Mesivta Bochurim Enjoy Full Program, Live Podcast
After visiting the Ohel, nearly 500 Mesivta Bochurim from across the country gathered for a meaningful afternoon program highlighted by a live Among Chassidim podcast hosted by Rabbi Yossi Kamman with Rabbi Levi Garelik, focusing on shlichus, stories of the Rebbe, and hiskashrus.
Grand Banquet Salutes Rebbe’s Shluchim in the Holy Land
Hundreds of supporters, businessmen, senior Israeli leaders, and politicians gathered Monday night for a grand ‘Banquet’ to salute the thousands of the Rebbe’s Shluchim and Shluchos all across the country.
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Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere and mashpia at Yeshiva University, R’ Moshe Weinberger, led over 50 community members to the Rebbe’s Ohel on Chof-Daled Teves with a farbrengen accompanied by music and spirited dancing.
Paris Photographer Documents Magnificent 770 Building
Basi LeGani Tzedaka Drive Set Boys on a Mission
Chamisha Asar BiShevat: What For?
Ask the Rov: What is the significance of the fifteenth day of Shevat? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
What to Expect at the Women’s Virtual Siyum HaRambam
The Untold Story of Last Year’s Siyum – Bigger & Better
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Toronto Women United for Halacha Review Series
Despite snowstorms and frigid temperatures, Toronto women gathered for a four-week halacha review series, graciously hosted in the homes of dedicated Nshei Chabad women. 38 participants were gifted the newly released Nusach Ari Women’s Siddur.
Show Up and Say Yes: A Night of Community and Hope
In every community, there are moments that quietly shape the future. Moments when people choose to show up for one another, to stand together in hope, and to say yes even when the journey is uncertain. For Bonei Olam Chabad, showing up is the foundation of what propels hope forward.
The Tzemach Tzedek Tested Him with a Cup of Water
When rumors reached the Tzemach Tzedek about Reb Tzvi Hirsh, the shochet in Lubavitch, the Rebbe called him in. A cup of water was brought, and 70-year-old shochet held it perfectly steady, like a young man.
When Winter Storm Hit, Shluchim Helped Travelers and Communities
In the midst of a sweeping winter storm that caused widespread outages, flight cancellations, and dangerous conditions nationwide, the Rebbe’s shluchim mobilized across the country to feed hundreds of stranded passengers and deliver warm nourishment, shelter, and care to those in need.
Tosher Dayan Tests Online Smicha Bochurim
A group of Bochurim learning Smicha with Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Online Smicha have been tested this past week with Tosher Dayan, Rav Avrohom Katz, participating both in person and over the internet from different locations around the world.
Tzeirei Hashluchim Winter Camp Wraps Up On a High
The Tzeirei Hashluchim Winter Camp of the Shluchim Office wrapped on a high with over 150 Young Shluchim returning home full of inspiration and Chayus.
Leibel Lazaroff Celebrates Seudas Hodaah in Sydney
Sydney’s community gathered in large numbers to mark Yud Shvat at a communal farbrengen, co-hosted by the Lazaroff family as a seudas hodaah for their son Leibel. The keynote address was delivered by Thailand shliach Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor.
The Miracles from Learning Rambam
When Reb Shmuel Dovid Raichik told the Rebbe of someone who needed a miracle, the Rebbe instructed that they learn Rambam, whose name is an acronym of ‘Revos Mofsai Be’eretz Mitzroyim.’
Spotlight Photo
Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere and mashpia at Yeshiva University, R’ Moshe Weinberger, led over 50 community members to the Rebbe’s Ohel on Chof-Daled Teves with a farbrengen accompanied by music and spirited dancing.
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The Untold Story of Chabad’s First Shluchim Down Under
Who was the first Chabad chasid in Australia? Ask any Australian Lubavitcher this question, and you will be told—R. Moshe Feiglin. But while the Feiglins did certainly lay the foundations for contemporary Chabad in Australia, there is also a fascinating pre-history of Chabad shadarim and residents in Australia, dating all the way back to 1856 (5616). In honor of Australia Day this Monday, From the Margins of Chabad History tells the stories of these colorful pioneers.
Bring Your Son for a Shabbos at the Ohel With You
Organizers of Shabbos Anash are excited to announce a special new program for boys ages nine and up and young bochurim. The program will take place Shabbos Parshas Mishpotim at the Ohel.
Toiveling Clay Pottery I Made in a Studio?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including checking out of a hotel on Shabbos, mezuzah on a deep doorway, toiveling personal pottery, and bishul yisroel of gluten-free bread.
Trimming the Mustache?
Ask the Rov: Is it permissible to trim the mustache or the hair of the neck? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Exact Wording of the Rebbe Scrutinized in New Publication
Rewriting the Siddur: What Stays, What Goes, and What Changes?
Trimming the Beard: What’s the Issue?
Ask the Rov: Why are we particular not to cut the beard at all? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Awkward: Do I Go Back to Admit a Lie?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including toiveling oil bottles for an event, leaving a cake in the oven at the start of Shabbos, and backtracking on a lie.
Chitas and Rambam Saved My Life
When a sudden illness plunged Rabbi Zushe Feldman into fear and uncertainty, his family turned to the Rebbe for urgent help. The Rebbe advised learning Chitas and Rambam, as Torah gladdens the heart, and he went on to make a miraculous recovery.
Eight Years Later, Rubashkin Recounts His Path to Freedom
In this raw conversation, Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin takes us inside the moments that changed his life forever: hearing the sentence, choosing emunah over despair, surviving years behind bars, and holding on when there was no visible way out.
