In a knee-jerk response to Rabbi J Immanuel Schochet ‘s letter banning his recent book, Shmuley Boteach responded “I believe Rabbi Immanuel Schochet should treat books differently … should raise intelligent challenges and cite source material to corroborate his objections. Read More »
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Released Time Bochurim Gather
Bochurim who spend each Wednesday teaching Jewish children learning Public schools in New York city met Tuesday 29th of Teves for a Lunch in Getzel’s Shul ● Full Story, Pictures 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
Successful Campus Shabbaton in France
A successful start to the newly formed Chabad on Campus in France, a division of Beth Loubavitch, directed by the Shliach Rabbi Levi Mimoun . Read More »
300 Attend Opening Of Russian Center In NJ
Senator Robert Menendez , Congressman Frank Pallone and Mayor Jonathan Hornik joined 300 people from Central New Jersey and Shliach Rabbi Yossi Kanelsky to celebrate the opening the first Synagogue and Center for Jewish Life founded by Russian Jews, Read More »
Chabad House To Purchase 1900′s Landmark
The former Three Bears restaurant, a town landmark since the 1900s, is poised to change hands and become the new home of Chabad Lubavitch of Westport, directed by the local Shliach Rabbi Yehuda Leib Kantor ● Currently under contract to be sold, the property, which boasts 9,180 square feet and sits on 2.73 acres, has been listed for $1. Read More »
Ukraine Philanthropists Celebrate In Israel
160 members of the Jewish community in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine chartered a plane to Israel to celebrate the birthday of a fellow philanthropist Mr. Arthur Zlotorvsky . Read More »
Revolutionary Tanya Book To Be Translated
The bestselling book “Muda’ut Yehudit” by Rabbi Nadav Cohen (profiled on Chabad.info ) from Ascent-Safed, delving into the mystical depths of Tanya and explaining them simply, will be translated into English in weekly installments by the Rabbi’s Read More »
Russian Style Returns To Crown Heights
The cold wintry weather in Crown Heights has brought many people to replace their regular black hats with the russian fur hats ● A Chabad. Read More »
From Safed To Getzel’s Shul
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wilschansky , the Rosh Yeshiva of the Chabad Yeshiva in Safed, is currently visiting the USA, and his students used the opportunity to Farbreng with him, in Getzel’s Shul ● Pictures 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
Hebrew Academy Shabbaton With Chabad
Last Shabbos, Parshas Shmos, the Monsey Chabad community hosted the 6th grade boys of the Hebrew Academy of Morris County. Read More »
Three Days In 770
You always wanted to know what is going on in the Rebbe’s Shul, in 770. Now you have the chance ● Levi Amash captured the some of the visible (and some less-visible) sights of 770 and presents you Weekend In 770 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
Chabad of Uptown Welcomes First Torah
On Sunday, Jan. 22, Chabad of Uptown dedicated their first Torah scroll with a homecoming parade ● Following the Torah’s completion, the community paraded it through the streets, concluding with an installation ceremony at its permanent home, Chabad Read More »
Magazine Profiles Chabad Shul Inside Mosque
Ted Regencia and Lindsay Minerva from the Tablet Magazine ventured to the Bronx to profile the uncommon sight of a Chabad of East Bronx housed in a Mosque ● Indeed, though conventionally viewed as adversaries both here and abroad, the Jews and Read More »
Maayan Chai Mikvah At Sinai Center – Video
The Beautiful Maayan Chai Mikvah in the Sinai Jewish Community Center in Paris has just been completed ● The Mikvah is under the supervision of the local Chabad Rabbis Levi Yitzchak Kahn and Yosef Yitzchak Pewzner ● A video tour was filmed and produced by the Hassidout. Read More »
After 18 Years Chabad Begins Expansion
Chabad House of Kensigton New York, directed by the Shliach Rabbi Moshe Chaim Levin recently celebrated 18 years of service to the local Russian community ● Yesterday, Sunday, they celebrated the Hanachas Even Ha’pina for the expansion of their new Read More »
Six New Shluchim To Germany
Shluchim from around Germany travelled to participate in the coronation of the Chief Rabbi of Hamburg and fellow Shliach, Rabbi Shlomo Bistrizky ● They sat down with Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky , from Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch for an impromptu Kinus Read More »
Heed The Call Of The Crown Heights Beis Din
