Jewish community houses evacuated as fires continue to burn In the midst of a raging wildfire at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, a campus rabbi braved the flames that were engulfing nearby buildings to salvage a Torah scroll and other sacred objects from the Jewish student center. The blaze began in the […]

Fluent in four languages, she kept an open home and heart for all Long before she got married in the summer of 1989, Myriam Bentolila knew that she wanted to serve as a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary. That’s the life she had grown up on in Milan, Italy, where her parents were sent in the early 1960s […]

Rabbi Mendy Yitzchaki stuck his hand deep into the couch last Thursday in search of his daughter’s missing earring. Nestled in a crack was a stash of dollars and euros totaling approximately 100,000 NIS, roughly the equivalent of $25,000.00. Yitzchaki was stunned. Last August, Rabbi Yitzchaki and his wife Gitty moved to the biblical city […]

Author Chanie Kamman talks about ‘Me and My Feelings’ Everyone has feelings. That much is obvious. Some feelings are bigger than others, at times storming our consciousness and clouding our vision. What’s less obvious to many adults is that children have those same feelings, and they, too, must be properly addressed. Many professionals call these […]

Less Stress, More Joy The Peace, Harmony, Joy Approach Scott Frank & Yossi Lerman 110 pages amazon.com Scott Frank is a business executive. Yossi Lerman is a Chabad rabbi. Both have been on a quest, as the title of their slim paperback says, to find more joy in life. Scott draws on his experience as […]

Ceremony marks the first anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Binyamin Wolff When Sterni Wolff thought about the one-year anniversary of the passing of her husband, the unforgettable and beloved Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Hanover, Rabbi Binyamin Wolff, she immediately knew what she wanted. “What I did not want was to go with the family to […]

Communities to adapt celebrations to local conditions As the world peeks its head out from underneath the coronavirus pandemic with vaccines gaining steam in many places, prospects look positive for celebrations on Lag BaOmer—the Jewish holiday that has become a family festival celebrated outdoors the world over. Of course, matters have not yet reached full […]

The strange, funny, and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .  Motti Rubin – Albany, NY Episode 1/6 My three-year-old accompanied me as I was making rounds before Rosh Hashanah, visiting people and bringing them holiday packages. It was a bit more driving than […]

Today in Chabad History: Today is Bet (2) Iyar, the birthday of Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, also known as the Rebbe Maharash. Rabbi Shmuel was born in the Russian town of Lubavitch in the year 1834. After his father, Rabbi Menachem Mendel (aka the Tzemach Tzedek) passed away, the Maharash, who was the youngest of […]

Passover is packed with more traditions, customs, and historic significance than any other holiday on the Jewish calendar. The Talmud dedicates considerable discussion to these, and derives a great many lessons from the story and celebration of our Exodus. A The splitting of the Red Sea was not the only time a miracle of this […]