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A Little Boy Who Lit up His Town

“Why is there no menorah in Chadwick Lake Park next to the tree?” five-year-old Brandon asked. His Dad was impressed by the kid's thoughtfulness, but…

By Ashira Weiss

December 30, 2024

When Kids Are The Lone Menorah

Jewish students at secular primary schools all over the country face daily challenges to their cultural and religious identities.

By Ashira Weiss

December 29, 2024

Trois-Rivières Historic Jewish Community Welcomes Chabad Center

How To Chanukah

The Menorah On each of the eight nights of Chanukah, this year beginning December 25 through January 1, we light the menorah. Here, in a…

By Boruch Werdiger

December 25, 2024

New Centers

Sometime during the height of the COVID pandemic, Rabbi Aaron Spiro posted an ad on Facebook — something that read along the lines of: “Are…

By Leibel Kahan

December 24, 2024

A Chanukah Message From Rabbi Krinsky

Dear readers, I’m waiting for Chanukah. In fact, I can’t wait to give thanks “for the miracles of those days in our time . . .” It’s…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

December 24, 2024

Public Menorahs Turn 50

15,000 Public Menorahs Will be Placed by Chabad this Year, 50 Years Since the First Public Menorah at Independence Hall

Chabad Opens in Leander, Texas, Amid Tech-Fueled Boom

December 24, 2024

New Centers

Rachel Binder’s family had no idea they were Jewish. Her great-grandmother made sure of that. But when someone in the family discovered a menorah and…

19 Kislev: Rosh Hashana of Chassidut

December 23, 2024

Books

Soul, Body, Essence

Engaging the Essence: The Torah Philosophy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Bronstein Maggid Press

By Naftali Lowenthal

December 21, 2024

History

Yud-Tes Kislev, also known as the "Chag HaGeulah—The Holiday of Redemption," or the "Rosh Hashana of Chassidut," begins tonight and continues until sundown tomorrow. On…

Chabad’s Chelsea Giving Kitchen Elevates Food Donations

December 19, 2024

Community

Celeb Chef Leads 100 in Preparing Gourmet Meals for Local Elderly, Indigent

Finding the Hidden Jews of Brazil

December 18, 2024

Mivtzoim

Several summers ago, on the 7,000-mile “Southern Route,” a group of Chabad yeshiva students visited the city of Pelotas, Brazil, planning to spend Shabbat at…

By Leibel Kahan

December 12, 2024

Podcast

50th Episode of Lamplighters Podcast Published: The Outpost In Oklahoma

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 50 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

December 9, 2024

Books

Book Notes

Letters for Life Guidance for Emotional Wellness From the Lubavitcher Rebbe Levi Y. Shmotkin Ezra Press As a teenager, Levi Shmotkin lost his oomph for…

Art as Avodah: A Visual Conversation with Tobi Kahn

December 8, 2024

Art

Tobi Kahn’s art lives in two worlds. His paintings of expansive oceanic horizons, akin to the color field works of Mark Rothko, hang in the…

An Interview with the Rebbe’s Doctor – Dr. Ira Weiss

December 8, 2024

Rebbe

Dr. Ira Weiss, Senior Attending Cardiologist at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL, was called in to attend to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after he suffered a…

By Baila Olidort

December 2, 2024

New Centers

Chabad Welcomed in Mountain Principality of Andorra

Amid Warming Relations, Jewish Community Welcomes its First Rabbi

Thousands of Shluchim Gather for Annual Convention, Days After Colleague was Murdered

December 1, 2024

Rabbi Bentzion Butman was on a long, long flight. He was on his way from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to New York City, where this week…