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A celebration of warm relations and growing ties between the two nations When Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef landed in the United Arab Emirates at the end of last week, he made history as the first-ever sitting Israeli chief rabbi to visit an Arab country. Rabbi Yosef’s visit and reception, which comes following the U.S.-brokered […]
A survivor relives forty minutes that changed his life forever Baruch she-asah li nes ba’makom hazeh. “Blessed is the One who performed a miracle for me in this place.” Yisroel Brownstein, a 40-year-old clinical psychologist, could barely make it through the words of the blessing as he stood in a cornfield in Sioux City, Iowa, […]
County’s first Jewish mayor says the scroll will serve as a reminder of her “guiding faith” Among the first orders of business for newly elected Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava was affixing a mezuzah to her office doorpost. The ceremony, on Friday, November 20, was led by Rabbi Moishe Kievman of Chabad Chayil in Highland […]
How good and how pleasant it is when brothers dwell together (Psalms 133:1). When Jewish people unite in holiness, our tradition teaches that the shechinah rests among us and endows us with the power to evoke Divine blessings. Such was the experience of a farbrengen with the Rebbe. It is now more than a quarter […]
Today in Jewish History: 34 Years Since the Victory in Chabad Library Trial On the 5th of Tevet (Hei Teves) in 1987, the extensive library of the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, was declared as belonging to Agudas Chasidei Chabad Lubavitch. The U.S. Federal court issued this ruling after a lengthy, highly-publicized trial. The […]
Karlsruhe, Germany, seat of Germany’s Supreme Court and home to some 2,000 Jews, celebrated Chanukah this year, as every year, with distinguished leaders participating in Chabad’s public menorah lighting in the town square. This year, the honor of lighting the shamash (officiant candle) went to Dr. Stephan Harbarth, President of the Federal Constitutional Court (Germany’s […]
As part of ‘Project Flame,’ children collect pledges to do good deeds When Jackie Hamer, a retired high school special-education teacher living in Oxnard, Calif., was approached the first night of Hanukkah at the local Chabad outdoor menorah-lighting by a young child, she wasn’t expecting what she heard. “Will you pledge to do a mitzvah?” […]
Governors found ways to join Covid-safe Hanukkah events, celebrating freedom of religion Despite the difficulties that the coronavirus pandemic has created, the nation’s elected officials found ways to safely continue the Hanukkah tradition of joining public menorah-lightings, many of which took place at state capitols, statehouses and governors’ residences across the United States. Inspired by […]
Organizations step in as pandemic leaves financial victims everywhere For Jews across the world, Hanukkah is a joyous time to spend with family and friends, gathering around the warm glow of the candles as boisterous children run around the house consuming inordinate amounts of treats with the adults clucking in mock disapproval. But for others […]
The word Chanukah in Hebrew comes from the same root as chinuch—education, and, indeed, one of the central messages of Chanukah concerns the significance of education. The Talmud includes discussions and anecdotes underscoring the value that Judaism attaches to education, and the place of prominence it accords the teacher. A. The early sage Rabbi Shimon […]