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Watch: Mivtzoim Letdown’s – When A ‘No’ Can Lead to Better Things

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When on Mivtzoim, we tend to count success by how many people say “Yes” to putting on tefillin. But as this video shows – When a Shliach asked his fellow Jew to put on Tefillin on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, Florida – sometimes a “No” can be just as, or even more powerful • Watch

Torah is Light: Moscow’s Jewish Community Dedicates New Torah Center and Two Sefer Torah’s on Chanukah

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Photos: Levi Nazarov and Alice Printseva

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This Chanuka, Moscow has merited a chain of beautiful events all dedicated to Torah. This was in addition to the expansive list of Chanukah events and continued with the distribution of 35,000 Russian siddurim. The highlight was on the last night of Chanuka, at the Chanukas Habayis of “Moscow’s Torah Center” and Two new Sifrei Torah were Dedicated • Full Story, Photos, Video

Should Sephardic Students Be Encouraged To Take On Chabad Customs?

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Question: I am a principal of a Chabad-affiliated day school in a city where there are many families of Sephardic background that follow the Sephardic customs and these students make up a large portion of our student body. I was wondering if we should make a goal of having these students adopt Minhagei Chabad — vis-a-vis the nusach of davening etc. — or not? Rabbi Gershon Avtzon answers in this week’s Chinuch and Moshiach column • Full Article

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Montreal Celebrates Hei Teves with Vermont’s Rabbi Yitzchok Raskin

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The Chabad community of Montreal celebrated Hei Teves – Didan Notzach with a Hakhel Farbrengen with Vermont’s Head Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Raskin, at the Spanish & Portuguese Hall. This event was organized by the Lubavitch Shuls, Yagdil Torah & N’shei Chabad • Photos

Bringing the Light of Chanukah to the Streets of Buenos Aires

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The Talmidei Hashluchim of the Yeshiva, organized the Mivtzoim for all the Anash, Israeli tourists and the entire Jewish community of Buenos Aires, Argentina went all out this Chanukah with public Menorah lightings, car and bicycle Menorah parades and Chanukah Mivtzoim • Full Story, Photos, Video

How To React To Distress

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Yosef’s message to his brothers conveys the approach a Jew must take when he finds himself in an undesirable situation. From Maor’s RebbeDaily 2558 • Watch

Rabbi Yosef Levitin, 76, OBM

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We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of Rabbi Yosef Levitin, OBM, of Bnei Brak. A Chossid who was smuggled out as a baby from Russia as part of the “Great Escape,” and whose children are all Shluchim throughout the world. He passed away on Shabbos, the 7th of Teves, 5783. He was 76 years old • Full Story

I’d Rather Find a Healing Spiritual Experience in Chabad, Where Can I Find It?

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I’d rather find a healing spiritual experience in Chabad, as appose to non-Jewish places, where can I find it? Rabbi Noam Wagner of Stump The Rabbi answers • Watch

Live: Tanya Applied by Rabbi Simon Jacobson – To Be Totally Divine

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Live at 10pm EST: In this week’s Tanya Applied #90 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

Eight Nights of Light in Queens

New York

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Marking this year’s Hakhel, the Shluchim in the Bukharian Queens community brought the Chanukah celebrations to a whole new level with public Menorah lightings events and car-topped Menorah parades and more • Full Story, Photos

In the Face of Tragedy: “Mi Sheomar” A New Single From Joey Newcomb

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A Powerful and moving song that captures the pain and hardship experienced by the dedicated volunteers of Hatzalah, and the enduring cry of Klal Yisroel for deliverance from suffering. Featuring the stirring vocals of Yosh Friedman, this song is a must-listen for anyone looking for solace and strength in times of trouble • Full Story, Video

Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended January 1st & 2nd

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Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations are suspended on Sunday, January 1st and Monday, January 2nd for New Year’s Day (observed).

NYT Accuses Chasidic Schools of Exploiting Special Education Funding

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The New York Times has accused Chasidic schools in New York of exploiting special education funding, using it for other purposes instead of providing services to those who need it. Private companies serving Chasidic and Orthodox schools are now collecting more than $350 million a year for special education services, often without providing the services or even needing them. The Times’ report is the latest in a series of stories that have sparked intense debate between advocates of reforming the yeshivas and the Chasidic community • Full Story

Vayigash: Less Than Infinite is Bad

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This week we read of the dramatic reunion of Josef with his family twenty-two years after he had been sold into slavery. It would be possible to write a book of commentaries about each sentence spoken here, but one statement stands out… Read the full Dvar Torah by Rabbi Tuvia Bolton • Full Article

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

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

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L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14 in the JCM

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