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What Reb Yeshaya Matlin Said After Checking the Rebbe’s Tefillin

2 Elul marks the yahrzeit Reb Yeshaya Hakohen Matlin, who merited to be the sofer who checked the Rebbe‘s tefillin and Moshiach’s Sefer Torah, as well as to be the Kohen to receive shaloch manos from the Rebbe. Read a collection of stories about his life and kiruvim from the Rebbe.

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World-renowned posek Harav Asher Weiss received a sefer - a collection of the Rebbe’s sichos on Chanukah - from Harav Yosef Braun, Crown Heights Rov and member of the Beis Din at Chabad AIR in JFK International Airport. Photos: Avremel Turin
Lighting of first night in Nachlas Har Chabad with Mara D'asra Harav Yehuda Yaroslavsky. Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui entertained with a fire show.
Jewish community leaders gathered at Cincinnati City Hall ahead of Chanukah, with remarks from City Council members, the Jewish Federation and JCRC of Cincinnati, and Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, who reflected on the history and message of public Menorah lightings.
Chanukah menorahs are set up today in the Golan Heights and Syria by Israeli soldiers serving there on behalf of Tzach in Eretz Yisroel.
For the first time, a menorah will stand in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague for the duration of Chanukah, bringing light to a house of darkness.
The Tzemach Tzedek Anash Shul of Sydney releases a statement to its members and community in light of the horrific Sydney terror attack.
Breaking: In a last-minute update, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier decided to attend the central Chanukah menorah lighting at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, joined by thousands in solidarity with the Jewish community following the Australian terror attack.
Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber engages in a conversation on Torah with the talmidim shluchim in Berlin, Germany, ahead of the central Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony.
Former hostage Segev Kalfon lit the first Chanukah candle at the Western Wall Plaza alongside Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef and Mayor Moshe Lion. Rabbi of the Kosel, Shmuel Rabinowitz, lit a memorial candle for the Australian terror attack victims. Photo credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation.
These photos were captured by shliach Rabbi Eli Schlanger, hy״d, and sent to Anash.org several days ago. They document the Yud-Tes Kislev event held in Sydney, Australia, for the Anash community and local baalei batim, arranged by Rabbi Schlanger.
Anash and bochurim in Postville, Iowa, gathered for a central Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen with guest speaker, veteran Chicago mechanech, Rabbi Mendel Moscowitz.
Hundreds gathered at the Moshe Gantz Hall in Los Angeles for a community-wide Yud-Tes Kislev celebration. Seven Anash shuls joined together to host the event, featuring noted speaker Rabbi Moshe Kesselman.
Setup of beautiful Rambam menorah at the Marina Roscha shul in Moscow in preparation of Chanukah on Sunday night.
At the Modern-Orthodox Altneu Shul in Manhattan's Upper East Side, one of the largest and most popular shuls in NYC, Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, director of Merkos 302, led a 19 Kislev farbrengen, joined by local shliach Rabbi Ben-Tzion Krasnianski.
A large crowd gathered for a seudah and farbrengen for Yud Tes Kislev at F.R.E.E. in Chicago, led by shliach Rabbi Levi Notik, with guest speaker Rabbi Yisroel Lein, shliach to East Side Milwaukee.
Rabbi Reuven Matusof, shliach to the European Lishka, farbrenged at Chabad of Ra’anana alongside the city’s local rabbi.
Renowned mashpia HaRav Elimelech Biderman participated in a Yud Tes Kislev celebration in Tel Aviv with shluchim Rabbi Yehuda Sheleg and Rabbi Eliyahu Shvicha. He received the new set of Tanya and spoke about a section he had read there.
A spontaneous Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen took place today in the upstairs zal of 770 with Crown Heights Rabbi Harav Yosef Braun.
As the giant Chanukah menorah was being installed in Downtown Fort Myers on Yud Tes Kislev, Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowitz put tefillin on Jerry for the first time at age 63.
Mazal Tov!
Ohel Chabad Lubavitch is undergoing renovations, adding a completely new section adjacent to the second tent, with new restrooms and sinks for both men and women, improving comfort and accessibility for visitors.
A beautiful Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen was held at Beis Rivka in Crown Heights with Rabbi Yoel Naparstek, together with a siyum on Tanya and Hayom Yom, and a siyum on a mesachta led by shul rov Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky.
In Odessa, despite air raids and sirens, Chabad led by shliach Rabbi Avraham Wolf, led moving Yud Tes Kislev farbrengens. Children, youth, and adults gathered in schools, the yeshiva, and the central shul to celebrate Torah, chassidus and Jewish pride.
Shluchim, Anash, and community members of Montreal gathered for a large Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen with Rabbi Moshe Gurary, shliach to Toms River, NJ.
The Cincinnati Yeshiva held a Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen with Rabbi Mendel Yuzevitch, principal of Ohr Menachem.
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