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Unpublished Berlin Photo of the Frierdiker Rebbe Released
A never-before-published photograph of the Frierdiker Rebbe from the late 1920s or early 1930s is being published for the first time. A stamp on the reverse indicates that it was processed in Berlin, though its precise date and location have yet to be determined.
Historic Well Used by the Rebbeim Rediscovered in Lubavitch
An historic water well dug at the instruction of the Tzemach Tzedek and later used by the Rebbe Rashab has been uncovered in the courtyard of the Rebbeim in the town of Lubavitch.
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Gaaguim Releases Stirring Kremenchuger Farbrengen Niggun
Their Parents Barely Recognized Them When They Came Home
Chana Was Always There for Everyone. Now She Needs Us.
‘Help Them Cross the Finish Line’: Shluchim Rally for Sheepshead Bay
Shliach Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel has come out urging anash to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy a permanent home for Chabad of Sheepshead Bay.
JNet Retreat Brings Learners Together for Five Days of Torah
For five days this summer, JNet members from across North America left their usual routines of work, errands, and daily responsibilities for five full days of Torah and conversations in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
Amid Water Crisis, Shluchim Dispatch Emergency Aid Truck to Kherson
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Chai Elul: Birthday of the Alter Rebbe and Baal Shem Tov
Chai Elul, the 18th day of Elul, is the birthday of the two great luminaries, the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe, and the day which brings a chayus into the avoda of Elul.
New App Helps Turn Hachlatos Into Daily Streaks
Launched in time for Chai Elul and the lead-up to Rosh Hashana, a new app created by Lavi Klein uses streaks, milestones and growing symbols to help people hold on to the hachlatos they take on.
Oven Turned Off and On: Bishul Yisroel?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including behind during selichos, oven relit by a non-Jew, and guidelines for repurposing a church to be a Shul.
From Across Europe, 70 Talmidim Begin Zman in Austro-Hungary
Nearly 70 talmidim from across Europe, the United Kingdom and Eretz Yisroel arrived at the spacious campus of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Austro-Hungary for the start of the new zman, accompanied by their parents as they settled in for a new year of learning.
Nepal Shliach Joins Search After Flood Wipes Out Villages
A massive flood has devastated northern Nepal near the Tibetan border, wiping out villages, roads and power stations. Kathmandu shliach Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz is assisting in search for a missing Israeli and helping relief missions for devastated communities.
A Threat to the Security and Future of Crown Heights
“What will be the future of Crown Heights?! Will our neighborhood become the center of homelessness, crime, drug usage, mental illness, and poverty in New York City?! Is this what we really want for our future?”
You’re Getting Everything Done, But Where Are You Going?
Life has a way of keeping us incredibly busy without ever forcing us to ask where all that busyness is taking us. Elul and Rosh Hashanah give us the chance to stop moving long enough to remember where we actually want to go. From a shiur by Rabbi Mendel Schapiro of Los Angeles.
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A Holy Jew Lived in Shanghai: The Remarkable Life of Harav Meir Ashkenazi – II
Part two of the series about the fascinating and colorful story of Harav Meir Ashkenazi of Shanghai traces his response to the Holocaust, post-war communal activism, visit to Eretz Yisrael and America, and his final years in New York as the rov and father figure of the international Shanghai diaspora.
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165 Students From Around the World Begin Year at Mayanot
Over 150 students from around the globe, looking to deepen their Jewish knowledge and experience Chassidic philosophy firsthand, were welcomed to the Mayanot Yeshiva campus in Yerushalayim as the Elul term begins.
Torah
Unmarried Man as a Teacher?
Ask the Rov: How may an unmarried man serve as a teacher or tutor? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Tickling Someone in the Ear with Tzitzis?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including bringing tefillin into the mikvah, missed kapitlach before Boruch She'omar on Shabbos, and tickling someone in the ear with tzitzis.
How Do I Toivel a Keurig?
In this week’s episode of Lemaan Yishmeu, Rabbi Yosef Braun addresses intriguing halachic questions on a wide range of practical topics — real questions that have come to his desk, along with his clear and insightful responses.
Rice: Three Brachos or One?
Ask the Rov: Which bracha do we make on rice? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Splitting Davening Between Two Chazzonim?
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including saying “Elokim Acheirim,” missed parsha when traveling to Eretz Yisroel, and splitting shachris between two chazzonim.
Late to Minyan: Daven or Wait?
Ask the Rov: I walked into Mincha, and they’re in the middle of Shmoneh Esrei. Should I daven or wait? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.
Inspiration
He Gave His Life for His Children’s Chinuch, and Succeeded
Dedicated to his children's chinuch, R. Benche Raskin fought the Haskala in his hometown, moved to another city, and early each morning he recited Tehillim and brachos with tears, pleading for ehrliche children. The result: The large Lubavitcher Raskin family.
OBITUARIES
Mrs. Henna Markel, 45, AH
Mrs. Henna Markel (nee Margolis), a Crown Heights resident and mother of three, passed away on Tuesday, 12 Elul, following a lengthy illness.
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Heritage Quest Ends, But Teens’ Global Impact Has Just Begun
Campus Shluchos Gather in DC for First-Ever JewishU Growth Summit
