The Story Behind The Levaya In The Raging Snowstorm

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An eye-catching photo of a group of Jews burying a niftar amid a snowstorm in the Russian city of Kaliningrad together with local Shliach Rabbi Avremi Deitsch actually has a very moving story behind it • Full Story

Statewide Styrofoam Ban Goes Into Effect Jan. 1

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Starting Jan. 1, food containers and packing materials made of polystyrene foam — known by most as Styrofoam, which is a brand name — will be banned in New York state • Full Story

Replay Of A Inspiring Farbrengen Led By Rabbi Akiva Wagner

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Watch a replay of a inspiring and energetic farbrengen In honor of Chof-Daled Teves, the yahrzeit of the Alter Rebbe, led Rabbi Akiva Wagner, beloved Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto • Video

Got A House? Great. We’ll Bring Everything Else

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At this year’s Mikvah.org Auction, you can upgrade your home while building thousands more! • Full Story

26-Year Old Orthodox Jew Makes Run For Zurich Council Seat

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If elected, 26-year old Yehuda Spielman would become the only Orthodox Jew on a city council in Switzerland • Full Story

Hachnosas Sefer Torah In Memory of R’ Binyomin Wolf A”H

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A new Sefer Torah, dedicated in memory of Rabbi Binyamin Wolf A”H from Hanover German, took place at the Chabad house in Palazzo under the leadership of the Rabbi Yaakov Zarbiv – Shliach to Palazzo. Photograph by Mordechai Lubetzky • Photos

Conversion Saga Continues as Chief Rabbi Threatens to Suspend All Giyur in EY

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In the wake of the Israeli government’s attempts to promote a new conversion arrangement which will allow every city rabbi to perform conversions, Chief Rabbi Lau sent a sharp letter to Prime Minister Bennett. Rabbi Lau said that if the head of the Rabbinate’s Conversion Directorate, Moshe Waller, would be fired as he was told by Religious Affairs minister Matan Kahana and if the new arrangement was promoted in the Knesset, he would suspend the entire conversion procedure in Israel • Full Story

Yad L’Achim Celebrates Marriages of Two Apostates it Helped Return to Judaism

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Rabbi Yoav Zeev Robinson, a senior Yad L’Achim official who has been in close contact with the two over the years, commented: “Every story involving the saving of a Jewish soul from the missionaries requires complex, intensive work that can last for years. It requires us to provide a constant source of support. The joy that our organization feels at the simcha of these precious Jews knows no bounds. For me, I feel as if I married off my own children” • Full Story

You Could Qualify for NYS Homeowners Assistance

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Under their new Homeowners Assistance Program, as well as the Regular Arrears Supplement HEAP, New York State is now providing up to $50,000 in assistance to households behind on mortgage payments, as well as up to $10,000 to those behind on utility payments. The Crown Heights Community Council has released the guidelines to qualify for each program respectively • Full Details

Dvar Malchus Issues Memo About Suspended Subscriptions

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The American division of Dvar Malchus has issued an important memo on Tuesday, clarifying confusion about interruptions in subscriptions around the USA. Their team explains that the suspended subscriptions are due to the closing of a third party distributor • Full Story

Replay: Online Farbrengen with Rabbi Akiva Wagner

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In honor of Chaf-Daled Teves, the Yahrzteit of the Alter Rebbe, there will be a special Farbrengen led by Rabbi Akiva Wagner – the beloved Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto. It will be a special opportunity for alumni to reconnect and for Anash to be inspired • Watch

Remains Of Early Jewish Community Found In Moroccan Mountains

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Moroccan, Israeli and French archeologists have unearthed the remnants of an early Jewish community in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco • Full Story

Chabad of Poway Shooter to Be Sentenced in Federal Court

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A former college student who carried out a hate-motivated shooting at the Chabad of Poway that killed one woman and injured three other people is expected to receive a second life sentence Tuesday in federal court • Full Story

Governor Hochul Announces Availability of $90 Million in Federal Emergency Home Heating Aid

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On Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that $90 million is available in federal emergency home heating aid. This is a major increase in this emergency assistance aid and will be distributed through the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s Home Energy Assistance Program • Full Story

Sharing Rabbi Wagner’s Burden

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With Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto celebrating 25 years, and rosh yeshiva Rabbi Akiva Wagner battling a terrible illness, students and alumni of the yeshiva have set out to share his burden, raising funds to allow the yeshiva to grow and expand • Full Story, Video

Descendants of Alter Rebbe Convene in EY for Yearly Farbrengen

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In what has become a longstanding annual tradition, hundreds attended a special farbrengen of descendants of the Alter Rebbe this past Motzei Shabbos in Yerushalayim. Besides the inspiring speakers and moving musical accompaniment, those gathered were entered into a special raffle. The winner, Rabbi Yisroel Deitsch, received a round trip ticket to Ukraine to personally deliver the tzetlach given in by the farbrengen to the Alter Rebbe’s Ohel in Haditch. Images captured by our photographer Mendy Kurant • Photos

Religious Affairs Minister Ousts Dov Who Opposes Giyur Reform

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Rabbi Moshe Weller, who was appointed by Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau three years ago, informed Kahana during a meeting last week that he wouldn’t support Kahana’s giyur plan, in line with Rabbi Lau’s position that “the goal of the giyur reform is to violate halacha” • Full Story

Hundreds Gather in Haditch for 24 Teves

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A large group consisting of both locals from nearby Ukrainian Jewish communities, as well as out of country guests, convened last night in Hadtich, the location of the holy Ohel of the Alter Rebbe, whose yahrtzeit is today, 24 Teves. Yidden could be found in the Ohel, in the beautiful shul up the hill learning chassidus, or in the facility’s upscale kosher restaurant farbrenging. Several local Shluchim also arrived with large groups from their respective communities • Full Story, Photos

Ukraine: Historic Jewish Community Gets First Mikvah in 80 Years

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Eighty years after the destruction of Chernihiv’s mikvah and its Jewish community by the communist regime and the horrific Holocaust, a brand new state-of-the-art mikvah is currently being built in the Ukrainian city populated by over 4,000 Jews • Full Story, Photos

Shliach Prints Tanya in Sunny Caribbean Oasis on Yartzeit of Alter Rebbe

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Rabbi Mendel Belhamou, Shliach in Ambergris Cay on the majestic Caribbean coast of the beautiful Central American country of Belize, conducted the printing of Tanya last night, 24 Teves, in honor of the Alter Rebbe’s yartzeit. The printing was followed by a special farbrengen in the Chabad House with members of the local community. The occasion was a double celebration, as 24 Teves is Rabbi Belhamou’s 30th birthday. The printing was organized by Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui, who previously traveled to the country • Photos

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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