| Sifrei Torah Safe
Lubavitcher Shul Damaged in Blaze |  | | Photos taken by a Nochri | Photograph: HNN | A defective Shabbat timer was apparently the cause of a major fire at the Lubavitcher Shul in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Yerushalayim over Shabbos. The fire, which broke out on Shabbos afternoon, did extensive damage to the building, but B"H no one was hurt. The fire consumed many of the sifrei kodesh ■ more  | | | |
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| Shloshim for HaTomim Schneur, OB"M
Hascholas Sefer Torah in Loving Memory |  | | Photograph: Shturem | | Thirty days have passed since the sudden, untimely and tragic passing of Tomim Schneur Moshe Yitzchok OB"M, beloved son of -yibodlu l'chaim tovim - Shluchim Rabbi Nochum and Avigail Yitzchok, of Kiryat Bialik. Hundreds of Anash, Tmimim, family members, public figures and community members gathered to begin the writing of a Sefer Torah ■ more | | | |
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| "Cheit HaIgul"
Putting the Square Back to The Luchos |  | | Michelangelo had it right. Most synagogues around the world have it wrong. The two tablets of stone, divinely inscribed with the 10 Commandments and bestowed upon Moses at Mount Sinai, did not have the rounded tops familiar from their depictions in most houses of worship and popular art since the Middle Ages. And the Chabad (Lubavitch) Hassidic movement is encouraging synagogues to correct the misrepresentation ■ more | | | |
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| Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Loss: Rabbi Sholom Dovber Raskin, OB"M |  | | (With sadness we report the passing of HaRav Hachossid R' Sholom Dovber Raskin, OB"M, of Kfar Chabad, at the age of 92. The levaye took place this afternoon in Kfar Chabad, continuing on to Har Hazeisim for kvurah. R' Sholom Dovber was born a year and a half after the histalkus of the Rebbe RaShaB and was among the first to bear his holy name ■ more | | | |
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| Oholei Torah Kfar Chabad
Talmidim Ready to Receive the Torah |  | | The talmidim of Oholei Torah in Kfar Chabad were inspired to recieve the Torah with joy and strengthen their hiskashrus to the Rebbe. In a special rally as a hachana to Shovuos, they were adressed by principal Rabbi Bentzion Vishedsky, Rabbi Eli Wolf and R' Binyomin Lifshitz ■ more | | 1 comments | |
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| From Gan Eden HoElyon
El-Al Welcomes Unity Sefer Torah |  | | Photograph: Shturem | El-Al Israeli Airlines welcomed a special Sefer Torah whose first words were inscribed in Gan Eden HoElyon, the Rebbe's holy chamber in 770. the special Sefer Torah was written at various venues connected with Jewish history, and many individuals had the distinct honor of inscribing a letter in this Torah ■ more | | | |
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| Boruch Dayan Hoemes
HaRav HaChossid Rabbi Leibel Bistritzky, OB"M |  | | Photograph: Shturem Archives | | With sadness we inform you of the passing of HaRav HaChossid Rabbi Yehuda Leib (Leibel) Bistritzky,ob"m. R' Leibel passed away in Eretz Yisroel where he had moved a number of years ago, at age 86. The levaye will take place at 9:30 in Yerushalayim ■ more | | 1 comments | |
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| Attention Anash
Urgent Tehillim and Tzedoko Needed |  | | Attention Anash and Tmimim: Please take a moment of your to say Tehillim and give tzedoko l'zchus R' Yehuda Leib ben Shifra, a prominent eltere Chossid ■ more | | 1 comments | |
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| Erev Shavuos in Kfar Chabad
The Lipsker Bros. Carry On Family Tradition |  | | Photograph: Hyper Lipsker PR | Kfar Chabad residents were happy to participate in an old Lipsker family tradition on Erev Shavuous. The Lipskers, owners of the Hyper-Lipsker Supermarket, hosted an "Open House" event with tastes of Shavuos delicacies ■ more | | 1 comments | |
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| Rabbi Yaroslavky Instructs
"Outsiders Will Not Dictate Chabad Curriculum" |  | | Photograph: Shturem Archives | | Rabbi Yitzchok Yehuda Yuroslovsky, Mazkir Beis Din Lubavitch in Eretz Yisrael, is instructing mosdos Chabad to join the battle against government efforts to dictate what subject matter will be taught in chareidi mosdos ■ 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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| 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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| Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Loss: Rabbi Moshe M. Lichtenstein, OB"M |  | | Loss: With sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lichtenstein, ob"m, a devoted and prominent Chossid of the Rebbe and and an active member of Anash in Yerushalayim. The levaye took place last night in Yerushalayim ■ more | | 1 comments | |
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| AD MOSAI???????
Tragedy: Mrs. Chana Leah Ohayon OB"M |  | | Tragedy in Netanya: With sadness we report the very untimely passing of Mrs. Chana Leah Shoshana bas - yibodel l'chaim tovim- R' Daniel Ohayon nee' Kaminsky after a battling a serious illness r"l ■ more | | | |
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| Lag B'Omer 5773
Be'er Sheva Marches in 42 Degree Heat |  | Be'er Sheva: Despite the soaring temperature and scorching heat hundreds of children and their parents left the comforts of their cool homes and marched in unity in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai ■ more | | | |
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