Over 600 English-Speaking Bochurim Gather in 770 for Grand Seder Sichos

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Tishrei

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Over 600 English-Speaking Bochurim Gather in 770 for Grand Seder Sichos

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In a powerful display of Chassidishe unity and intensive preparation for the sacred evening of Erev Yom Kippur, over 600 English-speaking Bochurim from around the world convened on Tuesday, in 770 Eastern Parkway, Beis Chayenu, for a grand and inspiring Seder Sichos • Read More, Photos

Tishrei

18 mins ago

In the Early Morning Hours: Thousands Gather for Kapparos in Crown Heights

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Thousands of men, women, and children gathered in the late-night hours to perform Kapparos at the corner of Kingston and President Street in Crown Heights. The Kapparos were held on behalf of the major Chesed organization Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim, under the supervision of the Rabbanim of the Crown Heights Beis Din. ChabadInfo photographers Yossi Michaeli and Sholom Kripor present a Photo Gallery

Tishrei

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Crown Heights: Rabbi Osdoba Inspecting Eshel’s Kapparos

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Mara D’Asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights, Rabbi Avraham Osdoba, was seen at Kapparos on President Street, organized by Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim, together with Rabbi Menachem Mendel HaKohen Hendel, director of Eshel, inspecting the knives of the Shochtim • Photos

News

2 hours ago

Hatomim #20: A Guft For The Rebbe’s Children

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Erev Yom Kippur is when the Rebbe blesses the Tmimim, his very own children. And a Tamim is not only someone sitting in yeshiva right now. It’s anyone who lives and acts in that spirit. So ahead of Yom Kippur, Beis Moshiach is offering a free download of a special issue of Hatomim — sixty-four pages of carefully curated content for Talmidei Hatmimim, “דעם רבינ’ס קינדר” • Full stiry, Download

Beis Medrash

3 hours ago

Why Do We Go To The Mikvah Three Times on Erev Yom Kippur?

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Why do we go to the Mikvah three times on Erev Yom Kippur? Rabbi Noam Wagner answers for Stump the Rabbi • Watch

Beis Medrash

6 hours ago

Rabbi Heschel Greenberg: The Significance of Kol Nidrei

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Kol Nidrei is a legal declaration where we renounce our vows. Why would we usher-in the holiest day of the year with a dry legal declaration? Furthermore, why is this prayer said with such feeling and emotion? Rabbi Heschel Greenberg explains • Watch

6 hours ago

Support Kupas Rabeinu on Erev Yom Kippur

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Erev Yom Kippur, everyone seeks to collect as many merits as possible so we are sealed for a good and sweet year, with visible and open goodness. One of the famous ways of doing this is by giving Tzedaka, of course, about which Chazal say that it protects and saves and, hastens the Geula. Help support Kupas Rabeinu on this auspicious day • Full Story, Donate

Magazine

8 hours ago

Born & Bred In 770: Our Tishrei with the Rebbe — As Kids In Crown Heights

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Rabbi Sholom Yaakov Chazan and Avrohom Rainitz farbreng with Rabbi Sholom Ber Brod, Rabbi Chaim Levi Goldstein, and Rabbi Yosef Reizes. There are Chassidim who saw the Rebbe for the first time when they went on Kevutza. There are Chassidim who saw the Rebbe for the first time a year or two after their bar mitzva when they went for Tishrei. There are Chassidim who saw the Rebbe at younger ages, when their parents took them along for a visit to the Rebbe. And there are Chassidim, like the three with whom we sat and farbrenged, who grew up with the Rebbe from when they were babies • Part one: Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

Tishrei

2 days ago

770: Seder Likkutei Sichos and Farbrenguen for English-Speaking Guests

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A major Seder Likkutei Sichos and Farbrenguen for English-speaking Temimim and guests was held late Thursday night following Maariv in 770. The learning session and Farbrenguen, organized by “Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim,” English-Speaking Department, has become a central and impressive gathering for English-speaking guests spending Tishrei by the Rebbe. ChabadInfo photographer Sholem Chaskind presents a Photo Gallery

Opinion

2 days ago

The Comment that Allowed Me to Frorgive My Student

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A powerful lesson in Chinuch for the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah: Rabbi Gershon Avtzon shares a personal story of a difficult Talmid whose simple words changed his perspective forever, teaching the importance of looking beyond a child’s behavior to the pain they may be carrying inside • Full Article

News

2 days ago

Hachnosas Sefer Torah in Kaliningrad Amidst the Atmosphere of the High Holidays

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A magnificent Torah scroll was welcomed with great magnificence and splendor into the Great Synagogue of Kaliningrad / The Shliach organized the historic event that united the region’s Jews and attracted many guests / The philanthropist who donated the scroll received special recognition and a blessing from the Chief Rabbi of Russia • Read More, Photos

News

2 days ago

Cyprus: New U.S. Ambassador Attends Rosh Hashanah Celebration

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A moment of honor and friendship in the Jewish community of Cyprus: the newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, His Excellency John Breslow, attended the Jewish community’s Rosh Hashanah event in Larnaca together with his wife, Sonia, joining hundreds of community members • Read More, Photos

