| Learning,Discussing, Growing
Inspiring Yom Iyun for D.C Area Shluchim |  | “Thank you Rabbi Deitsch and Rabbi Friedman for this extraordinary day. Every Shliach I know needs a day – or a week! – like this one.” Those are the words of one of the grateful and inspired Shluchim who participated in Yom Iyun with Rabbi Manis Friedman last week ■ more  | | | |
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| Extreme Global Makeover
Chabad Kentucky Float Comes in Fifth |  | | Photograph: CHI | | More than 1.5 million tourists and locals flooded the streets of Louisville for the annual Kentucky Derby Festival. This year, the Pegasus Parade featured a float built by Chabad of Kentucky. Playing on the year’s theme, “Now That’s Entertainment,” Chabad’s entry promoted random acts of goodness and kindness under the title “Extreme Global Makeover.” After parading down Louisville’s central drag to an estimated crowd of some 270,000 spectators, the float won the People’s Choice award and ranked fifth ■ more | | | |
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| BORUCH DAYAN HOEMES
Shocking Tragedy: Mrs. Chana Naveh, OB"M |  | | With shock and profound sadness we report the very tragic and untimely p'tirah of Mrs. Chana Naveh,ob"m, age 28, of Be'er Sheva. Chana's life was cruelly snuffed out in a motor accident, and her sister Hodaya Dabush (yblch't) was injured ■ more | | | |
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| Chassidishe Nachas
Hanochas Tefillin: HaTomim MM Meyers |  | HaShliach HaTomim Menachem Mendel Meyers puts on Tefillin for the first time. Menachem Mendel is the son of Shluchim Rabbi & Mrs. Goel Meyers ■ more | | | |
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| AD MOSAI?????
Loss: HaShlucha Mrs. Hindy Scheiman, OB'M |  | | With sadness and deep pain we inform of the untimely passing of Mrs. Hindy Scheiman, ob"m, of Des Plaines, Illinois, where she was a Shlucha for over 30 years, at the young age of 54. The levaya In Illinios took place last night at Cheder Lubavitch. The levaya in New York will be leaving from Shomrei Hadas at 1:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:00pm ■ more | | | |
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| Ishapcha
"Jew in a Box" Inspires Shliach |  | | Photograph: CHI | A controversial exhibit in Berlin's Jewish Museum inspired Shliach Rabbi Anchelle Perl to create a mini "Jew in a Box" with a message based on the six perpetual mitzvos ■ The rabbi takes the show on the road. Providing a fascinating ‘message in the box’ guided by inspiring insights culled from the Talmud, Kabbalah, Shaar HaYichud V’Emunah, many Maamorim & good humor ■ more | | | |
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| Live Broadcast
Shloshim for Shliach Rabbi Lipa Dubrawsky |  | A shloshim memorial evening marking the conclusion of the first 30 days since the sudden passing of Shliach Rabbi Lipa Dubrawsky will be held tonight, Tuesday, 27 Iyar, at 7:30 p.m. PDT at the Schara Tzedeck Synagogue in Vancouver, Canada ■ more  | | | |
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| A Matter of Perspective
Unplugged or Complete Connectivity? |  | | The Chassidic approach in recent years, from the days of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen and onward, was to view the Internet as an opportunity. To the extent that the Internet can be used to spread the light of Torah, then it is praiseworthy to do so. Otherwise, it is indeed better to unplug and devote one’s spare time to learning the Talmud and other Torah works ■ more | | | |
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| Rabbi Michoel Hazan:
Here's My Story: "Call Your Sister" |  | | Rabbi Michoel Hazan | Photograph: My Encounter Blog | | In the 1970’s, I used to come from Gibraltar to learn in yeshiva in New York. With no direct flights between the two cities, I would always travel through England. On one occasion in 1979, while I was on a layover in London, I decided to call “770” from the airport. There were many hijackings in those days, so I requested the Rebbe’s bracha to arrive safely ■ more | | | |
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| One Year Ago
Anash in Tzfas Commemorate Sifrei Torah |  | | Photograph: Shturem | This past Shabbos, Shabbos Chazak, Anash in Tzfas farbrenged and celebrated the return of six stolen Sifrei Torah last year. The Sifrei Torah were brazenly stolen from the Tzemach Tzedek Shul on Friday night ■ more | | | |
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| 60 for Sagacity
Mazel Tov R' Yaakov, Shnas Hatzlocho |  | Rabbi Yaakov Gloiberman, the indefatigable champion of needy families and chairman of "Yad B'Yad" in Lod, celebrated his 60th birthday. Dozens of warm greetings poured into R' Yankel's office, from public figures and admirers ■ more | | | |
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| Mazel Tov!
Feigensohn - Stambler L'Chaim Gallery |  | | Feigensohn - Stambler L'Chaim Gallery | Photograph: Shturem/NY | Last night the Feigensohn (Texas) and Stambler (Kfar Chabad) families celebrated the l'chaim in honor of the engagement of their children HaTomim Levi and Mussy ■ more | | | |
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| Project Extreme
12 Spiritual Tools for Effective Parenting |  | | Rabbi Shais Taub | Photograph: Shturem Archives | | Project Extreme, an organization serving teens-at-risk and their families, has recruited one of the Jewish world's most respected experts in family and individual counseling, Rabbi Shais Taub, to lead an interactive workshop for parents ■ more | | | |
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| Leb'n Mit'n Rebbe
"Hinei Mah Tov": Vov Tishrei 5743 |  | | Vov Tishrei, 5743 | Photograph: Excerpt from JEM clip | Nigun "Hinei Mah Tov": "Behold how good and how pleasant it is when brothers dwell together." (Psalm 133:1) Sung at the Vov Tishrei Farbrengen, 5743 ■ more | | | |
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| Avos U'Banim
Beating the Winter Cold in Sydney |  | | Photograph: CHI | Winter has arrived Down Under, and with it comes a wonderful program for Sydney boys. Every Motzoei Shabbos fathers and sons come streaming through the doors yeshiva center of Sydney for an hour of quality learning time with their children ■ more | | | |
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| Lag B'Omer 5773
Chabad of Riverdale Welcomes New Torah |  | | Last Sunday was a beautiful spring day and the perfect setting for the Riverdale Jewish community’s dual celebration at Seton Park: Lag B’Omer and the Siyyum Sefer Torah ■ Just a hundred meters away from the picnic, a massive show of achdus and pride were displayed as families gathered around the tent where Rabbi Faitel Lewin, the Sofer, was stationed with the new Sefer Torah ■ more | | | |
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