The Teacher Who Needed Children and the Rebbe’s Promise
When a non-Lubavitch teacher from Yerushalayim came to the Rebbe seeking a bracha for children, she never imagined that a teaching job at Beis Rivkah in New York would become the answer to her tefillos. “When you care for the Rebbe’s children, the Rebbe will care for yours,” the Rebbe told her.
A Fugitive Tomim’s Daring Flight to Freedom
An article in a Warsaw newspaper in 5693 tells the harrowing tale of a bochur in the underground yeshivos in Soviet Russia and the incredible story of his brave escape. From the Margins of Chabad History presents this remarkable document for the first time and traces the life of its hero.
He Wanted a Better Way to Learn the Rebbe’s Maamarim, So He Built One
New Kollel Opens in Beis Medrash Oholei Torah
Interactive Map Locates Chassidim Buried Near the Ohel
Online School Students Celebrate Together at Annual Reunion
Sydney Educator Turns Daily Tanya Sketches Into New Book
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Fatal Crash Near Mega-Shelter Raises Safety Concerns
A homeless man was killed in a Friday night hit-and-run on Albany Avenue, near the site of a massive new homeless shelter, as locals voice growing concerns over safety and deteriorating conditions in the neighborhood.
18 Years After Massacre, Mumbai Chabad House Targeted Again
18 years after the horrific terrorist attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, Indian police have arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of gathering intelligence on the Chabad center and Jewish residents of the city, allegedly acting under instructions from handlers abroad.
Grand Split! Special Deal Expires Tomorrow!
Last year’s Grand Split reached an astonishing $834,000. Now, Ten Yad is offering three chances at this year’s extraordinary prize for just $100. But only for one more day!
Kinus Track Highlights That Not All Shluchim Work in Chabad Houses
Mechanchim from around the world joined the Merkos Chinuch Office for a variety of sessions on Thursday of the Kinus, as well as a farbrengen that ran late into Sunday night.
VR Experience Tours Historical Mikvahs Through the Ages
A new interactive virtual reality experience brings Jewish history to life through the mikvah, combining storytelling with new technology to take participants on a 3D journey through six iconic locations.
Over Dangerous Mountains, He Risked His Life for Chinuch
An orphan from a young age, R. Avrohom Levik Slavin came to Lubavitch at age 14, and was placed in the senior Zal. Sent by the Rebbe Rashab to Georgia, he traveled through mountainous regions educating the locals, and he refused to leave his post even at fear of arrest.
The Search for a Good Sermon Is Over
“What am I going to speak about this Shabbos?” is a dilemma facing every Shliach. A good sermon, with the right story and the right message in the right moment, could hit home in a way that personal conversations often cannot.
‘I Have Found It Helpful in My Own Life’
When a young Yakov Hanoka told the Rebbe about his struggles with maintaining a daily schedule, the Rebbe offered him practical advice, then added an unusual personal remark about his own daily habits.
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A Fugitive Tomim’s Daring Flight to Freedom
An article in a Warsaw newspaper in 5693 tells the harrowing tale of a bochur in the underground yeshivos in Soviet Russia and the incredible story of his brave escape. From the Margins of Chabad History presents this remarkable document for the first time and traces the life of its hero.
10 Lubavitcher Bochurim Arrested After Visiting Draft Office
A group of approximately ten bochurim, who are planning to travel to the Rebbe for Kevutza in 5788, were arrested after voluntarily reporting to the military draft office to clarify their status in advance and sentenced to between 18 and 25 days in military prison.
Should Husbands be Singeing the Wicks?
Ask the Rov: What should be used for Shabbos candles? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
How Much Profit Is a Storekeeper Allowed to Make?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bishul Yisroel for rice cakes, marking up household necessities more than a sixth, and keeping an inaccurate kitchen scale.
The Alter Rebbe’s Handwritten Kabbalah Maamar Explained
The Age of Chinuch for Shabbos Candles?
Ask the Rov: From what age should a girl begin lighting her own Shabbos candle? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Smaller Tefillin for Bar Mitzvah Boys?
Bracha on Cake and Tea After Bentching?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including cake and tea after bentching, heated floors on Shabbos, shirt buttons right over left, and born during Bein haShmoshos.
The Rebbe’s Unusual Prescription for a Worried Chossid
When Rabbi Noson Gurary received a troubling medical diagnosis, the Rebbe gave him an unusual instruction, recalling advice he had given him six years earlier and demonstrating his extraordinary personal care.
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, 57, AH
Mrs. Chanie Serebryanski, shlucha to Toronto for over 35 years, passed away on Monday, 22 Cheshvan.