Last summer, the Crown Heights Beis Din issued a strong letter trying to alert the community members to the serious breach of Halacha being perpetrated every day by local women ● Among the ideas present to fix the situation was a call to help Read More »
Thousands Celebrate Alter Rebbe’s Life
Thousands of people gathered this past weekend at the gravesite in Haditch, Ukraine, of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder and father of the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic group which became a worldwide phenomenon affecting the lives of millions Read More »
Spiritual Voyage To The Founders of Chassidus
Rabbi Yair Kalev , a renowned Chassidic lecturer in Israel has taken a group of his students to Ukraine for a four-day spiritual and uplifting voyage. Read More »
More Photoshopped Chassidim – Part 2
Chabad.info photographer Levi Israeli has spent a year-and-a-half capturing the life and feel of 770. He photographed Farbrengens, Davening, Shiurim, Kinusim, and everything else, bringing 770 to people around the world ● He has begun to edit some of Read More »
Stop Being Picky And Solve The Shiduch Crisis
A new Shadchan is on the market, trying to solve the Shiduch Crisis ● When a single comes to me looking for a shiduch, there are only two questions they have to answer: 1. are you frum? 2. are you a decent human being? ● If you can answer yes to those two questions, then I have a date for you. Read More »
What’s The Source For Writing In Igros?
It was late and most of the lights were closed. I wend upstairs to the small-Beis Midrash and noticed two Bachurim learning. I knew who they were and went over to say hello. We started talking and the conversation came to the topic of Igros Kodesh. Read More »
Two French Rabbis Inspire Hundreds
Hundreds of families participated in the annual Israeli “Moshiach Shabbos” organized by “Mateh Moshiach” in preparation for Yud Shvat ● The guests of honor were Rabbi Shmerel Matusof , Mashpia in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim of Brunoy, France, and Rabbi Read More »
A White Crown Heights – Gallery
The first “official” snowstorm of the winter took place on Shabbos, blanketing Crown Heights with snow ● Chabad. Read More »
Thousands Participate In Grand Celebration
Thousands of Yeshiva Bochurim assembled in Jerusalem on the 24th of Teves, the Yohrtzeit of the Alter Rebbe, to participate in the Grand Celebration which concluded the learning campaign initiated by “Sha’are Hora’ah” ● The Yeshiva students spent the Read More »
One Year Of Friendship In Baltimore
Parenting a child with special needs is much tougher. It also can be lonely and isolating, for both the child and the parent. Baltimore’s first Friendship Circle branch aims to change that ● Last spring, Rabbi Shalom Zirkind , his wife, Nuchie , and their three small children relocated from New York to Baltimore to start the Friendship Circle. Read More »
Soldiers And WJC Thank Our Big Kitchen
Our Big Kitchen has received letters from overseas: praise from the World Jewish Congress for its communal work, and thanks from the Australian armed forces in Afghanistan for food packages ● The Bondi-based kitchen run by Rabbi Dovid Slavin and Read More »
New Daily Deals Website Sponsors Friendship
There’s a new daily deal website hitting the scene with an exciting twist and a much larger market. MobStub.com offers one nationwide daily deal, with extra incentives for positive social media activity ● Owned by Lubavitcher Shnai Levitin , MobStub will make a charitable donation for every person that plays the game. Read More »
Techiyas Hameisim – Weekly Video
Popular speaker Rabbi Gershon Avtzon , Rosh Yeshivas Lubavitch of Cincinnati takes you on a new journey towards Moshiach ● The eighth weekly video Shiur explains the basic belief in the resurrection of the dead and deals with some practical and Read More »
Mazal Tov – New Engagements
Shneur Zalman Levy from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Rivka Berkes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Yankel Shurpin from Crown Heights to Miriam Wilhelm from London, England Shimon New from Melbourne, Australia to Rivi Potash from Long Beach, California Lechaim Tomorrow Night (Sunday) @ The Rubashkin’s 1349 President St. Read More »
Chabad Mikvah Built In Alpine Mountains Resort
In a picturesque village on the Italian Alps, atop a mountain, sits a Kosher resort owned by the Netzer Family , the only Mehadrin resort in the area ● The resort attracts many Orthodox Families from Europe, among them Chabad families ● To accomodate Read More »
