, But the Rebbe Intervened
When boys at 770 were told to stop playing ball, one boy was ready to leave yeshiva altogether. The Rebbe heard about it, and the next day, balls came rolling out the windows of 770.
OBITUARIES
R’ Moshe Schlass, 86, AH
R’ Moshe Schlass, a longtime member of Anash in Yerushalayim’s Old City, known for his open home and decades of hachnosas orchim, passed away on Wednesday, 29 Av.
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Heritage Quest Ends, But Teens’ Global Impact Has Just Begun
Campus Shluchos Gather in DC for First-Ever JewishU Growth Summit
