What’s the Difference Between a Rabbi and a Rov?
Menahel of Kollel L’Rabbonei Chabad, Rabbi Betzalel Bassman, discusses the definition of a Rov vs. a Rabbi/Did the Rebbe want everyone to get semicha?
Menahel of Kollel L’Rabbonei Chabad, Rabbi Betzalel Bassman, discusses the definition of a Rov vs. a Rabbi/Did the Rebbe want everyone to get semicha?
Thugs smashed the glass door of Chabad at the University of Southern California while students were sitting inside learning. Thankfully, no one was hurt and it was caught on surveillance video.
The ‘Queens Yeshiva,’ currently located in Crown Heights, announced a new comprehensive team of staff who will lead the yeshiva next year, in Elul 5785.
“You can remove your tie, and you don’t need to look so meticulous…” the Rebbe told someone at the Shavuos 5711 farbrengen, proceeding to relate a story of Reb Michoel der Alter and polishing shoes in Lubavitch.
This week’s issue of Rebbe Responsa contains a collection of letters on Na’aseh V’Nishma, the unwavering acceptance of fulfilling the Torah, why such a commitment is necessary, and how it ultimately brings to the understanding of Mitzvos.
During a loose conversation with the designated Shabbos goy in the Skverer community for over 15 years, one chossid found out some information that lost him his position…
War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Forty Four: Precision airstrike eliminated around 30 terrorists in an UNRWA school, Hamas terrorists attempted to breach the border to Israel, and the Spanish government announced that they will join South Africa’s petition against Israel at the Hague Tribunal, on the charge of “genocide.”
Live in English at 5:00 PM ET: A global farbrengen will be held on Zoom in honor of R’ Moshe Kotlarsky AH. Shluchim will share memories, stories, and lessons from this worldwide shliach.
This Shabbos, childrens’ Achdus gatherings for children in Pre 1A – 5th Grade, will take place in Crown Heights, following the Rebbe’s directive to prepare them for Matan Torah.
With many people in Ukraine ceasing to use the Russian language, shluchim have produced materials in Ukrainian including the weekly parsha, and a children’s book about Dovid Hamelech distributed in 37,000 copies.
The Biala-Pshischa Rebbe of Ashdod, Rabbi Yaakov Elimelech Rabinovitz, warmly received the sefer Dvar Malchus on Hilchos Moshiach, presented by Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui, brother of the sefer’s compiler.
Download Here: Day-to-Day Halachic Guide, containing detailed instructions on the laws and customs for the Yom Tov of Shavuos this year, by Rabbi Yosef Braun, member of the Crown Heights Beis Din.
After the Rebbe announced on Simchas Torah that whoever went out of their limits for tzedaka would earn fivefold, Rabbi Avremel Silver wrote a check for all that he had. The results were astounding.
A new Torah was dedicated in Sydney, Australia, with great joy by the family of Mrs. Rechil Levy AH of London, UK. It was first used at the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson, Michi Abrahams.
The Farbrengen experience in Chabad Houses, Shuls, and homes worldwide are taking on a new interactive dimension with the newly expanded Seder Nigunim companion from The Moshiach Office at Merkos 302.
War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Forty Three: Hamas is stalling negotiations, increased operations in Central Gaza, large tunnel found in Rafah, IDF raises max reservist call limit, mass casualty event in the north from Hezbollah fire, Liberman gives dire warning about Iran, and a terror attack prevented in Chevron.
Community leaders and laymen alike reached across social media platforms to express their profound grief and immense sense of loss over the passing of Reb Moshe Kotlarsky.
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including mouthwash and a light-up watch on Shabbos, orla on a blueberry bush, and wearing a talis upside down.
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, the Rebbe’s shliach helping shluchim around the world, who passed away yesterday, was laid to rest in a special space in the Lubavitch chelka outside the Rebbe’s Ohel. His son, Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, was appointed his successor.
With the passing of this legendary globetrotting Shliach of the Rebbe, who played a pivotal role in revitalizing Jewish communities and growing Chabad institutions worldwide, a group of shluchim have committed themselves to uphold the projects he started.
Throughout the years, and even during his final illness, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky devoted himself to shluchim and shlichus, traveling to far ends of the globe and showing support.
Thousands of Anash, Bochurim, and Shluchim from around the world came out to mourn Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and accompany him on his final journey.
500 Young Jewish Professionals gathered in Griggs Park, a natural oasis nestled in Dallas’s city center, to celebrate Shabbos in an exploding display of Jewish pride.