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Spanish Government Freezes Excavation Work at Ancient Jewish Cemetery

Photo: Mendel Kitner’s Bar Mitzvah, 770 NY

A devotee was escorted out from the grave of Joseph as the nighttime pilgrimage drew to a close.A devotee was escorted out from the grave of Joseph as the nighttime pilgrimage drew to a close.Photo: Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times

n [the expiation ceremony known as] kapparos,[444] one reads the passage from bnei adam until u’k’shalom three times, each time turning the chicken around [- and higher than - one’s head] three times, [as one says zeh chalifasi, zeh temurasi, zeh kaparasi] for a total of nine rotations. On the [morning of the] eve of […]

via CIRCUS TENT

On Thursday afternoon, during the time that the To’eva Parade was to take place in the holy city of Yerushalayim, there was a peaceful albeit strong Ma’cha and Tefilah Kinus that took place at Kikar Shabbos. Organized by the Eidah HaCharedis, gedolim such as HaRav Moshe Shternbach Shlita, and HaRav Batzri Shlita, led the crowds […]

via Chabad Online

Dvar Malchus Speaks Russian “Korach” Rabbi Shmuel Sominski

Lubavitch.com “A torrent of rain sent the thousands attending Staten Island fest for Russian speakers scurrying for cover, but not Chabad rabbinical student Aharon Teleshevsky and Mark Tokar, 16.Teleshevsky had helped Tokar wrap tefillin just moments before, a first for Tokar since his bar mitzvah. “I don’t do prayers, normally,” he said.” ” Only 13% […]

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Tefillin Booklet in Russian $1.97

“The idea for the series was inspired in part by the fascinating dualities in my own neighborhood, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The bottom photograph at left combines an image from the tight-knit enclave of Hasidic Jews south of the Williamsburg Bridge and street art from the bustling community of urban hipsters to its north.” NYtimes

Iraqi police officers demonstrate their strength and nerve during a graduation ceremony in the southern city of Karbala on Monday. Special forces officers graduated from several divisions — including the police — at their training ground head quarters. Spiegel.de