Uplift & Illuminate Your Sukkos With The Rebbe’s Mugah Ma’amarim

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Beis Medrash

3 hours ago

Uplift & Illuminate Your Sukkos With The Rebbe’s Mugah Ma’amarim

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As the festival of Sukkot surrounds us with its sacred embrace, Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz brings to life five powerful, mugah Ma’amarim — each a jewel from the Rebbe’s treasury of Chassidus. These teachings don’t just explain Sukkot — they transform it, opening the heart and mind to the deeper purpose and joy of this extraordinary Yom Tov • Read More, Watch

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3 hours ago

Heads Up: Sukkah Swept From Balcony in Yerushalayim

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A Sukkah was swept from a balcony in the Shaarei Chesed neighborhood of Yerushalayim, flying down toward the street. A passerby narrowly escaped being struck as it came crashing down. With Sukkos approaching, the incident serves as a reminder to ensure that Sukkos, Schach and other outdoor structures are properly secured and safe • Watch

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4 hours ago

Hundreds Receive Semichah at Lemaan Yilmedu’s Chag HaSemichah

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Last week, hundreds of students of the “Lemaan Yilmedu” institute participated in the impressive annual event of “Chag HaSemichah,” which took place in Oholei Torah in Crown Heights, with the participation of rabbanim, maggidei shiurim and family members who came to celebrate the important milestone of receiving certificates • Read More, Photos

Beis Medrash

4 hours ago

Download: Kovetz Limud Published For 13 Tishrei

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The Rebbe encourages us to learn the works of a Rebbe in Nigleh and Chassidus on his yom hilula, and to learn (at least one perek of) Mishnayos beginning with the letters of his name. Yagdil Torah has compiled a publication with Mishnayos and selected pieces of the Rebbe Maharash’s Torah • Read More, Download

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12 hours ago

Kazakhstan: Yom Kippur in Almaty

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At the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center in Almaty, led by the Rebbe’s Shliach Rabbi Elchanan Cohen, and at Beis Chabad Levi Yitzchak in the city center, led by the Rebbe’s Shliach Rabbi Mordechai Cohen, hundreds of Jews gathered for Yom Kippur Tefillos. Many of the Mispallelim chose to remain at the Beis Chabad overnight, spending the entire holy day together • Photos

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12 hours ago

Erev Yom Kippur in Brunoy: Community Gathers for Kapparos

As is customary, Kapparos was held once again this year in Brunoy, France, with many members of the community gathering in the early morning hours of Erev Yom Kippur to perform the Minhag with white chickens. Photographer Mordechai Lubecki was there to capture the scene • Photos

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13 hours ago

Los Angeles: Chabad Chossid Becomes First Chareidi Judge on County Superior Court

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A historic achievement for the Chabad community in Los Angeles: Rabbi Benjamin Israel Furer, a veteran criminal prosecutor and cybercrime specialist, has been sworn in as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court • Read More, Photos

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13 hours ago

Erev Yom Kippur: Thai Authorities Raid Chabad House in Phuket

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Tensions surrounding Chabad’s activities in Thailand continue to escalate: Just hours before the onset of Yom Kippur, representatives of several Thai government agencies arrived at the Chabad House in Patong, Phuket, conducting an extensive inspection of the premises • Read More, Photos

Tishrei

1 day ago

Motzei Yom Kippur: The Rebbe’s Sukkah Goes Up

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On Motzei Yom Kippur, a group of Bochurim had the Zechus of building the private Sukkah of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach in front of 770. The Bochurim assembled the base and walls, concluding with the placement of the Schach atop the Sukkah • ChabadInfo photographer Sholem Chaskind presents a Photo Gallery

Beis Medrash

1 day ago

Sukkos: Different, Yet One

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This week’s video Shiur features a Maamar of the Rebbe in honor of 13 Tishrei – the Hilullah of the Rebbe Maharash – and Sukkos, titled “Basukkos Teshvu”, originally delivered on 13 Tishrei, 5738. Presented by Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, the class offers profound insight, inspiration, and practical guidance from the Rebbe’s Maamarim • Watch

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1 day ago

Moscow Shuls Packed for Yom Kippur Tefilos

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The sanctuary of the Marina Roscha Central Synagogue has not seen so many worshippers on the Holy Day / A tremendous spiritual awakening was felt during the sermon of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar shlit”a / Upon the conclusion of the fast, the central sukkah was immediately built in the courtyard in preparation for the holiday of Sukkot ahead of rainy weather • Read More, Photos

BD''H

1 day ago

Terror Attack on Erev Yom Kippur: Man Murdered in Binyamin Shooting

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A man in his 30s was murdered Sunday in a shooting attack near the community of Neve Tzuf in the Binyamin region. The terrorist opened fire from a passing vehicle toward the Ein Ria spring, also known as Ein Banba, near the community, striking a man who was inside his vehicle • Read More

