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Is Moshiach A 2,000 Year Old Man?

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From Beis Moshiach Magazine: Many know the tale in the Midrash of Moshiach being born the very moment the Beis HaMikdash went up in flames. But what does it mean? Are we to take this literally? Could a baby or toddler have redeemed Am Yisrael? And now, nearly 2,000 years later, are we expecting the same child who disappeared in the wind to return? • Full Article

Video: From the Hippie Movement to a Hassidic Artist

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Michoel Muchnik grew up during the hippie movement and got swept up in the counterculture. Through a deep search for something more, he encountered the path of Judaism he now lives by. He uses art to communicate and portray some of his favorite Hassidc ideas • Watch

Record-Breaking Achievement as 8th Children’s Sefer Torah Completed

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With tremendous speed and participation, the eighth Children’s Sefer Torah has reached completion, thanks to the enthusiastic response from tens of thousands of children who secured their letters in recent weeks • Full Story

26 Years Later, Brunoy Alumni Gather

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Celebrated on the occasion of the 26th anniversary, the bochurim who once studied at Yeshiva in Brunoy, France in 1997, gather for a nostalgic farbrengen to reminisce about their cherished yeshiva days • Photos

Do You Teach About Moshiach & Have Questions About How to Explain Certain Things?

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Do you teach about Moshiach & have questions about how to explain certain things? Would you like to teach about Moshiach but concerned about certain topics, so you end up avoiding to? • Full Story

Alexander Friedkis, 79, OBM

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Alexander Friedkis, who served as the president of the Jewish community in Dnipro during the dark years of Communism • Full Story

Violent Robbery in Crown Heights: Jewish Teens Bikes Stolen in Terrifying Encounte

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In a distressing incident on Monday evening, two Jewish teens in Crown Heights had their bikes stolen, and threatened to to be shot in a violent robbery • Full Story

A Rare Day of Unity in Israel as Knesset Honors the Rebbe

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The Israeli Knesset held a special ceremony recognizing the work of the Rebbe and his Shluchim across Eretz Yisroel, with an impressive exhibition, showcasing, the remarkable work of the Shlichim in Israel, and around the world, along with gorgeous paintings of the Rebbe. ChabadInfo’s photographer Mendy Kurant presents a gallery of the event • Photos

ADL Offers $50,000 Reward for Information on Ari Halberstam’s Murder and Co-Conspirators

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The ADL has recently announced a significant reward of $50,000 for any valuable information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in the tragic murder of Ari Halberstam and the attempted murder of 14 teenagers on the Brooklyn Bridge. Ari Halberstam, a Lubavitcher Bochur, was senselessly gunned down 29 years ago in a terrorist attack classified as such in 2005 • Full Story

Q And A On Moshiach With Rabbi Majesky

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The Ladies Rosh Chodesh group held a inspiring Zoom fabrengen on the 12th-13th of Tamuz. During the fabrengen, thought-provoking questions were posed, delving into the topic of the Rebbe as Moshiach. It was a profound fabrengen with valuable insight. If you missed it, be sure to catch the recording • Video

Leman Yilmedu Course Trains to Master Safrus

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This year-long offering from Lemaan Yilmedu will provide you with the tools, training and certification to be a Sofer Stam. Taught by Rabbi Chaim Pape, a skilled Sofer, students will study the theory of Safrus in Keses Hasofer and the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch alongside intensive practical training • Full Story

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Dovid Ezagui to Chava Sorkin — Both from Brooklyn

Shmulik Greenberg – Kfar Chabad, Israel to Chani Hasofer – Tzfas, Israel

Velvel Reikhtman (Ben Reb Moshe) – Montreal to Channah Kagan (Bas Reb Zev Moishe) – Crown Heights

L’chayim will be Tuesday night in Ulam Chana – 556 Crown St.

Baby boy to Mendi and Devora Leah Labi (née Spielman) — Crown Heights

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Chassidim Rally for Shliach Who Led Iran Rescue

As Rabbi Sholem Ber Hecht, prominent shliach and CEO of NCFJE, continues to recover from a health incident, family, friends, shluchim and chassidim have rallied to do mitzvos in his merit. Plus: Pirsum Rishon • Full Article, Watch
L’Chaim: Lerner — Wilschanski

The L’chaim of Mendel Lerner of Boston, MA, and Moussia Wilschanski of Milan, Italy, took place Wednesday night at the JCM • Photos
The Rebbe Told the Gerrer Askan: “They Say I’m Crazy About Moshiach”

“I saw with my own eyes that for the Rebbe, his life is the coming of Moshiach in the most literal sense. It was right in front of me. At that moment, I felt that Moshiach must come now!” — Veteran Gerrer Askan R’ Meilech Neiman shares firsthand accounts of the close relationship with the Rebbe he was zoche to have, as the liaison between the Gerrer Rebbe’s and the Court of Lubavitch • Full Article
Miracles from the Void: Nothingness, Infinity and Quantum Mechanics

Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui writes: In this article, I quote a portion of The Tanya… These insights, as I will show, align precisely with what scientists are telling us today through the language of mathematics and the descriptions and imagery of quantum mechanics • Full Article

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Der Voyder Rov: The Chief Rabbi of the Soviet Union Under the Communist Regime

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No 3 Trains At Kingston Ave? MTA Plans Major Change to Subway Services in Crown Heights

Hungary Shluchim Gather For First-Ever Kinus Hashluchim, K’ish Echad B’Lev Echad

100 Moments: Lag B’Omer Joy in Meron

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Shlach: Israel, the Land of Truth & Choice

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Why Learning Pirkei Avos Each Week Is Important

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Tomorrow Impacts Today and The Present impacts the Past

Op-Ed: A New Approach To “Mivtza Tzedakah” (Part 2)

How Did a Iowa Shliach End Up Doing a Kevuras Yisroel with a Shovel?

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