41st study cycle of Mishneh Torah and Sefer Hamitzvot coincides with Lag BaOmer On May 19, Jews around the world will conclude a year’s worth of daily study of Maimonides’ magnum opus, Mishneh Torah, also known as Yad HaChazakah or simply, Rambam—the Hebrew acronym for Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon. This year, the conclusion of the […]

In Episode 24 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Yehuda and Rebbetzin Miriam Ferris who, for the last 40 years, have shared the beauty of the Torah with the Jews of freewheeling Berkeley, California. The Ferrises are a good fit there because, like […]

Most commandments in the Torah are so cryptic that a straightforward perusal will leave the reader without the knowledge necessary to understand or fulfill them. So the details are elucidated in the Oral Law, which was given at Sinai and transmitted by the sages of the Talmud and their subsequent exponents. Here we chose to […]

Families and schools take to the outdoors for ancient holiday of Jewish pride and unity As the sun comes out and the trees sway in full bloom, Jewish communities around the world will gather in backyards, streets, parks and even cemeteries in celebration of Jewish pride, unity and mysticism, beginning the evening of May 18 […]

Rescue effort is part of ongoing campaign to save and serve those in desperate need Anyone who has ever walked into the home of Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskovitz in Kharkov, Ukraine, knows Luda. With her endless energy and dedication, Luda would do everything she could to help the Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries to the city. She […]

In Idaho and Wyoming, life-affirming memorials to Yossi Kohn’s unforgettable smile Everyone who encountered Yossi Kohn remembers his smile. Even after he lost his father to a car crash at the age of 7, he continued to bring joy to others, greeting newcomers in his yeshivah, making others comfortable and putting their well-being before his […]

Secured by Chabad Headquarters, a generous grant allows the weary Zhytomyr community to begin rebuilding their lives In the frantic scramble to evacuate the Alumim orphanage from Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Rabbi Shlomo and Esther Wilhelm had no time to think about the future. As their city mutated into a warzone, ninety orphaned children and fifty adults […]