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Blowing Into Newfoundland!

Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be--not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel…

Ashira Weiss | August 13, 2020

Wordsmith

Wordsmith: Derher

The phrase “I hear you” is the linguistic equivalent of a homeless orphan with no siblings. It makes sense in English on a very practical…

By Shmuel Loebenstein

August 12, 2020

History

Gravesite of Rebbe’s Father Designated National Heritage Site

On the rabbi’s 76th yahrtzeit, Kazaky officials and US Commissioner designate National Heritage status

By Staff Writer

August 11, 2020

History

Remembering the Rebbe’s Father

Today in Jewish History, the passing of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944), father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

By Staff Writer

August 9, 2020

Hospital

Rabbi Dukes Conscious and Communicating

Borough President recognizes Rabbi hospitalized since March from COVID19

By Ashira Weiss

August 9, 2020

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

A Teacher In Israel: Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz, 83

We mourn the passing this morning of Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz.

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

August 7, 2020

Weekly Torah Thought

Dear G-d, I want to Kvetch…

Dear G-d, I need to KVETCH a little… I know you’re listening, so here goes… People are walking around shaking their heads, ringing their hands……

By Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel

August 7, 2020

Travel

It’s Grenada, Not Granada!

Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be—not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel…

By Ashira Weiss

August 6, 2020

Wordsmith

Wordsmith: Chasid

As is true of every close-knit cultural group that enjoys a history, traditions and habits particular and peculiar to it, conversations among Chabad Chasidim are…

By Shmuel Loebenstein

August 5, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim to Erie, PA

Just as soon as coronavirus restrictions ease up, Chabad will open in Erie, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Dovie and Mushkie Kivman will move from their home in Brooklyn to serve…

By Ashira Weiss

August 3, 2020

Teens

Chicago Teens Paint The Town

Thirty-five Skokie teens who have been cooped up at home for the last four months had an opportunity to get their creative juices flowing recently.

By Ashira Weiss

August 2, 2020

Music

Wine, Torah, and Song

After years of intensive training and a brilliant debut, a budding opera star took a trip to Israel and finally found his voice.

By Tzipora Reitman

July 30, 2020

Judaism

Tisha B’Av: Remembering for a Better Future

This evening, Jews around the world will remove their shoes, begin a 25-hour fast, and sit low on the floor in the manner of mourners.

By Baila Olidort

July 29, 2020

Reflections

Managing the stress of uncertainty

Chabad shluchim tell us how the individual challenges they’ve navigated in their personal lives have inured them to the stress of uncertainty and self-isolation.

By Rabbi Chaim Bruk

July 27, 2020

Talmud

Talmud Teasers: Staying Safe

The coronavirus pandemic has made us sensitive to the risks we take in our day-to-day living, and helped us become aware of the different ways…

By Baila Olidort

July 23, 2020

Books

Hippy In the Mikvah

“The Rebbe encouraged me to continue with the doctorate. I blurted out, ‘But what about the heresy?’ The Rebbe answered: ‘You should write all the…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

July 22, 2020

Community

Hanover, Germany: A Tragedy and a Choice

Fifteen years ago, Zev Iluz’s phone rang. The Israeli expat had settled in Hanover, Germany, to escape the pressures of life in Israel. He wanted…

By Frayda Kaplan

July 21, 2020

Outreach

“Excuse me, are you Jewish?”

Does stopping people at random to talk about Judaism even work? And what actually happens inside a Mitzvah Tank?

By Rena Udkoff

July 20, 2020

Halacha

Pandemic And Priorities

Hospitals agonize over the allocation of limited medical supplies; city officials weigh the risk of an outbreak against the crushing cost of a prolonged lockdown.

By Boruch Werdiger

July 19, 2020

Lifecycle

A Final Passage, From China to Israel

A Jewish man dies alone in Suzhou, China. Chabad engages an international effort to prevent cremation and bring his body for burial to Israel.

By Ashira Weiss

July 16, 2020

Camp

Camp Gan Israel, Sleepaway Edition

55 Attend CKids’ Inaugural Overnight Camp

By Ashira Weiss

July 14, 2020

Rebbe

Remembering The Struggle for Russian Jewry

Ninety-three years ago today, Rabbi Joseph I. Schneersohn, sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, was freed from Soviet-imposed exile.

By Baila Olidort

July 3, 2020

3 Tammuz

The Rebbe’s Yahrzeit

The life of a tzaddik is not a life of the flesh, but a spiritual life consisting wholly of faith, awe, and love of G‑d.

By Staff Writer

June 24, 2020

Lifecycle

Emerging From Lockdown, Romance Returns to Rome

With a tragic national death toll of 34,000, these moments of joy are particularly poignant for the Jewish community of Rome.

By Ashira Weiss

June 24, 2020

Holiday & Shabbos

20,000 Party For Shabbat

First-ever global pre-Shabbat party brings together families of special needs individuals and celebrities.

By Ashira Weiss

June 12, 2020

@Lubavitch

Chabad Lubavitch HQ @Lubavitch

August 13, 2020 5:33pm
Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #TravelThursday as we take a visit one of the 5000 communities around the globe served by Chabad. Fasten your seatbelts.
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August 12, 2020 2:41pm
#WednesdayWord
Explore some of the terminology that peppers the conversation of Chabad Chasidim and you'll get a window into their rich lingo and cultural nuances.
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