Lubavitch: Special Shabbos Marks Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan’s 80th Birthday

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Lubavitch: Special Shabbos Marks Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan’s 80th Birthday

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Nearly 180 family members, Talmidim, friends, and guests gathered in Lubavitch for a special Shabbos celebrating the 80th birthday of Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen Kogan, director of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in Russia and rabbi of the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue in Moscow • Read More, Photos

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Defense Minister Orders New Framework for Chabad Draft Arrangement

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the defense establishment and the IDF to immediately formulate a new framework regulating the status of Chabad yeshiva students, following the collapse of the long-standing “Chabad Arrangement.” • Read More

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Watch: CGI Chayolei Releases Action-Packed Week One Recap

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The excitement of summer is in full swing! CGI Chayolei Hamelech has released its official Week One recap, capturing the energy, fun, and unforgettable moments that filled the camp’s opening days. From exciting activities and trips to spirited Davening, learning, and preparation to greet Moshiach, the video offers a glimpse into the incredible first week of camp • Watch

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6 hours ago

Photos: Kfar Chabad Celebrates Yud-Beis Tammuz

Hundreds gathered on Motzaei Shabbos, Yud-Beis Tammuz, for the central Yud-Beis, Yud-Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen at Beis Menachem in Kfar Chabad. The keynote Farbrengen was led by Mashpia Rabbi Menachem Mendel Roth of Beitar Illit, who shared insights into the significance of the day, inspiring stories, and practical lessons • Photos

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Hundreds Gather in 770 for Central Yud-Beis Tammuz Farbrengen

Hundreds of guests, Bochurim, and Anash gathered Sunday night in 770 for the central Farbrengen marking the Chag HaGeulah of Yud-Beis, Yud-Gimmel Tammuz. Addressing the Farbrengen were the Mara D’Asra, Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun, Mashpia Rabbi Nachman Shapiro, former hostage Yosef Chaim Ohana, along with Mashpi’im and Shluchim who inspired the crowd with words of Chizuk and Hisorerus throughout the evening • Photos

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6 hours ago

Crown Heights Activist Receives Death Threats Following Online Incitement

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R’ Yanky Berman, a Crown Heights community activist, has been receiving death threats after becoming the target of an online incitement campaign by the progressive podcast The Young Turks • Read More

Magazine

11 hours ago

Lubavitcher Efforts to Save The Gerrer Dynasty

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From Beis Moshiach Magazine: A deep friendship prevailed between Lubavitch and Ger (Gura), that spanned many years. It began in the time of the Tzemach Tzedek when there began the first connections between Lubavitch and Kotzker Chassidus from which Gerrer Chassidus evolved. The relationship continued to a greater extent between the Rebbe Rashab and the Admor, the Imrei Emes of Ger, who tended their flocks at the same time • Full Article

Crown Heights

12 hours ago

Gluck: “Together We Sent Albany a Powerful Message: CH Is Not A Dumping Ground!”

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Statement From Former Assembly Candidate Ahron Gluck To The Crown Heights Community: “I want to thank Hashem for giving me the opportunity to run for office. I would like to thank the 2,245 members of the Shchuna who came out and placed their trust in me by casting their vote. While we did not achieve the outcome we had hoped for, together we sent a clear and powerful message to our elected officials in Albany.” • Read More, Video

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14 hours ago

Rabbi Avremel Korf: “Every Town Needs One Meshugener”

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The Remarkable Life Story of Florida Shliach, Rabbi Avremel Korf a”h, who with Supra Rational “crazy” devotion to the Rebbe, transformed a state that was once a spiritual desert into one of America’s most Jewish states. • This is the story of the “meshugener” who proved that sometimes you need to be a little crazy to change the world, presented in honor of his first Yahrtzeit on 12 Tammuz • Full Article

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1 day ago

Ohr Menachem Talmidim Display Hilchos Shabbos Bekius Before the Beis Din

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In a beautiful display of Yedias Hatorah and Yiras Shomayim, the talmidim of Kita Vov of Cheder Ohr Menachem visited the Beis Din following months of dedicated learning, demonstrating an impressive mastery of Hilchos Shabbos • Read More, Photos, Watch

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1 day ago

Impressive Siyum for Mivtza Torah at Cheder Menachem Talmud Torah in Moscow

The central Talmud Torah “Cheder Menachem,” which serves as a beacon of al taharas hakodesh education and the raising of generations of Chassidim and God-fearing Jews, marked a spiritual climax of toil and effort in the Oral Torah at an event that left its mark on the entire community • Read More, Photos

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Terror Attack Foiled: Elite Commandos Arrest Wanted Terrorist in Overnight Raid

