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Over the coming days, more than 50,000 people from all walks of life will visit the Ohel, the resting place of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory—to mark the 31st anniversary of his passing on the 3rd of Tammuz, which this yea...

Tanzania’s Jewish roots stretch back over a century, but decades of challenges scattered its once-promising community. Now, a new Chabad House is poised to both revive that legacy and establish a vibrant Jewish presence for the future. Tanzania’s Jewish h...

The holiday of Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, the moment that the Jewish people came to be. Two long-standing traditions have come to characterize the celebration of this momentous event: involving children and enjoying dairy foods....

For decades, at nearly every engagement party in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., children would gather near the door, waiting with anticipation. At some point during the celebration, the door would swing open, and the children would shou...

When discussing the exile of the Jewish people from the Holy Land, the Talmud Pesachim 87b. states, “The Holy One, Blessed be He, performed a charitable deed toward Israel in that He scattered them among the nations.” Commentaries explore the meaning of t...

As many wrap up their final Passover shopping—picking up some more kosher chicken, a few extra pounds of shmurah matzah and bottles of wine or grape juice for the Seder—Judi Garrett’s holiday list looks a little different. Hers includes more than 61 tons ...

A black-and-white photograph from early 1940s Mogilev, Belarus, captures a hauntingly familiar scene. A group of Jews, their faces etched with uncertainty, being herded down a street by German soldiers, their fate unknown. Eighty years later, that very im...

As Purim approaches, thousands of Chabad emissaries worldwide are gearing up for the holiday’s joyous celebrations. Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin is no exception. What sets him apart, however, is his unique congregation—25 active-duty Navy officers stationed at Na...

In the wake of the devastating Palisades Fire, which has already consumed more than 1,000 structures, including the home of at least one Chabad rabbi, three additional major fires erupted across Los Angeles County with two blazes breaking out within city ...

Rabbi Reuven Kaminezki is no stranger to Ukraine. Born and raised in Dnipro, Reuven has returned home many times since the war broke out in 2022 to support the Jewish community’s critical humanitarian and spiritual missions. So when, together with his wif...