The Alter Rebbe’s Nigun – Video
The Alter Rebbe’s Nigun, Daled Bavos, performed by Eliah Zabaly of Jerusalem, and arranged by Israel Edelson ● Video 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
Milan Farbrengen and Bar-Mitzvah
The night of 24th of Teves in Milan saw the Bar-Mitzvah celebration of Menachem Mendel Mizrachi , firstborn son of local Shliach Rabbi Tzemach Mizrachi ● The Bar-Mitzvah celebration was also a Farbrengen with Shluchim, friends, and family members who came from far and near ● Chabad. Read More »
200 Sets To Be Distributed To New York Shuls
In honor of the Alter Rebbe’s Yohrtzeit, the 24th of Teves, “Keren Lehafotzas Sifrei Chabad” have launched a campaign to distribute 200 sets of Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch to Shuls and Yeshivos in New York City ● The campaign advertised in the local Read More »
Chabad LifeTown Gets $55,000 From Walmart
Walmart Foundation State Giving Council awarded over $1 Million Dollars in grants to Ohio Non-Profits to support children and fight hunger. Read More »
Bringing Moshiach As Easy As Watching TV?
Days of Moshiach: In the early 60′s the Rebbe came out with a call to utilize every medium of technology for spreading the wellsprings of Chassidus, the Misnagdim used it as a reason to attack Lubavitch ● When the Rebbe spoke about preparing the Read More »
From Days Of Old
Rabbi Dovid Mendelbaum doing some Erev Shabbos Shopping in Crown Heights 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) Chossid
The Wikipedia entry for D.I.Y. reads: “Do it yourself (DIY) is a term used to describe building, modifying, or repairing of something without the aid of experts or professionals” ● What does it have to do with Chassidus and the Alter Rebbe? ● Rabbi Read More »
24 Teves In Haditch
Hundreds of people visited the Alter Rebbe’s Ohel in Haditch over the 24 hours of the Yohrtzeit ● A photographer for חדשות24 photographed the sights, the guests, the snow and the prayers ● Pictures 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
The Tomorrow Syndrome
The most common word in the workplace is “Tomorrow.” Whenever someone is asked to do something he says “Tomorrow” ● When Pharaoh asked Moses to stop the plague of frogs he said “Tomorrow” ● What is up with this “Tomorrow”? What does it have to do Read More »
An Unexpected Visit – Shabbos Story
The driver let him off at the entrance of the first kibbutz they passed and sped away ● It dawned on him that he had heard of this place before. It was a “Shomer HaTzair” kibbutz, the “Youth Guard,” formerly affiliated with the Communist movement and known for their staunch atheism. Read More »
Sending Yeshiva Students To Berlin Universities
He, together with several elders of the community chose ten (in another version I read ‘tens’) of his most brilliant, devout and learned pupils to visit the universities of Berlin, absorb the new ideas there and then use them to strengthen Judaism Read More »
Florida Governor At Chabad House Dedication
The Grand Opening Ceremony of the New Chabad Jewish Center of Naples, Florida, directed by Rabbi Fishel Zaklos took place this past Sunday ● Ribbon-Cutting, Mezuzah Affixing, and a dedication of a New Torah took place at the event ● Among the Read More »
22 Years After Yohrtzeit Shlucha’s Voice Returns
Just in time for her Yohrtzeit (this upcoming Shabbos), Mrs. Chaya Posner OBM, Shlucha in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will once again address all her children and descendants ● Details 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
Remembering A Tragedy, Preventing Another
The first dinner for the prestigious “Gush Katif Museum” in Jerusalem will take place in Crown Heights ● The roster of speakers include: Mr. John Bolton , the outspoken U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under the George W. Bush administration; Mr. Glenn Beck , the popular radio and TV commentator; Mr. Read More »
Central 24 Teves Farbrengen
Anash and Temimim from Crown Heights participated last night in the Central 24th Teves Farbrengen organized by the Gaboim of 770 ● Crown Heights Rabbis and Mashpiim addressed the crowd ● Mendy Zerbib presents a Photo Gallery 0 comments – Full article Read More »
Resounding Success To Tzivos Hashem Dinner
The annual Tzivos Hashem dinner took place on Sunday at the Hilton New York, attended by over 400 supporters ● The evening marked 31 years since the Lubavitcher Rebbe started the Jewish children’s organization ● Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson , Read More »
So Many Sinners, How Can Moshiach Come?
