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“The practice has become widespread [616] to hold the main farbrengen of Yud-Tes Kislev on the eve of the 20th, because the Alter Rebbe was released from prison on the 19th at Minchah time, and for the following three hours he found himself in the home of an antagonist to Chassidism, where he suffered spiritual […]

CLICK HERE FOR THE AUDIO CLIP 4 Ketoim of Motzoei Parshas Noach 5740, after Rabbi Dovid Okunov was killed on his way to Shul.The Rebbe referred to him as a Shliach Mitzva Shmais.com

photo:Reuters”IAF aircraft carrying bodies of six murdered at Chabad center in Mumbai lands in Israel. Tens of thousands expected at funeral procession for Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and wife Rivka. ‘Every Chabadnik in Israel is going to be there, every Chabadnik feels a genuine sense of loss here.” Ynet.com

photo AP. Ultra-Orthodox children of the Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch pray for the well-being of Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg during class in Kfar Chabad near Tel Aviv November 27, 2008. Rabbi Holtzberg, an Israeli rabbi, is being held hostage in India by gunmen in a Mumbai apartment building after a series of attacks in the city that have killed at least 101 […]

Sanjay Bhasme, 40, who lives in the building behind Chabad house, said he notified the police after the shooting began about 9:45 p.m., but they took more than 30 minutes to arrive _ and only after he’d repeatedly telephoned for help. “My mind is on pause,” said Joel Kurulkar, 24, a member of Mumbai’s small […]

“We’re between Times Square, Penn Station and Grand Central, so we’re definitely one of the most visible sukkahs in the world,” said Rabbi Joshua Metzger of Chabad Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan, who was presiding over the lunchtime guests on Thursday. While a pianist serenaded the crowd with a sophisticated version of “Take the A Train,” nearly drowned […]

1. From the Holy Kabbalists  “The Mystical Dimension of Hakhel”“At the end of seven years, at the time of the Sabbatical year, on the festival of Sukkot….” [31, 10]If you will analyze the mystical dimension of the commandment of Hakhel, you will find that just as the Shemittah year itself is an allusion to the 7th millennium during which our universe will […]

The Lubavitcher Rebbe blesses the students on the eve of Yom Kippur 1986. This blessing is given customarily by fathers to their children before the Kol Nidrei prayer.

The eighteenth day of Elul, or Chai Elul, marks the birthdate of both the Baal Shem Tov,[39] founder of the chassidic movement, and the Alter Rebbe,[40] founder of Chabad Chassidism. This day invariably falls either on or near the Shabbos during which the Torah portion of Savo is read.All Jewish festivals and auspicious occasions on the Jewish calendar are alluded to in the […]

“In conjunction with the beginning of the Ellul zman in the yeshivos, the Shturem staff presents the “detailed notification” that Horav HaChossid Rabbi Moshe Rosenblum, compiled. Rabbi Rosenblum was the secretary of Tomchei Tmimim from the outset, and this document is the guide of basic rules for the talmidim.The “shaar blatt” states that the yeshiva […]