Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht talks about the 7 Mitzvos Bnei Noach speech the Rebbe wanted a rabbi to deliver in the UN 32 years ago, and Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein tells of how it recently came to be…
Rabbi Michoel Green returns to the scene and looks for direction we can take, going forward from the horrific tragedy at Chabad of Poway.
Crowds of people from Bnei Brak and beyond filled the streets near the beis medrash of Rav Landau z’l, before the funeral set out. It was at this time, after the recitation of a few chapters of Tehillim, that Rabbi Chaim Yitzchok Isaac, his son, was appointed the new rav of Bnei Brak.
Amongst the overwhelming response from readers received over the past few days, one reader conveyed his indignation that instead of offering insight into the intrigue, the reference only added insult to injury, by equating the ancient horrific Hellenistic display of anti-Templism to some unassuming and well-meaning women who felt that sharing their innermost feelings to the world would be therapeutic.
Sticks and stones may break one’s bones… and mics can be worse. Indeed, the mic drop controversy has taken the Chabad world by storm, and although many rabbinic authorities have weighed in on the issue, revealing the halachicly reprehensive nature of the public speaking forum, a little clarification is required
China, not the world’s best behaved nation, has reportedly reassigned over 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in a bid to combat pollution by increasing the country’s forest coverage
It’s a project that seems like something out of the end-of-days prophecies, with close to a million Jews around the world uniting to observe Shabbos. * The Shabbos Project is the brainchild of Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Chief Rabbi of South Africa, who says that the project is to hasten the Geula. * Small Shabbos stories from behind the huge global project.
The recent controversy emanating from Poland these days began with the passage of a law prohibiting referring to Nazi death camps as “Polish camps.” It only intensified with the statement of the Polish Prime Minister, about “Polish perpetrators” and “Jewish perpetrators.” Chabad Holocaust researcher, R’ Shneur Zalman Berger, presents his research findings that there were a lot more Poles who killed or betrayed Jews than there were who risked their lives to save Jews. * Also, an update about the work of Chabad in Poland.
The largest Chabad yeshiva in the world, located in Tzfas, is currently involved in a struggle for its very survival. We spoke with Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Wilschansky, who has been rosh yeshiva for over forty years, about the yeshiva and the current situation.
This one was busy with this, and the other with that, and suddenly the news hit, “Sholom Mordechai is being let go!” “Sholom Mordechai has already left the prison!” “Sholom Mordechai is already home!” “He has arrived in 770
What was so unique about this event that gripped everybody and led to such an extraordinary emotional outpouring across the board? This question bears consideration, since Rubashkin is not the first Jew to sit in jail, and he is not the first Jew to be released from jail. Also, he was not jailed for the sin of promoting Judaism as in the days of Soviet Russia, and yet, hundreds of thousands of Jews throughout the world went wild with excitement upon hearing of his release. Tens of thousands of Jews danced in the streets of Jewish neighborhoods across America, and the joy in 770 was through the roof, recalling days gone by
Rabbi Reuven Wolf, shliach in Los Angeles, California, gives his perspective on President Donald Trump’s recent declaration that the United States recognizes Yerushalayim as the capital city of Israel.
It was a Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 at the Chabad tefillin stand in Hertzliya. The street was busy and the extreme heat seemed to have eclipsed the uproar over the “mistaken citation.” It was a major news item that was heard not only in Eretz Yisroel but throughout the world. Despite the heat, I joined the shliach who regularly mans the tefillin stand. Every now and then, someone came over and asked to put on tefillin, “Just because of what they did to you
July 18, 2019