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What Is A Power That Each Of Us Have in Our Avoda?

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What is a power that each of us have in our avoda? Maor KIDS presents another beautiful video of the Rebbe. To sign up for the ‘Kids Rebbe Video’ WhatsApp: 347-687-8770 or go to: MyMaor.org • Watch

Women and Girls Around the Globe Unite to Turn the World BRIGHT SIDE UP

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A line from a popular kids song. But it’s wrong. We do know how to fix it! It is true that our world has been turned upside down, and now things that we never expected to happen are happening. Therefore NOW is the time that we mirror the insanity of the world for the good. If we want to turn this world right side up, we need to add light. A lot of light. Right side up is “BRIGHT SIDE UP!” • Full Story, Photos, Video

For Your Shabbos Table: Drugs – Strange Fire

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From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: Nadav and Avihu’s death was a result of their profound yearning for a Divine experience. Their error was that they initiated it at their own discretion, and “selfishly” allowed the ecstasy to consume them. Their sin was not they got close to the Divine, but that they died doing so. In a sense, they wanted it too much, so much so that they rushed into the fire and got burned in the process • Full Story

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Moscow: Unknown Jew Receives Jewish Burial

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About a month ago, Moscow police located a body in a remote and uninhabited place. According to subsequent testing, the man had died of extreme cold. Protocol in such cases is to examine the body and search for any identifying documents before sending it for cremation r”l • Full Story

PIRSUM RISHON: ‘Mafteich’ Team Releases New Set of Rebbe’s Edits

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In honor of Parshas Para, ‘Mafteiach’ presents the Rebbe’s edits on the sichos of: [1] 25 Adar 5748 (1988) – The birthday of the Rebetzin; [2] Shabbas Parshas Para Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei 5748 (1988).This is the 22nd installment of “Hagaos” released to dateand is part of a larger collection of the Rebbe’s Hagaos on Sichos & Maamorim, recently acquire • Download

Shabbos Times for Parshas Shmini

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ChabadInfo.com wishes you a good Shabbos! Above are Shabbos times for five major Lubavitch communities. Consider joining one of the “ChabadInfo Updates” Whatsapp group in order to get vital information directly to your message inbox • Join

US Jewish Org: Permanent Daylight Savings Time a Threat to Morning Prayer

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The U.S. Senate’s recent passage of a bill to make daylight savings time (DST) permanent has religious Jews worried, with a major Orthodox organization sounding the alarm. Agudath Israel of America said in a statement that the Sunshine Protection Act, which the Senate passed on March 15, would have a “fundamental” impact on the ability of Jews to participate in morning prayers • Full Story

Delve Into This Week’s Dvar Malchus With Rabbi Greenberg

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Explore the sicha of Parshas Shmini 5752 with a thorough synopsis from Rabbi Heschel Greenberg, Shliach to Buffalo, NY • Audio

No Jew is Ever Forgotten

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DollarDaily.org is proud to present IllumiNations, a new weekly PDF for your Shabbos table featuring stories direct from the frontlines of shlichus. Since its inception in October 2021, DollarDaily is now distributing over $250 each day to different Chabad centers worldwide. DollarDaily gives donors a practical opportunity to partner in their holy work, by supporting those who have set their personal religious and physical concerns aside to meet the needs of Jews worldwide • Full Story, Download

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 photographer Dov Ber Hechtman. Enjoy this week’s gallery of the week of Parshas Shmini in Beis Chayenu • Photos

And the City of Kyoto Rejoiced and was Glad

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Thanks to Shliach Rabbi Moti Grumach, the city of Kyoto, Japan experienced a Purim like no other. Under the direction of Rabbi Grumach, the community organized home visitations to drop mishloach manos at every Jewish home. The festive holiday was capped off with a joyous Seudas Purim, which the Grumachs dedicated in honor of the birth of their new daughter • Photos

‘A Place to Sleep:’ Chabad in Moldova Turns Resorts into Refuges for Fleeing Ukrainians

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Since the Russian invasion began a month ago, Chabad’s Moldovan arm has assisted thousands of refugees, and is currently caring for 250. Most stay for between five days and two weeks before they find housing in Europe, Israel or elsewhere • Full Story

L’Chaim: Deutsch – Cunin

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The Deutsch (Bucharest, Romania) and Cunin (Los Angeles) families celebrated the l’chaim of their children Mendy and Chaya last night in Lubavitcher Yeshiva • Photos

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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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L’Chaim: Majeski – Hendel

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

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When a Fast-day Turns Into a Yom Tov

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