News

3 days ago

Free Chickens in Crown Heights? Eshel Explains Why to Purchase Kapparos

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Ahead of Yom Kippur, Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim is calling on Crown Heights residents and Tishrei guests to purchase their Kapparos through the organization’s traditional sale. While Kapparos are being offered at subsidized prices in the neighborhood this year, with some even being given away free of charge, Eshel is asking the community to purchase, as a direct partnership in the Rebbe’s Hachnosas Orchim operation. This year’s price has been lowered to $12 per chicken• Full Letter

News

3 days ago

Mazal Tov: Kvutza Bochur Completes Entire Talmud Bavli

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A special Simchas HaTorah celebration was held last night in 770, marking the completion of all six Sedarim of the Talmud Bavli by Hatomim Aryeh Eliyahu Friedman, who has recently begun his year of Kvutza • Read More

Tishrei

3 days ago

Gallery: Vov Tishrei Shacharis in 770

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This morning, Vov Tishrei, marking the Histalkus of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson A”H, Anash, Temimim, and Tishrei guests gathered in 770 for Shacharis with the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach. ChabadInfo photographer Yossi Michaeli captured the morning Tefillah and presents a special Photo Gallery

News

3 days ago

Miracle Near 770: School Bus Crashes Into Building, No Injuries

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A tremendous miracle occurred this morning near 770, when an school bus lost control on Eastern Parkway near Albany Avenue and crashed into the front entrance of a residential building. The bus first knocked down a tree, crossed the intersection and service lane, and then slammed directly into the building’s front doors. Miraculously, the driver was not injured, there were no students on the bus, and no pedestrians were hurt • Full Story, Watch

Beis Medrash

3 days ago

The Rebbe’s Mamorim For Vov Tishrei & Shabbos Shuva, Explained

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As we approach Shabbos Shuva and Vov Tishrei, learn the Mamorim the Rebbe was Magiah, in Memory of His Mother, Rebbetzin Chana, A”H, with Shiurim taught in a stirring English Shiur by Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Fort Myers, Florida • Full Story, Watch

RebbeDrive

3 days ago

Photos: Vov Tishrei with the Rebbe

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In honor of Vov Tishrei, the Yartzeit of the Rebbe’s mother, Rebbetzin Chana, RebbeDrive shares a special collection of photos capturing the Rebbe on Vov Tishrei throughout the years. The collection offers a glimpse into the Rebbe’s conduct and the unique atmosphere surrounding this special day • Photos

Magazine

3 days ago

Rebbetzin Chana’s Second Family

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Just months before her saintly husband passed away, Rebbetzin Chana got to know the Raskin Family — R’ Yaakov Yosef, his wife Druzia, and their children — who selflessly supported her in those hard months. Beis Moshiach presents heartwarming snippets and anecdotes of the special correspondence and relationship that continued later • Special for Vov Tishrei, the Rebbetzin’s yahrzeit • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

Tishrei

3 days ago

See Inside: The New Lodging Complex Welcoming Hundreds of Temimim

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Photos by Levi Crombie for chabadinfo

Take a look inside the impressive “Avraham Yitzchak” lodging complex established for the guests of the Rebe who come to spend the month of Tishrei by the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach. After many months of intensive work around the clock, the new lodging complex on Troy–Carroll Street has been completed, providing a true home and peace of mind for hundreds of Temimim • Read More, Photos

InFocus

3 days ago

Rare Photos of Rebbetzin Chana, OB”M

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In connection with Vov Tishrei, the Yortzeit of Rebbetzin Chana, the Rebbe’s mother, we are publicizing a handful of rare photos from when she was living in Crown Heights • Photos

News

4 days ago

Outrage in Thailand: Jewish Cemetery License Refused, Four Kvarim Forced to Move

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In a deeply troubling development, Thai authorities refused to renew the operating license of the Jewish cemetery near Bangkok, despite the property having been legally purchased and the cemetery having previously received the required government approval. The decision ultimately forced the Jewish community to relocate the graves of four Yidden buried at the site, with the sensitive operation carried out by ZAKA in accordance with Halacha and the utmost respect for the deceased • Read More, Photos

News

4 days ago

Shliach Attacked in Milan; Three Suspects Arrested

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Rabbi Tzemach Mizrachi, a Shliach of the Rebbe and Rav of the Central Beis Chabad in Milan, was attacked this evening by three young men while waiting at a bus stop in the city’s Jewish area, on his way to pick up his children from school • Read More

News

4 days ago

If Your Name is Chana, a Free Ticket Awaits

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Named Chana after Rebbetzin Chana? You can enter a raffle for a flight to visit the tziyun of Reb Levi Yitzchok in Almaty, at no cost! • Read More

Magazine

4 days ago

“We Hosted Rebbetzin Chana At Our Shabbos Table”

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Rabbi Zalman Chanin shares personal and family memories of a special relationship with Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, the mother of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach • Presented In honor of her yahrtzeit on Vov Tishrei • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article