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Israeli security forces foiled a planned terrorist attack overnight, arresting the terrorist during a covert operation in the Balata refugee camp near Shchem • Read More

Crown Heights

1 day ago

Inspiring Siyum HaShas Celebrated at Oholei Torah Mesivta Graduation

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Oholei Torah Mesivta gathered for an inspiring evening celebrating the graduation of the Shiur Gimmel talmidim, highlighted by an extraordinary Siyum HaShas completed by Hatomim Menachem Mendel Feldman • Read More, Photos

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Photos: Weekly Moshiach Shiur in 770

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Dozens of Bochurim from the central Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva in 770 gathered Thursday night for the weekly Geulah and Moshiach shiur in 770. This week’s Shiur was delivered by Rabbi Asaf Dafna, Shliach in Bnei Brak, Israel • Photos

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2 days ago

Israel, Lebanon Reach U.S.-Brokered Framework Agreement

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The governments of Israel and Lebanon have signed a U.S.-brokered framework agreement in Washington aimed at ending decades of conflict and establishing a pathway toward a comprehensive peace agreement • Read More

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2 days ago

Israir Airbus to Fly Historic Charter to Kazakhstan

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With less than two months remaining until the Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe’s father on 20 Menachem Av, registration has officially opened for a historic direct charter flight from Israel to the Ohel of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, in Almaty, Kazakhstan • Read More

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2 days ago

New Shluchim to La Fortuna, Costa Rica

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Rabbi Shlomo and Chana Ben-Ami, together with their family, have embarked on their Shlichus to La Fortuna, Costa Rica, where they are opening a new Chabad House to serve the area’s growing number of Jewish visitors • Read More

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2 days ago

“My Face Turned White!” When the Rebbe Stopped My Daughter’s Wedding

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Rabbi Shem Rokeach, A Belzer Chossid, believed his connection to the Rebbe had come to an end—until a seemingly casual joke set off an extraordinary chain of events. In the latest episode of Rebbe Story, discover how a series of remarkably precise answers through Igros Kodesh transformed his life and renewed his Hiskashrus to the Rebbe • Watch

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Arkeh Tzivin, 69, OBM

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We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of R’ Arkeh Tzivin, the longtime owner of the House of Glatt butcher shop in Crown Heights. He passed away on Friday, 11 Tammuz, 5786 • Read More

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2 days ago

How The White House Got The Rebbe Rayatz Out Of Soviet Russia

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It’s been 99 years since the Rebbe Rayatz left Soviet Russia • Historian R’ Shneur Zalman Berger uncovers the behind-the-scenes work of the president of the United States and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in helping the Rebbe and his family • An astonishing historical documentation, based on a variety of sources, along with a fascinating review of the fundraising efforts in the U.S. to help the Rebbe Rayatz leave Russia • Full Article

Crown Heights

2 days ago

Op-Ed: Why I Would Vote Again for a Lubavitcher Candidate

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Photo: Dov Ber Hechtman/Chabadinfo

Losing an election is never easy. When you invest your time, energy, and hopes into a campaign, defeat hurts. But when things don’t go your way, it doesn’t mean you were wrong. Elections are influenced by many factors; voter turnout, campaign resources, name recognition, timing, messaging, and the ability to mobilize supporters on Election Day. A loss at the ballot box does not invalidate the concerns that motivated a campaign or the issues it addressed • by Benny Rosenberger • Read More

Beis Medrash

3 days ago

The Rebbe’s Explanation on Pirkei Avos

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Each week, Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim in Melbourne publishes a Pirkei Avos Bi’Iyun booklet, Rebbi Omar, based on Biurim L’Pirkei Avos by Vaad Lahafotzas Sichos. The booklet contains one mishna from this week’s Perek and explains it in depth, with the meforshim and the Rebbe’s biurim on it • Read, Download

Beis Medrash

3 days ago

Rambam In-Depth: Why Two Mitzvos for One Donkey?

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In this powerful Rambam In-Depth session, Rabbi Heschel Greenberg unpacks Hilchos Bikkurim Perek Yud Bais Halacha Aleph — a seemingly simple law about the firstborn donkey (Peter Chamor) that reveals profound layers of halachic reasoning, separate mitzvos, and the brilliance of Rambam’s systematic mind • Read More, Watch

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Photos: This Week in 770

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Photos by Levi Crombie for Chabadinfo

This week, Beis Chayeinu has been vibrant with a blend of uplifting and everyday moments, beautifully captured by Chabadinfo photographer Levi Crombie. From inspiring scenes to ordinary yet meaningful experiences, we invite you to explore this week’s gallery for Parshas Chukas-Balak, 5786 • Gallery

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