Since When Was Chassidus Meant to Be Self-Serving?
“In the past few weeks, we have had three thoughtful articles wrestling with essentially the same question: What is Chassidus supposed to do to a person? The articles disagree with one another in important ways. But I think they all miss the most basic point.”
South Florida Officials Unveil ‘Chabad Way’
Joined by local officials, shluchim, rabbis, community leaders and council members, the Palmetto Bay community gathered for a historic and joyful celebration as the street in front of Chabad of Palmetto Bay & Deering Bay, a suburb of Miami, was officially named “Chabad Way.”
Welcoming the Ushpizin: Night 4
Mrs. Rivkah Chitrik, 96, AH
Milei Returns to the Ohel on High-Profile UN Trip
World’s Largest Sukkah Mobile Returns to Manhattan x4
For its sixth year, the World's Largest Sukkah Mobile returns to Manhattan this year with four Jumbo Sukkahs, bringing Simchas Yom Tov to thousands.
Using the Weeping Willow for Aravos?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including is 9 haddasim allowed, securing schach with natural string, and Weeping Willow for Aravos.
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Yanky Levinson, AH
Yanky Levinson of Crown Heights passed away on Monday, 17 Tishrei, after a lengthy illness.
Jewish Teen Killed as Russian Drone Strikes Home in Kyiv
A 14-year-old Jewish boy was killed and his mother was wounded when a Russian drone struck their family home in central Kyiv on Friday morning, as shluchim mobilized to assist the family.
R’ Shloma Zuntz, 83, AH
R’ Shloma Zuntz, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who devoted decades to assisting Soviet Jewry and rebuilding Jewish life across the Former Soviet Union, passed away on Erev Sukkos, 14 Tishrei.
Free Esrog Sets Gifted to Every Shliach Across US and Canada
Every shliach across the United States and Canada was offered a free premium daled minim set for Sukkos, with more than 500 Shluchim reserving theirs within just ten hours of the announcement.
Empire Shtiebel Invites Community to Kinus Torah
Empire Shtiebel is pleased to host and invite the community to a special Kinus Torah, which will iy״h take place on Chol Hamoed, Monday evening, 17 Tishrei.
Where to Go? Check Out the Chol Hamoed Trip Map
Want to try something new this Chol Hamoed? Anash.org reader Yosef Yeroshalmi created a website with over 100 fun and family-oriented things to do and places to go that your family will love.
He Waited 60 Years for the Alter Rebbe’s Third Shailah
Before sending him as rov to Vitebsk, the Alter Rebbe told R. Yitzchak Aizik three shailos. For the 60 years he served as rov, he waited for the third shaila, and when it came, he knew his life’s mission was complete.
From Yekkishe Buenos Aires to Leading Shlichus Across Argentina
In a podcast interview, Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt, Head Shliach of Argentina, shares memories of his unlikely path from a Yekkishe home to a Lubavitch yeshiva, his years transcribing the Rebbe’s maamorim, and decades of shlichus in Buenos Aires.
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Kol Nidrei with the Rebbe in Liadi: An Eyewitness Account
The latest installment of From the Margins of Chabad History takes us back 150 years to the holy and uplifting atmosphere of Yom Kippur with the Chabad Rebbe of Liadi, Harav Chaim Shneur Zalman Schneerson. A picture of the zal of the Rebbe of Liadi is also uncovered for the first time.
Beis Din Rejects Chabad Link to Chossid’s Knesset Bid
Following the placement of Chabad chossid Yossi Goldberger on the Otzma Yehudit Knesset list by party chairman Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Beis Din Rabbonei Chabad issued a sharp letter stressing that no individual can represent Chabad in matters of political affiliation.
Welcoming the Ushpizin: Night 3
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Rabbi Bluming Gives Year’s First Moshiach Shiur
Borrowing Mitzvah Items Without Permission?
Ask the Rov: May I use someone’s tallis, tefillin, or siddur without asking? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
From Rennet to Whey: OK Kashrus Expert Talks Kosher Cheese
Kittel on Yom Kippur After a Second Marriage?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including Hatoras Nedorim at night, tzitzis without an undershirt, and kittel on Yom Kippur after a second marriage.
The Rebbe’s Nachas from Chassidim Caring for Each Other
When secretary Reb Binyomin Klein brought the Rebbe a note from a chossid about an act of ahavas Yisroel that he witnessed among chassidim, the Rebbe's face lit up with nachas.
Yaakov Meir Eisenbach, 24, AH
Yaakov Meir Eisenbach, a young Lubavitcher bochur from Yerushalayim, passed away on Shabbos, 8 Tishrei.