The All for All Synagogue

Inclusion on Long Island Every Shabbat, Rabbi Anchelle Perl invites congregants to step forward with requests for prayers during the traditional Misheberach ceremony. What’s less traditional is the type of requests he solicits. For the last six months, Perl has openly extended his offer to people suffering from all illnesses, mental as well as physical. […]

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Geulah Cohen, 93, Israeli Activist, Journalist and Political Leader

Her interviews with the Rebbe were deeply influential on Israeli society Geulah Cohen, a leading Israeli activist and political leader who fought for independence as a member of the Jewish underground during the final years of the British Mandate, and became a mainstay of Israel’s ideological right—first as a journalist and then as a member […]

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The man behind the big menorah

Acts of kindness in the 1960s are still being paid back decades later, in the shape of Chabad’s giant menorahs in Essex The public candle-lightings organised by Chabad are now a fixed part of the seasonal calendar. But where do the giant metal menorahs come from? And where do they go for the rest of […]

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Chabad opens first Jewish center in south Phoenix

A new Chabad center is coming to south Phoenix, a fast-growing region of the metropolitan area that previously had no synagogues. Rabbi Mendy Rimler and his wife, Sarah, will co-direct the Chabad Jewish Center of South Phoenix. “The first in the area is always a big thing,” said Grant Galas, a local real estate agent […]

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You say Worrier, We’ll Give you Warrior

New course empowers as it educates. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’s new course is turning worriers into warriors and attendees are suiting up in droves. JLI’s latest six-week syllabus is being praised by many students as the organization’s best yet, with record attendance to match. Based on eight chapters of the Tanya, “Worriers to Warriors” […]

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A New Tanya class By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz “Praying leisurely with meditation will develop a revealed Love for Hashem”

Tanya Last Essays Number 8 The Alter Rebbe says that he’s not happy to hear that they don’t allow the chazan that prays leisurely to lead the prayer service.  Praying leisurely creates life & long life. If the שליח ציבור prays leisurely he creates life & long life for the whole community. As the Talmud […]

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