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2 days ago

Chadera: Despite Vandalism at Chabad, Some 500 Jews Gather for Neilah

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At the Beis Chabad in Chadera’s Park neighborhood, organizers were shocked to discover that during the night of Yom Kippur, a group of youths had entered the open-air Shul area and vandalized dozens of chairs and expensive equipment used by the Shul and Mispallelim • Read More, Photos

BD''H

2 days ago

Tragedy on Erev Yom Kippur: HaTomim Yaakov Meir Eisenbach A”H

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We are deeply saddened to report the tragic passing of HaTomim Yaakov Meir Eisenbach A”H, son of Rabbi Tzvi Akiva and Leah Eisenbach, prominent members of the Chabad community in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim • Read More

Tishrei

2 days ago

“Teka B’Shofar”: Yossi Cohen Revives Niggun for Simchas Beis Hashoeva

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Ahead of Sukkos, renowned Baal Menagen R’ Yossi Cohen presents an energetic new rendition of the classic niggun “Teka B’Shofar,” composed by the Chossid R’ Eliyahu Rivkin. The beloved melody, selected to lead the Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebrations, receives a fresh and upbeat arrangement that is set to ignite the dance floor • Listen

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2 days ago

NEW: The Rebbe’s Sefer Torah, Made for Kids

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Not just another children’s Torah — an exact replica of the Rebbe’s famous Sefer Torah. A meaningful gift for Simchas Torah, for children and grandchildren — and most of all, a gift they’ll truly want to carry with them at Hakafos • Order now and get free shipping!

Tishrei

2 days ago

Gallery: Motzei Yom Kippur in 770

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Yom Kippur was spent by thousands of guests and Anash in the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach’s presence at 770, amid a profound atmosphere of spiritual elevation. ChabadInfo photographer Sholom Kripor presents a photo gallery capturing the atmosphere by Maariv and Havdalah • Photos

Tishrei

2 days ago

Moments Before Yom Kippur: Small Zal Packed for Birchas Habonim

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Shortly before Yom Kippur, the Temimim, the Rebbe’s sons, gathered in and around the small Zal of 770 for Birchas HaBanim, with an intense yearning and tefillah to merit seeing and hearing the Rebbe Bentch them. The Temimim sang the Rebbe’s niggunim, and with a powerful demand for the Geulah they sang “Yechi Adoneinu,” crying out from the depths of their hearts: “Ad Mosai?!” The moving moments were captured by photographers Mendy Kirshenzapt and Mendy Chatzroni • Exclusive Photos, Watch

Tishrei

3 days ago

Over 600 English-Speaking Bochurim Gather in 770 for Grand Seder Sichos

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In a powerful display of Chassidishe unity and intensive preparation for the sacred evening of Erev Yom Kippur, over 600 English-speaking Bochurim from around the world convened on Tuesday, in 770 Eastern Parkway, Beis Chayenu, for a grand and inspiring Seder Sichos • Read More, Photos

Tishrei

3 days ago

In the Early Morning Hours: Thousands Gather for Kapparos in Crown Heights

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Thousands of men, women, and children gathered in the late-night hours to perform Kapparos at the corner of Kingston and President Street in Crown Heights. The Kapparos were held on behalf of the major Chesed organization Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim, under the supervision of the Rabbanim of the Crown Heights Beis Din. ChabadInfo photographers Yossi Michaeli and Sholom Kripor present a Photo Gallery

Tishrei

3 days ago

Crown Heights: Rabbi Osdoba Inspecting Eshel’s Kapparos

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Mara D’Asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights, Rabbi Avraham Osdoba, was seen at Kapparos on President Street, organized by Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim, together with Rabbi Menachem Mendel HaKohen Hendel, director of Eshel, inspecting the knives of the Shochtim • Photos

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3 days ago

Hatomim #20: A Guft For The Rebbe’s Children

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Erev Yom Kippur is when the Rebbe blesses the Tmimim, his very own children. And a Tamim is not only someone sitting in yeshiva right now. It’s anyone who lives and acts in that spirit. So ahead of Yom Kippur, Beis Moshiach is offering a free download of a special issue of Hatomim — sixty-four pages of carefully curated content for Talmidei Hatmimim, “דעם רבינ’ס קינדר” • Full stiry, Download

Beis Medrash

3 days ago

Why Do We Go To The Mikvah Three Times on Erev Yom Kippur?

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Why do we go to the Mikvah three times on Erev Yom Kippur? Rabbi Noam Wagner answers for Stump the Rabbi • Watch

Beis Medrash

4 days ago

Rabbi Heschel Greenberg: The Significance of Kol Nidrei

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Kol Nidrei is a legal declaration where we renounce our vows. Why would we usher-in the holiest day of the year with a dry legal declaration? Furthermore, why is this prayer said with such feeling and emotion? Rabbi Heschel Greenberg explains • Watch

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