What Are We to Make of the Events From this Week

Chabad singer Benny Friedman’s song ‘Charasho‘ took the Jewish world by storm following its release almost two years ago. Now the star has released a music video, perfectly matching the uniquely old-world Russian theme of the song • Video

The reason that Jews have prayed for thousands of years at the Western Wall is that this is the closest they could get to Temple Mount and the site of the Holy of Holies. The Western Wall is not part of the temple itself but merely a supporting wall for Temple Mount. No Jew ever thought that this would serve forever as a replacement for the Temple • Full Story

As part of a large effort to spread the learning of Inoynei Geulah U’Moshiach through the lens of the Rebbe in all communities of Klal Yisroel, Rabbis Menachem Mendel Ezagui and Shmuel Butler traveled to New Square, NY to present a copy of the now well-known sefer ‘Dvar Malchus’ with the Rebbe’s explanations on Hilchos Melachim¸ to the Skverer Rebbe, Horav Dovid Twersky • Full Story

A touching memorial ceremony was held at the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) Synagogue community on Sunday. Once again, the widely known legend from the First World War was told. In a fierce combat, a Russian soldier was about to drive a bayonet through his enemy, when the German called out “Shema Yisrael…!”. The Russian soldier was also Jewish and answered his call. The slaughter ceased • Full Story