Can the Moshiach come in our time, even though there are people who have not yet repented and don’t keep the Torah? ● Read Answer 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
Mazal Tov – New Engagements
Zalmy Raksin from Crown Heights to Chaya Berkowitz from Los Angeles, California Lechaim Tonight @ 646 Empire Blvd Yossi Greenberg from Crown Heights to Mushka Zalmanov from Crown Heights Lechaim Tonight @ Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St. Read More »
Snowy Parade For Reb Volf Greenglass
Hundreds of Montreal residents braced the cold and snowy weather to participate in the Hachnasas Sefer Torah in memory of Reb Volf Greenglass OBM, on the occasion of his first Yohrtzait ● The Sefer Torah was given to Yeshivas Tomchei T’mimim Read More »
Parshas Vaera in 770 – Weekly Gallery
Enjoy experiencing this past week in 770, even though you weren’t there. Witness the activities by just one click. Read More »
Learning Mishnayos For Rabbi Abelsky
R’ Yosske Strassberg Sheyichye has replaced R’ Moshe Abelsky OBM in his job in Oholei Torah ● R’ Yosske instituted that the children on the bus should learn Mishnayos every night in memory of R’ Abelsky ● Each night a child goes to the microphone and Read More »
Shloshim Farbrengen For Rabbi Kalmenson
Shluchim, Anash and Mekurovim from around France came last night to Aubervilliers to honor the memory of the late Shliach Rabbi Sholom Mendel Kalmenson OBM, on the occasion of the Shloshim, and in honor of the Alter Rebbe’s 199th Yohrtzait ● The Read More »
The Book “Enhances The Missionary Message”
Renowned Chabad Rabbi, and the world’s foremost expert in combating missionaries and their drivel, Rabbi Dr. Read More »
Popack Helps Rebuild Burned Kindergarten
In less than a year since a fire destroyed the East Flatbush Oholei Torah Kindergarten campus, the building is now near completion ● Oholei Torah’s dear friend, Yosef Yitzchok Popack was the first person Rabbi Joseph Rosenfeld , executive Director, met with. Read More »
Picture Of The Day
Triumph of Light over Darkness: In honor of the 24th of Teves we present a picture taken by Eiran Dror Levanon 0 comments – Full article & comments Read More »
Shloshim For Shayna Bracha Borewitz OBM
Women and girls from Crown Heights are invited to come and participate in the “Shloshim” ceremony, in memory of Shayna Bracha Borevitz OBM, who inspired so many people during her short life of only eighteen years ● Speakers at the event include Rabbi Zalman Liberow , Mrs Rishe Majesky , and Family and Friends of Shayna. Read More »
An Evening To Remember
The feature section “Heeding the Call for Holocaust Education” in the Tishrei issue of the N’Shei Chabad Newsletter left all of us asking how can we learn more, do more, share more, as the number of survivors and first-hand witnesses to the horrors Read More »
Disassociate Himself Completely From Chabad – 1 תגובות
Boteach and his supporters are using the age-old tactic of attacking instead of responding, by claiming that the respected Rabbis who have come out against his book, did not read it ● Well, one Rabbi did, and here is his detailed reply to the “Kosher Read More »
Alter Rebbe’s Yohrtzait With Satmar Rebbe
Reb Aharon Teitelbaum , the Satmar Rebbe, is spending a part of the winter in Palm Springs, California where he davens in the local Chabad House, directed by Rabbi Yonasan Denebeim ● On Motzoei Shabbos the Satmar Rebbe headed a Melave Malka Read More »
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