New Zealand Chabad Welcomes ‘First’ Purim

“The truth is that when we asked him if he was Jewish, it was a joke,” said Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Kratz, caretaker of 770, “Why would we ask a priest, dressed in long flowing white robes, with a huge cross dangling across his chest, if he was Jewish?” But the priest actually answered “yes” • Full Story, Photos

The Telsner (Melbourne) and Wilhelm (Boro Park) families celebrated the L’Chaim of their children Levi and Chayale last night in Lubavitch Yeshiva • Photos

The Rosenbluh (Monsey) and Geisinsky (Great Neck, NY) families celebrated the L’Chaim of their children Mendel and Sara last night in the JCM. Images captured by photographer Shmulik Reinitz • Photos

A Sefer Torah was dedicated in Crown Heights today in memory of Mrs. Yehudis Baitz OBM, matriarch of a large Chabad family, who passed in Adar 5780. The writing of the last letters was followed by a festive parade to the Aliyah Center on E. New York, where participants rejoiced with joyous hakafos. Photographer Dov Ber Hechtman was there to snap several unique moments • Photos