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Rabbi Gershon Avtzon: Hakhel Lessons For Education

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Question: I am a teacher in a local non-Chabad day-school. I was invited to give a lecture on education in my community. As 5783 is a “Year of Hakhel,” I would like to incorporate the theme of Hakhel into my lecture. What are the aspects of Hakhel which are connected to chinuch? Rabbi Gershon Avtzon answers in this week’s Chinuch and Moshiach column • Full Article

Yerucham Mordechai Katz, 38, OBM

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With great sadness we regret to inform you of the passing of Yerucham Mordechai Katz, OBM, A young father and resident of Crown Heights. He passed away on Thursday night, 27 Elul, 5782. He was 38 years old • Full Story, levaya Information

Free Download: Expanded Hakhel Beis Moshiach Edition & Hatomim!

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In honor of the coming year ה’תשפ”ג הבעל”ט – Shnas Hakhel, Beis Moshiach is presenting a content-packed triple Rosh HaShanah expanded issue: The good old Beis Moshiach, filled with 64 pages of Chassidishe features, stories, interviews, columns and more; An expanded issue of The Chassidishe Vibe with 32 pages of special material for women and kids, and a brand new issue of Hatomim featuring 64 pages of carefully chosen content for Chayolei Beis Dovid • Full Story, Download

Rabbi Nissim Lagziel: Bris Mila and Preparing for The Coming of Moshiach

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From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, mashpia in Oholei Torah: Bris mila is one of the fundamental mitzvos in the Torah. It is also likely the most observed mitzva. Many Jews (who, as of now, are not religiously observant) circumcise their sons. In our parsha, Nitzavim, we find a special reference to circumcision in a different context, the Jewish heart! • Full Article

Rabbi Tuvia Bolton: Nitzavim – Shofar is ALWAYS NEW!

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Try to remember the first time you ever heard the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah? There are millions of Jews throughout the world that cannot. Because either they do not know that they are Jewish… don’t know what it means or don’t care… Read the rest of this article by Rabbi Tuvia Bolton • Full Article

Eshel Welcomes Thousands of Guests During Annual Kinus

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As they do every year, the Eshel Hositality Organization held an official welcoming kinus for the thousands of guests who came to spend Tishrei in Beis Chayenu, inspiring them for the month ahead. The event was addressed by Rabbonim and Mashpi’im • Photos

as well as New Jersey Shliach Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky

Donate to the Rebbe’s Tzedaka fund

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We appeal to every individual man and woman to contribute generously to Kupas Rabbeinu, enabling us to fulfill the Rebbe’s desire to help all those who anxiously await our help. The greater your contribution, the more we can accomplish. Please do not forsake them! • Read more, Donate

Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What is a Lubavitcher?

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What is the meaning of Chabad and Lubavitch, and how does this inform our lives? • Watch

CHK Appoints New Director of Kashrus

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The Vaad Hakashrus of Crown Heights has announced the appointment of Rabbi Yosef Kirszenberg as Director of Kashrus. Rabbi Kirszenberg comes to the CHK with decades of experience in the Kashrus world, having worked for the OK, the OU and other respected Kashrus organizations • Full Story

Dramatic Growth Prompts Purchase of East Flatbush Building

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On Chai Elul 5782, the anash community of East Flatbush (East 30s and 40s) went under contract to buy a new building to house its thriving shul • Full Story

Hakhel: A Day That Lasts a Year (and Six More…)

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Interview with Rabbi Yosef Karasik, Rav in Emek Chefer and author of the popular series The Jewish Home on how the Rebbe “revolutionized” the mitzva of Hakhel in theory and in practice • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

Photos: Thousands Join the Rebbe’s Minyan for Shachris

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Thousands of Anash and Temimim, guests and residents came to daven to the Rebbe’s Minyan to daven with the Rebbe MH”M, in the lead up to Rosh Hashanah • Photos

Photos: Moscow Is Ready for Rosh Hashanah

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In the central Marina Roscha shul in Moscow, headed by Rabbi Berel Lazar, the chief rabbi of Russia, preparations are being made to receive the masses who will come to daven on Rosh Hashanah, and the participants for Yom Tov Meals in multiple halls. At Share Tzedek Chesed Organization has succesfuly completed the “Kumcha D’Tishrei” project, during which thousands of holiday kits were distributed • Photos

Picture Of The Day

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The veteran Chabad Askan, Rabbi Yaakov Glauberman and his son Rabbi Betzalel Glauberman visited President Isaac Herzog at the presidents House with a Shofar and honored all his employees with the blowing the Shofar, gifting them Rosh Hashanah sets, and greetings for a Kesivah V’chasimah Tovah • Photos

Beis Moshiach: Short Stories of Tekios with Our Rabeim

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Short Stories of Tekios With Rabboseinu Nesienu • The Baal Shem Tov once told his disciple, R’ Zev Kitzes, to study the kavanos (mystical intentions) of the tekios, since he would be the designated baal tokeia (shofar blower) on Rosh Hashana • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

“Preparations For Hakhel”

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The Aseres Yimei Teshuvah and the four days between Yom Kippur and Sukkos are dedicated to strengthening the fulfillment of Torah and mitzvos, including the mitzvah of Hakhel • Watch

Mazal Tov

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

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

Updated with statement from the MTA: The MTA announced it will unclog the infamous “Nostrand Junction,” just east of Franklin Ave in Crown Heights, which merges the 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines in Crown Heights. The plan means that the 3 train may no longer run along Eastern Parkway and stop at the Kingston Avenue station, and would be replaced by a new “8” subway line • Full Story
Supporting Your Husband to Quit Smoking: A Chassidic Perspective

Question: My husband is 30 and has been smoking for about 10 years. He says he wants to stop but never follows through. I want to help him, but whenever I bring it up, he gets annoyed and tells me to stop telling him what to do and let him live his life. I’m worried about him, but don’t know what to do. Please advise. Thank you • Aharon Schmidt replies, from the Living Jewish’s Farbrengen column • Read More
Rabbi in Normandy Attacked by Afghan Migrant with Chair

Just one week after suffering a violent assault, Rabbi Eli Lemel was once again the target of an attack in the seaside town of Deauville, Normandy. This time, the assailant — an Afghan migrant — struck the rabbi with a chair while he was sitting on the terrace of a local café • Read More
Inspiring: Campus Shliach Donates Kidney, Discovers His Surgeon is Jewish

In a moving act of selflessness, Rabbi Yossi Sued (27), Chabad Shliach at Western University in London, Ontario, donated a kidney last Friday to a woman named Ronit, a single mother in need of a life-saving transplant • Full Story

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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

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100 Moments: Lag B’Omer Joy in Meron

Thousands of Crown Heights Children March On Lag B’Omer

Gallery: A Weekly Moment With The Rebbe

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From The Rebbe’s Pen: Keeping Moshiach In Mind In Your Plans

L’Chaim: Majeski – Hendel

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir Visits 770

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What’s The Bracha On Bread?

Supporting Your Husband to Quit Smoking: A Chassidic Perspective

Rambam In-Depth: When Eating vs Drinking Changes Everything

Behaaloscha: Real Unity Seeing Positivity in Everyone

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The Divine Census and Quantum Collapse: Lessons in Identity and Potential

Op-Ed: A New Approach To “Mivtza Tzedakah”

The Crown of Aleppo Mirrors the Story of Our People

It’s Time to Talk About: Where We Should Focus Our Energy In Education

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