Inspired by the Rebbe’s call for every Jew to be a Shliach, Chabad Young Professionals’ ‘Ambassadors of Freedom,’ connected to more people than ever before this Pesach.
Picture of the Day
Chief Rabbi and head of the Jewish community in Iran, Rabbi Yehuda Gerami, was seen tonight davening in 770, alongside JLI director, Rabbi Efraim Mintz.
War Day 219: Ambulance Ambush Thwarted, 300,000 Evacuate Rafah
IDF troops destroyed the Hamas “Resistance Monument,” which is a giant fist at the Rafah Crossing, meant to symbolize the success of violence against Israel.
War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Nineteen: Border Police soldiers stopped an ambulance whose driver with Israeli citizenship claimed he was rushing to an accident in Israel but had a vanful of terrorists, UNRWA estimates that 300,000 people have evacuated from Rafah so far in mass compliance to the IDF’s warnings, and there are currently three IDF units fighting in Gaza.
Kingston Kinus Torah Covers Thorny Halachic Topics
Photos: Mendel Wilhelm
At the tri-annual Kinus Torah held at the Kingston Mesivta, speakers addressed interesting and relevant halachic topics, including the Alter Rebbe‘s view on an Eruv in New York and acapella music during sefira.
Our Communities
Rabbonim Inaugurate New SafeTech Office in Crown Heights
Rabbonim and local residents attended the grand opening of the new SafeTech center in Crown Heights, expressing their satisfaction that at last such a service would be locally available to serve the community.
Not the First Time Netanyahu Donned Tefillin
Many were excited to see a photo of Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu putting on tefillin for all to see. While it may be the first public photo of him wearing tefillin, it certainly isn’t the first time PM Netanyahu put on tefillin.
25 Years Later, Kharkiv Names Street After IDF Hero
On October 29, 1998, 19-year-old IDF sergeant Alexey (Asher) Neykov bravely intercepted a car filled with explosives aimed at two school buses carrying 48 Jewish children near the Kfar Darom settlement. Now, a street was named after him in Ukraine.
NYC Influencers Responded to Antisemitism With Matzah Sharing
In light of the war in Israel and rising antisemitism worldwide, New York City’s Jewish influencers launched the #GotMatzah campaign this Pesach, an effort to connect and support Jews around the world.
Prime Minister Netanyahu Puts on Tefillin of Fallen Soldier
For the first time, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu posted a photo of himself putting on tefillin of a soldier who was killed during the 2014 Gaza War. This public display is reminiscent of a letter the Rebbe sent to PM Ariel Sharon.
Airfare Discounts for Flights to New York for Gimmel Tammuz
To help Anash, shluchim, and bochurim traveling to New York for Gimmel Tammuz, arrangements were made with various airline companies for special discounts.
Saying Hello to Everyone on the Street?
Ask the Rov: Am I obligated to say shalom aleichem to everyone I meet on the street? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Paris Anash Farewell Beloved Community Pillar
Anash in Paris, France, mourn the passing of R’ David Guedj, a pillar of the community, who suddenly passed away on Beis Iyar.
War Day 218: Large Fires Start in North, Five Soldiers Killed in Gaza
A direct hit was made on a building in Ashkelon, late at night after Shabbos.
War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Eighteen: Hezbollah missiles caused significant damage and led to a large fire around the city which took 10 firefighting teams time to put out, five soldiers from the Nachal Brigade’s 931st Battalion fell during fierce gun battles in Zeitoun, and Hamas published a video of hostage Nadav Popelwell that the IDF requests people not view.
Largest Yiddish Magazine Covers Chabad’s Impact in Russia
“And they Traveled to Rusland”: Moment Magazine, the world’s most popular Yiddish magazine, published a full-length supplement of the shluchim’s work throughout Russia and Siberia, and a 10-page interview with Rabbi Berel Lazar.
A Din Torah by the Rebbe Rashab’s Door
Though Reb Zalman Havlin offered to pay up the Horoditch yeshiva’s debt, the Frierdiker Rebbe tricked him into a din Torah by the Rebbe Rashab. Though he was exonerated, he paid it with shadchonus gelt he received.
L’Chaim: Simkovitz – Goltz
Photos: Shalom Ross/Anash.org
The L’Chaim of Yehoshua Hanan Simkovitz of Santa Rosa, CA, and Lilah Elisheva Goltz of Camarillo, CA, took place at the FREE hall in Crown Heights.
Reb Schneur Zalman Yudkin, 99, AH
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Reb Schneur Zalman Yudkin, an elder chossid from Crown Heights who had mesirus nefesh in Russia and later traveled around inspiring countless people, passed away.
Montreal Community Marks Rebbe Maharash’s 190th Birthday
In Montreal’s central Anash shul, a farbrengen was held to honor the 190th birthday of the Rebbe Maharash, led by the director of Beis Rivkah, Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz.
Mrs. Ruth Averbuch, 89, AH
Mrs. Ruth Averbuch, mother of the Steinmetz family and sister of the Schochets, passed away on Beis Iyar. Levaya today at 1:10 pm.
Are You a Rabbi or a Doctor?
After Reb Moshe Yitzchok Hecht received an Honorary degree, the Rebbe received a letter referring to him as “Doctor Hecht.” The Rebbe immediately sent him a letter expressing his dissatisfaction.
Read: The Life of the Rebbe Maharash
In honor of Beis Iyar, the birthday of the Rebbe Maharash, we present you with an overview of his life, as written up in A Chassidisher Derher magazine.
Grand Opening of SafeTech in Crown Heights
Sunday 12-6 pm: After years of successful activities in our Crown Heights community, Safe Tech is opening a new permanent office that will serve as a neighborhood center and hub for safe technology and related matters.
War Day 216: Lag Ba’Omer in Meron Cancelled, New Chareidi Unit Opening
From War Mapper - the IDF’s current and historic position in Gaza.
War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Sixteen: Due to Hezbollah’s heavy barrages of missiles at Har Meron the IDF Home Front Command cancelled the upcoming Lag B’Omer celebrations in Meron, the Border Police have announced that a new unit opened for the first time ever with 30 new drafts from Charedi communities, and an “unidentified object” flew from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory and fell in an open area in the Netivot area.
Listen: Parsha Class by Rebbetzin Ettel Tzerna Hodakov
Presented here is a rare recording from 5721 by renowned educator, Rebbetzin Ettel Tzerna Hodakov, wife of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, the Rebbe’s legendary “Chief of Staff” whose Yartzeit is this shabbos. The topic: Ahavas Yisroel in this week’s parsha.