When Senator Rudy Boschwitz delivered the Rebbe’s talk on opposing family planning at congress and had it transcribed in their records, he received a letter from the Rebbe profoundly thanking him for inscribing the Torah’s view into congressional record.
Rabbi Moshe Yitzchok Gurkov, longtime shliach to Boston, MA, and founder of the Shaloh House and Beis Chomesh, passed away on Friday, 30 Tishrei.
When Moshe and Shoshana Weissfish visited Bainbridge Island, Washington, they didn’t plan to stay for that long; they planned to return to Eretz Yisroel. But Moshe’s deteriorating health didn’t allow that. His one wish to be buried there was made possible by shliach Rabbi Mendy Goldshmid and numerous kind donors.
In 5721, the Rebbe encouraged Reb Yitzchok Dovid Groner to transform Australia into “Bnei Brak, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights.” As an American born, without an accent, the Rebbe explained, he had the power to influence people.
War Summary, Day 391: Five soldiers fall in Gaza, aid is supporting Hamas, law passed banning UNRWA, Hezbollah rocket hits UNIFIL headquarters, captured Hezbollah terrorists reveal locations, Hezbollah appoints new leader, no anti-task missiles being fired at northern communities, Interior Ministry cuts ties with Haaretz, new ceasefire plans being proposed for Lebanon, and Iran may attack before US elections from Iraq.
Hosted in the heart of Crown Heights, the Chabad Young Jewish Professionals Shabbaton is an opportunity for young Jews to immerse themselves in the vibrant atmosphere of Chassidic life. Following a year of challenges, this year’s event is anticipated to be the largest gathering yet.
Ask the Rov: Is there a problem to wash cloths on Friday for Shabbos? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
In a historic moment at a Las Vegas campaign rally, Rabbi Shea Harlig, the founding director of Chabad of Southern Nevada, delivered a Mi Sheberach to former President Donald Trump, who is seeking reelection as the coming president of the United States of America.
This week will mark the 45th yahrzeit of Rabbi Dovid Okunov, who was brutally gunned down at the age of 68 on his way to the morning shachris service on Montgomery Street in Crown Heights. A kiddush on Shabbos will be held at FREE shul to mark the yahrtzeit.
The issue of cellphone interruption during davening has become a widespread issue, and many have spoken out against it, quoting the Alter Rebbe’s words in Tanya about appropriate decorum throughout davening. This Yom Tov, a Chabad shul in Chicago took a firm stance on the issue.
After last month’s tie, Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has elected Rabbi Kalman Ber, a close friend and supporter of Chabad, as the new Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi. He will serve in this role for the next decade alongside the Sephardi Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Dovid Yosef.
Aviv Keller was ten years old in the summer of 1929, when a long, black Mercedes pulled up outside his uncle’s home in Rosh Pinah. The Frierdiker Rebbe and his entourage exited and asked to daven Mincha, and, on the way out, he bentched them all with long life. Aviv recently passed away at nearly 104 years old.
Hundreds of bochurim, Anash and the wider community have been commuting to the Ohel on frequent basis throughout the month of Tishrei as the Bus To Ohel have arranged almost back to back buses to the Ohel throughout the entire day.
“Yaron,” I asked. “Can you explain to me, after a whole year, away from your wife and kids, barely sleeping on an uncomfortable little bed, risking your life, long after you’ve been exempt from duty… how? From where do you have the motivation to keep doing this?”
In a welcome development for the Crown Heights community, the CHJCC has appointed Mr. Shlomo Friedman, with over 25 years of experience, as the new Director of Social Services.
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including wearing a flag without tzitzis, sparklers on Simcha Torah, goy turning on a crockpot on Yom Tov, and wall height for a sukkah on a pickup truck.
As a platoon of soldiers was withdrawing from Southern Lebanon in their convoy, their Hummer—carrying all their personal belongings—was struck by a Hezbollah anti-tank missile, bursting into flames before their very eyes. When the soldiers sifted through the wreckage, they realized a double miracle.
This past Sukkos, a sukkah mobile made its way through the streets of London, in an initiative led by Lubavitch Stamford Hill to give every yid in the city the opportunity to shake lulav and eat in a sukkah.
The annual gathering of Chabad House directors in Moscow was held this week over two days at the yeshiva ketana campus in the Istra suburb, where they discussed halachic and communal topics, addressing challenges faced by the shluchim and heads of mosdos.
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, will decipher the Rebbe’s and the Rogatchover’s notes on the exact age of Avraham Avinu when he discovered the existence of Hashem — whether it was at age 3, 40 or 48.
Just hours before the start of the school day, Kyiv’s Or Avner school sustained a direct hit from a Russian drone. The strike, which caused several injuries in a nearby building, caused significant structural damage, but thankfully no one was hurt at the school.
After learning about kosher animals in connection with Noach’s Teiva, the students of Bais Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights had the opportunity to pet, hold and interact with kosher animals that visited their school.
Building on last year’s success, CGI UK organized another “Tishrei by the Rebbe” program, enabling bochurim from England to spend the month of Tishrei at 770, participating in davening, farbrengens, mivtzoyim, and simchas beis hashoeva celebrations.
Recently, volunteers working through the RebbeDrive archival collection came across several long-lost chazaras. Among them was this chazara from Motzei Simchas Torah and Shabbos Bereishis 5745 – with the same kvius as this year – covering four complete farbrengens.
