Placing a Travel Bag With Tefillin on the Floor?

Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including items forgotten in camp, mezuzah on a L-shaped doorway, putting a travel bag with tefillin on the floor, and saying Veyiten Lecha with a partner.

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Bochurim Celebrate their Unique Mission as Shluchim

A unique fathers and sons event, inspired by the Kinus Hashluchim, was held on Sunday at the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Cergy, France. After learning together, they gathered for a banquet which emphasized the unique role of temimim as “shluchim” and the importance of positive resolutions to fulfill their mission.

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Chabad American Beit Shemesh Yeshiva Opens New Campus

Yeshivas Lubavitch Tiferes Yisroel, an English-speaking Chabad Yeshiva in Ramat Beit Shemesh, celebrated the grand opening of a new spacious campus sponsored by R’ Yitzchok Michaan of Brazil, with a renovated kitchen sponsored by R’ Dudi Farkash of Monsey, NY.

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R’ Betzalel Malasky, 87, AH

R’ Betzalel Malasky, a longtime Crown Heights resident known for his humility and Yiras Shamayim, passed away today, 9 Kislev. His levaya will pass by 770 at 2:00 pm.

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Ukrainian Jews Prepare for a Third Chanukah Amid War

In a state of war with daily bombings, tens of thousands of menorahs will be distributed throughout Ukraine for families and Chanukah games for children. Giant menorahs will be placed in city centers, illuminating streets cloaked in darkness, while others will light their menorahs near shelters.

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Grad Students to Join Upcoming CYP Encounter Shabbaton

Amid rising antisemitism and conflicting ideologies on campuses, the CYP Encounter partners with Chabad on Campus International to subsidize Jewish graduate students, giving them a unique opportunity to connect with peers and engage in a vibrant Jewish environment.

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New Shluchim to Russian Republic of Tatarstan

In response to the growing Jewish community in Naberezhnye Chelny, a vibrant industrial city located two and a half hours from Kazan, Rabbi Chaim David and Chaya Tzippora Paer have been appointed as shluchim to lead the city’s thriving Jewish community.

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Picture of the Day

Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu poses with a Chitas gifted to him by Rabbi Or Ziv, shliach to the Katamon neighborhood of Yerushalayim, inscribed with the possuk from this week’s Parsha: “And the fear (Chitas) of Hashem was upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Yaakov.”

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Rebbe’s Directives on City Eruvin Published in English

The latest edition of Kovetz Lmaan Yilmedu by the Kingston Mesivta contains 240 pages with bochurim’s Torah essays examining the Rebbeim’s halachic position on issues pertaining to city eruvin, as well as a unique compilation in English of the Rebbe’s directives to rabbonim and shluchim on eruvin in cities.

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In Its Third Year, Kolel Empowers the Local Community

Kolel Torah Panama has begun their third year by welcoming seven new Talmidim Hashluchim, a Mashpia and a Mashiv, who under the guidance of Head Shliach Rabbi Laine are bringing the Talmidim to a record high of accomplishments in Maamarim, Sichos and Girsa Maseches Kesubos Beal Peh. 

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Rebbe Dollar Discovered in Crown Heights Café

Photo: Google Maps

At Almah Caffe, a kosher dairy café located at the corner of Utica and Dean in Crown Heights, among the occasional forgotten items left in the store, an unassuming tote bag—forgotten by its owner nearly a year ago—Seems to have a missing Rebbe Dollar.

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Young Jewish Man Stabbed In Crown Heights

A young Jewish man was stabbed in the neck on President Street in Crown Heights by a white male. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital by Hatzolah, where his condition has since stabilized.

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Project Gaaguim Remakes Joyous Niggun Funkeh

Listen: ‘Project Gaaguim’ by Rabbi Menachem Amar released a new track in his collection of original and authentic niggunim: A niggun ‘Funkeh”, expressing unique joy and an open heart. The source of the niggun is unknown.

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ח׳ כסלו ה׳תשפ״ה - December 9, 2024

How Shluchim Are Igniting Jewish Pride on Campus

Amid the wave of negativity on U.S. college campuses after October 7, Shluchim took action, reigniting the spark of Jewish pride and empowering students to embrace their identity with renewed strength and unity.

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Lubbock, Texas Welcomes Chabad Presence

With a population of 250,000, Lubbock was the largest U.S. city without a Chabad presence. Known for its vast plains, vibrant sunsets, and nearby canyons with striking red cliffs, it was a city ready for change. Rabbi Zalman and Chana Liba Braun arrived to bring Jewish life and connection to this unique and growing community.

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Teshura Collects Compositions of Texas’ Head Shliach

In honor of the weddings of two granddaughters of Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff, the Head Shliach to Texas, a special wedding Teshura was presented at the celebration. It featured his renowned Chassidishe melodies, many of which he composed and have become staples in Chabad households worldwide.

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RBS Joins YLTY Yeshiva for Rosh Chodesh Kislev Celebration

Yeshivas Lubavitch Tiferes Yisroel (YLTY) hosted an impressive Rosh Chodesh Kislev event that left a profound impact on the Ramat Beit Shemesh community, featuring an impressive lineup of guest speakers who captured the spirit of Rosh Chodesh Kislev and its relevance to each person.

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Bar Mitzvah: Siman or Sibah?

Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the origins of Bar Mitzvah at 13, whether from the story of Shimon and Levi in Shechem or a Halacha L’Moshe Misinai, and its ramifications with regards to the difference between a boy and a girl and the age of Bar Mitzvah for a non-Jew.

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