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R’ Yosef Raksin, OBM

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With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Yosef Raksin of Crown Heights, who was murdered Shabbos morning (13th of Av) on his way to the Beis Menachem Chabad Shul of North Miami Beach ● Full Story

Israel’s Prime Minister Writes Letter In Chabad Torah

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Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hosted a delegation of Chabad Rabbis in his office, and was honored with writing a letter in the New Torah being written in honor of Israel’s Soldiers ● The delegation included Rabbi Yehuda Yeruslavsky, head of the Chabad Beth Din in Israel; Rabbi Yisroel Halperin, Chabad Shliach to Herzliyah; Rabbi Yosef Aharonov, director of Lubavitch Youth Organization in Israel and Rabbi Binyamin Lifshitz, mayor of Kfar Chabad ● Full Story, Pictures

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Beis Moshiach: Parshas Va’eschanan

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A Chassidishe Shabbos: Spend your long Shabbos afternoon reading the only English weekly magazine for Chassidishe families, who seek to inspire their families and be inspired ● This Week: The Rebbe’s view on the cease fire; Report on the Israeli Chabad House in Melbourne, Australia; Profile of Moldova Shliach and Chief Rabbi Zalmen Abelsky OBM ● Read More, Download

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Rebbe Story: The Rebbe’s Mechutan

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Rabbi Hirsch Chitrik during his Shlichus to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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On Erev Yom Kipur, a short time before Kol Nidre, while dressed already in a Kittel and Tallis, the Rebbe Rayatz asked that the Rosh Yeshiva in 770, Rabbi Mordechai Mentlik come in to his office. Upon entering, the Rebbe Rayatz told him: “Go and meet Rabbi so-and-so [the father of the Kallah], and tell him in my name that I am his Mechutan” ● Full Story

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New Project: Daily Inspiration Video

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A Daily Dose of Inspiration: After the tremendous success of the “Daily Rebbe Video” in Hebrew, the organizers have teamed with The Chanin Foundation to provide an English version, a daily Video of the Rebbe with English subtitles ● To receive the daily video by WhatsApp, send a message to 1-718-687-8900 ● Today’s Video: Moses Doesn’t Stop Praying

The Secret of Chabad’s Success

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L to R: Chabad Houses of Boynton Beach, Weston, East Boca Raton

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Established Orthodox Synagogues and Reform & Conservative Temples are closing down, but Chabad is growing. What is the secret behind Chabad's stellar success? ● Shani McManus, a reporter for Florida Sun Sentinel interviewed three Florida Shluchim to discover the secret: Rabbi Ruvi New (East Boca Raton); Rabbi Sholom Ciment (Boynton Beach) and Rabbi Yisroel Spalter (Weston) ● Read More

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Rebbe Explains How The Terrorists Infiltrated Israel

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In a Sicha from 5734, the Rebbe explains how it is possible for terrorists to infiltrate the land of Israel ● Read More

Picture Of The Day: The Other Tunnel

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Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum, renowned Mikvah expert and Shliach to S. Paul, Minnesota, visited the Chabad House in Gainesville Florida to inspect the new Mikvah, and was pictured coming out of the bottom "Bor" which will hold rain water, in a pose that reminds people of Israeli soldiers exiting tunnels...

After 5 Attacks, Dutch Chief Rabbi & Shliach Ponders Future

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After the latest attack, Jacobs shocked many Dutchmen when he told local media that if not for his obligations to the communities he serves, he would leave, in part because of the anti-Semitism problem. His statement grabbed headlines and generated a passionate response from other religious leaders ● “No one will tell us when to leave Holland,” Jacobs said. “I’m staying here because it’s my shlichut, or mission. But would we stay here if we were private people? I don’t think so” ● Read More

First Chabad House In Israel Gets New Mikvah

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After many years of fundraising and planning, a beautiful and stunning women’s Mikvah was inaugurated in the city of Bat Yam, Israel, home to the first Chabad House in the land of Israel, directed by Rabbi Zimroni Tzik ● Local Rabbis, politicians and Shluchim participated in the momentous event, which celebrates the first Chabad Mikvah in the city, home to a sizeable Anash community ● Report, Pictures

Hand of God Sent Missile Into Sea

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More claims of divine intervention are being reported in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, with an operator of Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system saying he personally witnessed “the hand of God” diverting an incoming rocket out of harm’s way ● Read More

Shmira Averts 3:45am Break-In

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Tuesday August 5th, 2014, two Shmira CHSP volunteers were on night patrol at 3:45am when they heard a car alarm begin to sound from inside the alleyway on Albany avenue between Carroll street and Crown street. They entered the alley and found a grey 15 passenger van with its door open, interior lights on and alarm ringing. A search began and 2 male blacks in their late teens were found hiding behind a wall 10 feet away from the vehicle ● Full Story, Pictures

Florida Seminary Helps Young Jews From France

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Due to growing anti-Semitism in France, the Chabad of South Broward is raising money to try to bring at least 10 young Jewish women from France (and other European countries) to its Chaya Aydel Seminary for the upcoming school year ● Full Story

Tisha Be’av Night In 770

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Hundreds of Anash and Bochurim filled the Rebbe's Shul, 770, for the night of Tisha Be'av, to daven Ma'ariv with the Rebbe, and then hear the recital of Megillas Eicha by the renowned Ba'al Koreh, R' Michoel Slavin.

Nariman House To Reopen This Month

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Nariman House, the Chabad House of Bombay, India, where the Shluchim Rabbi Gavriel & Rivka Holtzberg were brutally murdered by terrorists, has been empty for over six years. Now, the building is having its final touches, and will reopen later this month ● Full Story

Thousands Mark Tisha B’Av at Kotel

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Jews remember the destruction of the apple of the nation's eye – the Temple in Jerusalem – and yearn for its rebuilding ● Full Story, Pictures

Op-Ed: The Ceasefire? Irrational & Dangerous!

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Eretz Yisrael is currently engaged in Operation “Protective Edge,” the purpose of which is to assure peace for the Jews in Israel by removing the terrorists, who, entrenched in Gaza, have been menacing the entire region. Some political “leaders,” employing the most irrational of reasoning have protested, insisting that the campaign be halted and not brought to its necessary conclusion. Unfortunately, their influence succeeded in obstructing the progress of the operation; and therefore the campaign has not, as yet, completely fulfilled its goal ● Op-Ed

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