Entries Tagged as 'F.R.E.E.'

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Tefillin “in Russian”

more photos@Chabad online
Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (F.R.E.E.) @Staten Island Fest
Tefillin Booklet in Russian $1.97

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

F.R.E.E.”New Hagaddah For Russian Jews Who’ve Outgrown Communal Seders”

“Laws of Passover with Selected Commentaries” was written to satisfy very different groups of Russian Jews, according to Rabbi David Okunov, associate program director at F.R.E.E. headquarters, which published its first Russian language a quarter-century ago.

Friday, August 31st, 2007

New Selichot With Russian Translation To Reach Russian Jews Worldwide Before The High Holidays

BROOKLYN , NY – This week, the F.R.E.E. Publishing House, the publishing arm of Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, in a cooperative effort between the Lechaim Publishing House (Moscow) and the SHAMIR Publishing House (Jerusalem) have issued for the first time the “Selichot“ (Prayers of Repentance) with a modern Russian translation, all in […]

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

“If Abraham Could Do It, So Could I”

“If Abraham Could Do It, So Could I”
F.R.E.E. Facilitates Senior Bris Milah Ceremonies
A Holy Day in the OR: F.R.E.E.’s Circumcision team provides
72-year-old Misha Gontcharov with a safe and comfortablentry into the covenant.
A Holy Day in the OR: F.R.E.E.’s Circumcision team provides
72-year-old Misha Gontcharov with a safe and comfortable
entry into the covenant.

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

A Bar Mitzvah in Brooklyn

A bris, a death, a bar mitzvah. Here’s a story about a Russian Jewish family, and an organization that holds their hands, walking them them through life cycle events, the Jewish way.

Monday morning, at a shul in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, a Russian Jewish boy was called to the Torah in honor of becoming a Bar-Mitzvah.Alex […]