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A photo has been circulating around social media of Eli Kay hy”d, who was laid to rest today in Yerushalayim following his brutal murder yesterday, wrapping Tefillin on a soldier in the Israeli army.
Waruna Wilpatha, the ambassador of Sri Lanka to Israel, visited Kfar Chabad yesterday on a special visit. The ambassador and his entourage were escorted around the chassidic enclave by Rabbi Shneur Maidanchik, Shliach to the island nation nestled in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
Photographer Dov Ber Hechtman, with the help of his drone, captured the change of nature’s colors as autumn sets in around Beis Chayenu.
With the anniversary of the deadly attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, Special Forces of the Indian Army held a hostage takeover drill in the Chabad House in Pune, India, under the auspices of Rabbi Betzalel Kupchik. In the foreground of the photo is a copy of Dvar Malchus.
700 Jewish students from the Former Soviet Union who travelled to Dubai as part of the Yahad young adult learning initiative, sat for a special presentation at the World Expo, currently being hosted in the city. Seated from left to right are Rabbi Levi Duchman, Shliach to the United Arab Emirates, famous Emirati developer Mohamed Alabbar, well known for developing the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Emirati Minister of Culture, Youth, and Social Development, and Russian Senior Shliach and Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar.
Shliach to Turkey, Rabbi Mendy Chitrik met today with Zabulon Simantov, famous for being ‘Afghanistan’s last Jew’, who famously escaped the clutches of the evil Taliban, while on a stopover in Istanbul. Simantov first escaped to the U.S., while ultimately wanting to move to Eretz Yisroel. He is slated to arrive in Ben Gurion Airport in the coming days.
Sydney, Australia’s ‘Central Synagogue’, led by Shliach Rabbi Levi Wolff and his wife Chanie, released a flyer today welcoming their congregation back to shul following several months of strict COVID lockdown. Regulations while in shul are still strict, but community members are rejoicing at the opportunity to congregate again in shul • Full Flyer
Iranian Chief Rabbi Yehuda Gerami, known to be very active on social media, giving the world a glimpse at Jewish life in the Islamic Republic, met late last week with a group of local Shluchim while on a trip to Los Angeles, California, home to the largest Iranian community in the world outside of Iran.
Dubai Shliach Rabbi Levi Duchman installed a grand mezuzah on the main entrance of the Israeli pavilion at the 2020 World Expo, an event in which countries from around the world display their unique ingenuity to millions of attendees. The Expo was planned for last summer, but was ultimately delayed due to COVID restrictions.
Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi Moshe Azman snapped a selfie with visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog while Herzog attended an event, meeting various Shluchim and other Jewish community leaders in Ukraine’s capital Kiev. President Herzog, a staunch supporter of Chabad, is currently visiting the country, where he met with its Jewish President Volodimir Zalenskyy, as well as commemorated the 80th anniversary of the infamous Babi Yar massacre, which occurred at the hands of the Nazis yemach shemam.
Daniel Namdar – Crown Heights to Sossie Shain Tenafly, NJ
L’chaim: Sunday, April 14 in ULY Crown St.
Aharon Grossman – Cleveland, OH to Leah Hezrony – Roosevelt, NJ
L’Chaim: tonight (Monday) in Khal Neustadt Hall in Lakewood, NJ
Mendy Forer – Los Angeles, CA to Fraida Katan – Miami, FL
L’Chaim: tonight (Sunday) in ULY Crown St.
Moshe Rozenblat – Cedarhurst, NY to Moussia Lesches – Melbourne Australia
L’Chaim: Monday, April 8, in F.R.E.E. 1383 President St.