Kaporis Chicken contraption by Chabad of Kazakhstan

Regret and resolve The High Holidays are a time dedicated to repentance and reflection. We’ve asked some Chabad leaders to share with us some of the regrets they feel as communal leaders, and what resolutions within the scope of their leadership responsibilities they’d like to make in the coming year. Mrs. Shifra Sharfstein – Rohr […]

Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, a feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and wife of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, is being remembered today, on her yahrzeit. In recently discovered memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana, her Jewish scholarship, Jewish education and love for Torah learning are clearly evident. Indeed, since […]

New Shluchim to the Culinary Institute of America and Marist College From warm, savory Shabbat dinners to that unforgettable Shavuot cheesecake, Chabad emissaries sure know how to cook. And Chabad-house goers sure love to eat. This symbiotic relationship between delicious food and happy, sated congregants exists in almost every Chabad house one might visit.  But […]

Yeshivah students, rabbis and volunteers posted at 150 locations around the city More than 32,000 Tel Aviv-Yafo residents and tourists heard the shofar on the city’s streets this Rosh Hashanah, thanks in part to an invitation highlighted on Tel Aviv municipality’s website. Yeshivah students, rabbis and local volunteers took up their posts at 150 locations […]

Now that Rosh HaShanah is over, it’s time for a fast day that is probably the least understood. Tzom Gedaliah is shrouded in mystery, even the date of the murder of Gedaliah is debated amongst our Sages – whether it happened on Rosh HaShana and was pushed to the 3rd of Tishrei or it actually […]

The stories that shaped the past 12 months As the Jewish year 5782 is ushered in with the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—the second High Holiday season of the pandemic—here is a look back at some of the stories that helped define this year, as featured on Chabad.org/News. It was a year […]

For many of us, the High Holidays will look quite different this year. But even if we won’t be able to hear Kol Nidrei in a packed shul, or celebrate Simchat Torah with the Torah as a community, the power of the month of Tishrei remains undiminished. This year, we are called upon to lead […]

One of my good friends has been a teacher most of her life. I savor the common sense observations that roll off her tongue, deliciously pointing to the obvious that is often not obvious at all. “Children don’t come with a manual,” she’ll say to comfort a parent after they send a child to school […]

Shofar in the Park brings the essence of Rosh Hashanah to the public in a Covid safe, picturesque environment “Escape the horn honking for some horn blowing,” reads a flyer advertising Shofar in the Park. In a modern twist on the time-honored Chabad mission of making the heart of Rosh Hashanah easily accessible, outdoor shofar […]