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When The “Minhag Chabad” To Say Pirkei Avos Every Week Start?

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It Is Minhag Yisorel to learn Pirkei Avos following Mincha on the Shabbosim between Pesach and Shavuos. But the minhag Chabad is to continue learning Pirkei Avos through the summer till Rosh Hashanah, but where did this Minhag come from? Rabbi Gershon Avtzon explores • Watch

Three IDF Soldiers Killed on Egypt Border

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Lia Bin-Nun, Ohad Dahan, and Uri Yitzhak Iluz named as the three IDF soldiers killed by an Egyptian police officer on the Egypt-Israel border • Full Story

Picture of the Day

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On Friday, Former Defense Minister and alternate Prime Minister, MK Benny Gantz stopped by the Mivtza Tank on Broadway Manhattan ran by Rabbi Yehuda Pevzner and put on Tefillin with the help of the Bochurim manning the tank • Photos, Video

The “Surprise Farbrengen” of Naso 5751

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On Shabbos Parshas Naso 5751, hours after the regular Shabbos Farbrengen and Mincha had finished, a few minutes before Shkia, the Rebbe MH”M Shlita suddenly entered the Shul, with a kvort full of water in his left hand and a towel on his arm for a surprise Sicha full of special expressions about Moshiach • Expressway 358 Magazine presents a Yoman of the extraordinary event • Full Article

Oholei Torah Staff Unites with a New Sefer Torah

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In the spirit of Hakhel and following the joyous Yom Tov of Shavuos, the members of the staff and faculty of Oholei Torah, along with their families, gathered for a siyum and hachnosas sefer Torah written in their honor and zechus. The event took place on Isru Chag HaShavuos • Full Story, Photos

Is a “Knas” A Legitimate Educational Tool?

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Our son is in Yeshiva and has a hard time waking up in the morning and coming to seder. The way the Hanhala is dealing with it is by giving monetary knassim (fines) to my son. Besides the fact that it seems to be punishing us more than him, we find this idea to be counter-productive: Wouldn’t having to make up the material be much more productive? • Rabbi Gershon Avtzon answers in this week’s Chinuch and Moshiach column • Full Article

Photos: This Week in 770

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Uplifting and rousing moments, as well as ‘ordinary’ moments; this week, 770 has been full of photogenic scenes, some of which have been captured for posterity through the lens of Chabadinfo photographer Dov Ber Hechtman. Enjoy this week’s gallery of the week of Naso in Beis Chayeinu • Photos

200-Year-Old Torah Restored and Inaugurated at Siberian Irkutsk

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A 200-year-old Torah scroll dating back more than 200 years was delicately mended and renewed and then inaugurated at a festive ceremony in the Great Synagogue of the Siberian Jewish community of Irkutsk. It was dedicated in honor of the community’s partners and supporters across the globe • Full Story, Photos

After 90 Years in Leningrad, The Shamash Went To Shed On High Light

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He was no “lamdan,” no “maskil,” and not even what we would ordinarily call an “oveid.” He was just a simple Jew who knew nothing more than what his job is in this world and how to fulfill it best. Reb Zushe Gurewitz, a silent pillar of Leningrad’s Jewish community in the dark period, was instructed by the Rebbe to remain at his post as Shamash of the Chabad Shul in Russia’s former capital even when the gates opened wide and remain he did. This Shevii Shel Pesach he returned his pure soul to its Maker • A profile of a simple, not-so-simple Chassid • By Shneur Zalman Berger, Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

Bryansk: 131 year Old Historic Russian Synagogue Inaugurated After Renovation

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Hundreds of Jews from Bryansk and the surrounding district, along with the city’s mayor, members of the local parliament, dignitaries, and rabbis, attended the inauguration ceremony of one of the most magnificent synagogues in Russia, which reopened after a decade of restoration and renovation. The historic synagogue was founded over one hundred and thirty years ago • Full Story, Photos, Video

Naso: A Nazir in The Time of Moshiach

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From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, Mashpia in Oholei Torah: This week, we read parshas Naso, the longest parsha in the Five Books of the Torah. Among the many topics in the parsha, we will focus on nezirus. A person who makes a vow of nezirus cannot eat grapes nor drink wine (and any food or drink made out of them) • Full Article

L’Chaim: Pink – Feigelstock

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The L’Chaim of Mendel Pink of Leicester, England and Chanale Feigelstock of Asuncion, Paraguay, took place Wednesday night at FREE • Photos

Lubavitcher Chaplain Sworn in Front of 770

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Lubavitcher Rabbi Dovid Moya was sworn in as a chaplain for the US Navy on Wednesday by Lieutenant Levi Ceitlin, alongside Chaplain Major Dovid Grossman of the US Air Force Auxiliary. At the entrance to 770 in Crown Heights • Full Story, Photos

Darchai Menachem Teachers Treated to Uplifting Shabbaton in the Poconos

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Darchai Menachem recently held a very special Shabbaton in the Poconos to celebrate the yeshiva’s incredible teachers and their families. It was a Shabbos of appreciation, a time to recognize and honor the immense dedication and sacrifice that the Mechanchim and their spouses make for the school and the wider community • Full Story, Photos

Op-Ed: If Assimilation is the “Silent Holocaust,” Family Planning is “Silent Abortion”

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Over the last year, the American public has been extremely divided over the Supreme Court decision undoing the Constitutional protection to have an abortion known as Roe v. Wade. Beis Moshiach Editor Rabbi Levi Liberow writes. As religious Jews, we naturally are happy about such a stain — protecting the right to commit an act so terrible as abortion • Full Article

French Chidon Draws 1,400 Children from Across France

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For the ninth consecutive year, Tsivos Hachem France organized the Chidon HaRambam for all Jewish schools in France. Over 1,400 children from 60 Jewish schools in France took part in the project • Full Story, Photos, Video

Mazal Tov

Mendel Shloima Litzman – Monsey NY, to Rivka Polter – Orangburg NY

L’Chaim: tonight (Tuesday) in ULY crown st.

Mendy Holtzberg – Monterey, California to Leah Schmerling – Crown Heights

L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14 in the JCM

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When The Rebbe Appeared Unannounced

On Shabbos Parshas Naso, 12 Sivan 5751, the Rebbe arrived in the large Zal at the end of Shabbos, holding a cup of water, a towel, and a siddur for a second, unannounced Farbrengen • To mark the 34th anniversary of that Shabbos, we present an article from Beis Moshiach Magazine with firsthand accounts of this Shabbos and other surprise Farbregens from over the years who were Zoche to witness them • Full Article
Federal Judge Blocks Deportation of Terrorist’s Family Following Attack on Jews in Colorado

Outrage is mounting after a federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of the family of the terrorist who carried out Sunday’s firebomb attack on a Jewish gathering in downtown Boulder, Colorado • Full Story
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Mrs. Chana Scharf, 67, OBM

We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of Mrs. Chana Scharf, whose children were known for being cared for by The Rebbe after the passing of her husband in 5750. She passed away on Thursday, 9 Sivan, 5785 • Read More

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