Showering Mechanchim with Appreciation and Caring

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Hundreds of mechanchim took part in the bi-annual Chasdei Lev distribution, receiving subsidized food, paper goods, cleaning materials, gifts for the children, and separately, subsidized daled minim sets from Igud Melamdim • Full Story, Photos

Inspiration in the Air: I Asked the Rebbe for $36,000

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Inspiration in the Air: When Rabbi Chaim Shapira was in urgent need of $36,000 for his new medical organization, he went to daven by the Ohel. Watch as he tells what happened next • Video

Children’s Library to Be Built in Memory of Baby Ita Bistritzky

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A new children’s library servicing the New Haven Chabad community will be built in memory of Ita Bistritzky a”h, who tragically passed away on Yom Kippur night at only 3 months old • Full Story

First Jewish Holiday Experience for Emotional Ukrainian Refugees

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Yad L’Achim’s intensive efforts to protect the Jewish identity of Ukrainian refugees against the onslaught of well-heeled missionaries lying in wait reached their high point during the month of Jewish holidays that has just come to an end • Full Story

Meta Says Issue Causing WhatsApp Outage Is Fixed

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WhatsApp said service on the popular chat app has been restored following a brief outage Tuesday that left people around the world complaining that they couldn’t send or receive messages. According to Downdetector, which tracks outage reports, people started reporting problems around 3 a.m. EDT. About two hours later, users started posting online that WhatsApp was back to normal.

Oholei Torah Boys’ Sukkos Gift To The Rebbe

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More than 675 boys from Oholei Torah in Crown Heights spent time on Sukkos doing Mivtza Lulav, and have provided an incredible mosaic of images showing their hard work in Nachas to the Rebbe • Full Story, Photo, Video

Romanian Initiative Offers Access To Historic Synagogues

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Stepping inside Romania’s Fabric Synagogue in real life would be a dangerous proposition: Closed since 1986, the ornate 1899 structure in the heart of the city of Timisoara is crumbling inside. Now it gets new access via virtual tours • Full Story

Young Shluchim Create Animated Videos To Aid Chidon Study

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Young shluchim Mendel and Dovber Goldwasser have spent the past few months script writing, animating and narrating the first few units of the Yahadus book, creating videos that are entertaining but packed with information • Full Story, Video

After Joyous Sukkos, Long Road Ahead for Fort Myers Jewish Community

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The Yom Tov of Sukkos injected a welcome dose of joy into the community of Chabad of Fort Myers, which, just weeks ago, took a clobbering from Hurricane Ian. Eighty six thousand homes in the city are seriously water damaged, with many currently unlivable, and repair costs are astronomical. “We were all happy to set aside the troubles and celebrate together,” says Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowitz of his community • Full Story, Photos

Bochurim and Businessmen Get Tested For Smicha As Part of Online Smicha Program

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Dozens of talmidim in the Machon Lehoraa Online Smicha program, got tested recently by Rabbonim on various topics and have shown clarity and knowledge in their studies. Among those tested are Bochurim, Shluchim, and businessmen • Full Story, Photos

New Shluchim to Establish 4th Chabad Center in Essex, UK

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Rabbi Tzvi and Mushka Birnhack will be establishing Chabad of Southend On Sea, Essex, UK and its surrounding areas, the 4th Chabad Center in Essex, UK • Full Story

Activists Urge Community To Vote During The Upcoming Election In Open Letter

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Local activists signed onto an open letter to the Crown Heights community urging every eligible person to vote, highlighting the communities increased voter turnout and its ability to affect the outcome of elections • Full Story

Video of the Day

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Watch this amazing encounter with a non-Jewish man who grew up in Crown Heights and received a dollar from the Rebbe on two separate occasions. As his friends say, he has the luck of the Jews • Video

Starting Tomorrow: Lemaan Yilmedu’s Famous Smicha Program Tailor Made for Bochurim!

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Lemaan Yilmedu’s Smicha course was created specifically with bochurim in mind, taking the well-established classic Lemaam Yilmedu Smicha curriculum and reconfiguring it to better fit into the structure of a bochur who would like to learn Smicha while on Shlichus or in Yeshiva • Full Story

The Real Stars of the Hollywood Hills

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Rabbi Berki and Rochela Rodal, speaks about life on shlichus in Chabad of Mt. Olympus Hollywood Hills West, CA, and shares a few stories in this week’s IlumniNations, a weekly magazine featuring stories direct from the frontlines of shlichus from DollarDaily.org • Full Article, Photos

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Mendy Holtzberg – Monterey, California to Leah Schmerling – Crown Heights L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14 in the JCM

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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