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Rabbi Akiva Wagner, 55, OBM

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We are deeply saddened to report on the untimely passing of Rabbi Akiva Wagner, OBM, the beloved Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto. He passed away on Monday, the 17th of Iyar, 5783 following an extended illness • Full Story

Street Closures, No Parking for Great Parade

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To ensure the safety of participants and spectators, there will be street closures and parking restrictions in effect during the upcoming Lag B’Omer parade. Please take note of the closures and restrictions to avoid any delays or inconvenience • Full Story

Information to be Menachem Avel the Tenenbaum Family

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The Tenenbaum family will be sitting shiva after the passing of Rabbi Eli Tenenbaum OB”M at their home at 689 Montgomery Street in Crown Heights • Details

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Over 40 Women Kick Off Lemaan Yilmedu’s ‘Seder Nashim’ Program

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Today (Sunday), Machon Lemaan Yilmedu’s first cohort of “Seder Nashim,” an in-depth halacha learning program for women, began with over forty women • Full Story, Photos

Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto Launches Campaign “Tangible Growth”

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Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto (YLT) under the leadership of Rabbi Akiva Wagner has cultivated an unceasing wellspring of growth. As one of the foremost Lubavitch Yeshivos, YLT has sown the seeds of growth that have ripened into lighthouses of empowerment around the world • Full Story, Video

With His Arab Father in PA Prison, Jewish Boy Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah

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Harav Aharon Karniel and the Bar Mitzvah boy this week.

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When T. was called to the Torah this week for his Bar Mitzvah, and read his brachos with tear-filled eyes, the entire shul was moved. The fact that he had no father at his side indicated that this was an exceptional story, but only a few participants knew just how exceptional • Full Story

The Rebbe’s Opinion On: Who Is Authorized To Teach Kabbalah?

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Chabadinfo in collaboration with Beis Moshiach Magazine presents: The Rebbe’s Opinion On, a series featuring the Rebbe’s opinion and directive on various subjects • In 5729 (1969), a young woman sent to the Rebbe an English translation of a work originally appearing in French in the sphere of Kabbalah, apparently asking the Rebbe’s opinion whether to publish it. Below is the Rebbe’s fascinating response • Full Article

What is the Uniqueness of Where the Torah was Given?

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Chabadinfo.com Exclusive: In the sicha of Behar-Bechukosai 5751, the Rebbe explains explains the significance of the Torah being given in the desert • Learn this week’s Sicha with ChabadInfo’s Weekly Shiur of the “Dvar Malchus” Sicha in English, presented by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lipskier, Mashpia of Mesivta of Melbourne, Australia • (Originally posted in 5775) • Watch

R’ Eli Baitelman, 40, OBM

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We are deeply saddened to report the sudden passing of R’ Eli Baitelman, OBM, a young husband and father from Los Angeles, CA. He passed away on Motzei Shabbos, the 16th of Iyar • Full Story

Hundreds Attend the Levaya of Rabbi Eli Tenenbaum

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Hundreds of past and current Ohloei Torah Mesivta students, Anash and Temimim attended the Levaya Rabbi Eliyahu Tenenbaum, a dedicated teacher of Oholei Torah for over 50 years and a resident of Crown Heights, as it passed by 770 and Oholei Torah • Full Story, Photos

Lubavitcher Yeshivah 8th Grade Gets Hands-On Tzitzis Experience

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After learning all the halachos of tzitzis, the 8th grade of Lubavitcher Yeshiva got a chance to make their very own pair, guided by expert tzitzis maker Eliyahu Ezagui • Full Story, Photos

L’Chaim: Ezagui – Saginor

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Photos by Oded Kaizerman for Chabadinfo

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The L’Chaim of Baruch Ezagui and Rochel Saginor, both of Crown Heights, took place Thursday night at the JCM • Photos

The Weekly Sicha: Can You Study Like Rashbi?

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Is Torah Your Craft? Can everyone study Torah like Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai? Watch a video of the Rebbe • The video is brought to you by The Weekly Sicha, an organization that was founded in 5756 to bring videos of the Rebbe to all Chassidim • Watch

Rabbi Eliyahu Tenenbaum, 76, OBM

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We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of Rabbi Eliyahu Tenenbaum, a Crown Heights resident and a dedicated teacher of Oholei Torah for over 50 years, who passed away on Motzaei Shabbos, the eve of 16 Iyar 5783 • Full Story

From The Rebbe’s Pen: “Don’t Fool Around With This”

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Chabadinfo in collaboration with Beis Moshiach Magazine presents: From The Rebbe’s Pen, a series featuring a twice-weekly letter or ma’aneh (response) from the Rebbe MH”M • A most unique answer from the Rebbe to a Chassid, instructing him to set time for study • Full Article

Rabbi Menashe Chadad, 72, OBM

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We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of Rabbi Menashe Hadad, OBM, who served as the Menahel of Talmud Torah in Lud and Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Lod and Kfar Chabad. He passed away on Shabbos Parshas Emor, the 15th of Iyar, 5783 • Full Story

300 Celebrate Siyum Harambam in Queens

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Over 300 men, women and children joined the major Siyum Harambam held at Minyan Tifferet Shalom in Young Israel of Forest Hills, and many local Rabbis including Rabbis Mendel Scharf, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Queens Asher Vaknin, of the BJCC, Aharon Chen, Daniel Cohen, Shalom Hecht, Yossi Mendelson and Shraga Zalmanov • Full Story, Photos

Photos: Erev Shabbos in Crown Heights

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The weekly Friday atmosphere has captured the Rebbe’s shchunah for Shabbos Parshas Emor. Chabadinfo’s Oded Kaizerman presents sights and scenes of Erev Shabbos preparations in Crown Heights • Photos

Mazal Tov

Yossi Zaltzman — Toronto, Canada, to Chana Rivka Stolik — Crown Heights

Koby Berkowitz – Sydney Australia to Chana Weiss Sherman Oaks, CA.

L’Chaim: tonight (Wednesday) in The Garden House 1386 S. Johns PL

Moshe Gordon – Crown Heights to Chayale Movsikov – Crown Heights

L’Chaim: tonight (Wednesday) 571 Albany Ave.

Shmuly Golomb – Crown Heights to Mushky Steinmetz – Briarwood, NY

L’Chaim: tonight (Wednesday) in F.R.E.E. 1383 President St.

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Levaya of Rabbi Mendy Raitport Passes 770

Hundreds joined the Levaya of Rabbi Mendy Raitport, a longtime Crown Heights resident and Askan, who for many years owned the Crown Kosher butcher shop, as it passed by 770 on its way for burial • Photos
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Rabbi Moshe Dov Ginsburg, 61, OBM

We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of Rabbi Moshe Dov Ginsburg, the Rebbe’s Shliach in Haifa, Eretz Yisroel, who brought in twenty-five more Shluchim to the city and revolutionized Yiddishkeit in the third largest city in Eretz Yisroel. He passed away on Shabbos, Chof Ches Nissan, 5785 • Full Story

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