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Chabadinfo Wishes You a Sweet New Year

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ChabadInfo.com the community and our viewers wishes all of our readers a Kesivah V’Chasimah Tovah U’mesukah & a Leshana Tovah U’Mesukah. More pressing, may we already, before 5783, merit the final Geulah with the Hisgalus of the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach!

Tishrei

7 hours ago

Eshel is Ready for Rosh Hashanah

Photos by Dov Ber Hechtman for ChabadInfo

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The catering department of Eshel Hachnosas Orchim, which maintains a large kitchen and caters to the needs of the many guests, put up a large tent for the guests outside Oholei Torah • Dov Ber Hechtman shows us the final preparations • Photos

Mazal Tov

Baby girl to: Sruli and Toby Menkes (nee Miller) – Montreal, Canada

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Tishrei

10 hours ago

Erev Rosh Hashana Shachris with the Rebbe

Photos: Levi Kolton for Chabadinfo

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Thousands of guests and residents joined the Rebbe’s Minyan for Shachris on Erev Rosh Hashanah, followed by Hataras Nedarim • Photos

Australia

11 hours ago

Sydney: Shofar In The Park & Shana Tovah Gift Boxes Bring the Rosh Hashanah Spirit

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The Jewish community in Australia are the first in the world to welcome in the New Year. After two years of repeated strict closures, the community is putting the difficult year behind and looking to the future, celebrating a new year with new opportunities • Full Story, Photos

News

12 hours ago

PSA: Alternate Side Parking Suspended for Rosh Hashanah; Meters Are in Effect

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Alternate Side Parking rules are suspended Tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday, September 26–27, for Rosh Hashanah. Parking meters will remain in effect.

InFocus

12 hours ago

Picture Of The Day

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As part of Mitzvah Shofar, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Belinitzky, the head of Agudas Chasidei Chabad in Eretz Yisroel, met with prime minister Yair Lapid at the PM’s office in Yerushalayim and blew Shofar for him in honor of Rosh Hashanah, before his trip to the United Nations in New York City • Photos

Video

12 hours ago

Watch: The Rebbe Reveals A Private Yizkor Custom

There was a practice regarding Yizkor which was passed down from the Rabbeim. The Frierdiker Rebbe shared it with the Rebbe and the Rebbe publicized this custom one Erev Rosh Hashanah. “Everyone should decide for themselves what they want to do.” • Watch

Magazine

14 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

Exclusive

16 hours ago

ChabadInfo’s 10 Most Read Stories of 5782

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In connection with Rosh Hashanah, we present to you the top ten articles of the year, to give some flashbacks of the hottest news stories that took place in Chabad this year • Full Article

Crown Heights

17 hours ago

Hourly Shofar Blowing’s on Eastern Pkwy

Photo by Dov Ber Hechtman for ChabadInfo

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Shofar will be blown on Eastern Parkway on both days of Rosh Hashana for those unable to attend shul, every hour on the hour, starting from 10:00 AM until 6:30 PM • Full Story, Details

Video

17 hours ago

Shofar Made Simple

Rabbi Nissan Dovid Dubov of Wimbledon, UK has produced a video called “Shofar Made Simple” which demonstrates how to blow the Shofar, in a clear and understandable manner • Full Story, Watch

Beis Medrash

1 day ago

LIVE: Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Tanya Applied #77

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Live at 10pm EST: In this week’s Tanya Applied #77 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – A journey into the deepest teachings of the Torah and their application to our personal, emotional and psychological lives • Watch Live

News

1 day ago

‘HakhelNation’: A New Hakhel Resource Site

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See the recently announced the launch of “HakhelNation,” a full suite of Hakhel resources for Chassidim, Shluchim, and anyone who wishes to fulfill the Rebbe’s directive of experiencing Hakhel for this year • Full Story

Tishrei

1 day ago

‘Pan Kloli’ Signing Available Online; To Be Sent Erev R”H

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It is a longstanding tradition of chassidim to write a pidyon nefesh on Erev Rosh Hashanah to pray for good in the coming new year. In addition, elders of Anash have a longstanding tradition to deliver to the Rebbe MH”M a pan kloli on behalf of the entire Jewish people. For the broader community of Anash and Temimim worldwide, we present to you a link with the text of this year’s pan kloli, which can be signed digitally • Full Story

News

2 days ago

Cincinnati Yeshiva Poses for Group Photo

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As the new Yeshiva year began just a few weeks ago, Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, under the leadership of Rabbi Gershon Atvzon, stood in front of “770- Cincinnati” for their annual picture • Photos

Blogs

2 days ago

IllumiNations: The Westernmost Chabad House in the World

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Rabbi Michoel and Zisel Goldman, speaks about life on shlichus in Kauai, Hawaii, the westernmost island open to tourists, and shares a few stories in this week’s IlummniNations, a weekly magazine featuring stories direct from the frontlines of shlichus from DollarDaily.org • Full Article, Photos

Eretz Yisroel

2 days ago

More Than 100 Women ‘Survivors’ Attend Inspiring Yad L’Achim Shabbaton Ahead of Tishrei

Harav Chaim Kahan and Harav Yoav Robinson, of Yad L’Achim, await the arrivals at the special Shabbaton. Photo Credit: Yad L’Achim

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More than 100 brave women and 177 children participated in a special Shabbaton for survivors of Arab villages rescued by Yad L’Achim. The Shabbaton, held at Yeshivas Tzviya in Yad Binyamin, was held this past Shabbos to help the women prepare for the holidays of Tishrei and to give them a chance to bond with other survivors • Full Story