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The Smartphone Question We Can’t Afford to Ignore
“They try to guide people to avoid using a smartphone, but their words don’t carry the same weight, because they themselves have one. If there were a physical danger to our children, wouldn’t we demand of the school administration, first and foremost, to see to our children’s wellbeing? Physically, we don’t let anyone harm our children – spiritually?”
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.
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Judge Halts Bike Lane Project After Resident Sues
Search Intensifies for Missing Bochur, Surveillance Footage Found
Drones, jeeps, search dogs, and dozens of volunteers are continuing to search across Tiveria, the Kinneret and Beit Shemesh for the missing Chabad bochur, as investigators and search teams follow every available lead but have yet to find a breakthrough.
California Boy Credits Camp With Strength to Face Antisemitism
At L’man Achai’s farewell banquet, a Northern California camper recalled facing antisemitism at public school: “I remembered that my counselor would have told me, ‘Go to school wearing a kippah.’” He did, and said there was never another incident.
First Crown Heights Cheder Opens for the New Year
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Secret File Reveals Rebbe’s Aliyah Permit to Eretz Yisroel
A rare discovery, unveiled for the first time at the Moreshet auction house, is sending shockwaves through researchers of the Rebbe’s history: a collection of original documents that vanished from sight for a hundred years (!) and are now seeing the light of day.
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
Ahead of Rosh Hashana, shluchim oversaw the production of mehadrin honey in Russia’s remote Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, where Yiddishkeit continues to grow.
Folsom Chabad Breaks Ground on 23,000-Square-Foot Center
Hundreds gathered Sunday to mark the next chapter of Chabad in Folsom, CA, as a community built family by family over nearly 20 years broke ground on an expansive new center that will serve Jews across Folsom, El Dorado Hills and beyond.
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!
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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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‘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.
Torah
Rice: Three Brachos or One?
Ask the Rov: Which bracha do we make on rice? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
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.
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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
