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As Hurricane Ida Barrels Into Louisiana, Chabad Centers on Call to Help
Destructive Category 4 storm hits on 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Chabad emissaries in Louisiana were hunkered down and ready to help their communities deal with whatever Hurricane Ida brings as the intense Category 4 storm made landfall near Grand Isle, La., Sunday afternoon. Ida’s arrival comes on the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which […]
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Chabad Community in Louisiana Braces for Hurricane Ida
With Hurricane Ida bearing down on Southern Louisiana, the Chabad Jewish Center community in Metairie, Louisiana, came together to prepare the synagogue and ensure community members have essential supplies. Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans, is located approximately 45 miles east of the expected trajectory of the category four storm, and is expected to experience […]
Living in the Bush
Off The Beaten Path: Chabad Houses You Didn’t Know Existed, Part 3 Chabad Of Byron Shire, Australia Like your typical secular Israeli, Inbar joined the Israeli Defense Forces as a teen. When she hung up her olive-green uniform and rifle for the last time, she headed east, trekking through the outlying towns and teeming cities […]
A Jewish Library Changes the Beat in the Heart of Los Angeles
2,000 spiritually nourishing titles draw families from around the city The streets of Los Angeles are awash with waves of images and messaging containing everything under the sun, all of it in glittering Technicolor. The lights and action with which even the most debauched offerings are presented can present a challenge for anyone, but is […]
The Tzfat Kabbalists Collection
At The Library Of Agudas Chasidei Chabad The rare manuscripts department at Chabad’s Central Library and Archive Center contains many original manuscripts penned by the great Kabbalists. Rabbi Moshe Cordevero (1482-1570), renowned as “Ramak,” was a student of the great Rabbi Yosef Karo, and was appointed a judge of the Rabbinic court of Safed in […]
Chabad Marks Birthday of Movement’s Founder
In the Jewish calendar, the month of Elul takes up its own, unique place. It is the end and completion of the Jewish calendar year and at the same time also the introduction and gateway to the approaching New Year beginning with Rosh Hashanah. In its capacity as the former, Elul serves as a time […]
Talmud Teasers: About Moses
How many can you answer? “Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses” Deuteronomy 34:10 The Torah readings of late summer are in the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth and final of the Five Books of Moses. It contains the last will and testament of Moses to the Jewish people, shortly before […]
Planting Life in the Desert of Arizona
New Shluchim arrive to downtown Phoenix “The Jewish people have always flourished in the desert,” said Rabbi Dovber Dechter, his frank and friendly voice resonating clearly over the phone line. “A desert personifies our mission in this world – to take dry, desert-like places and turn them into cities of Torah and good deeds.” Rabbi […]