Chabad-Lubavitch
News and updates about Chabad-Lubavitch

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap. 36, class 1

Rabbis outraged at haredi MK's support for concessions
Rabbis slam MK Gafni's claim that Torah supports evacuating Jews from their homes to surrender land to Arabs.

Chabad school in Tel Zion suffers criminal neglect
Regional Council kicks Chabad preschool out of its building so private preschool can use it - two weeks before school starts.

5 students celebrate belated bar mitzvah
Chabad Vienna hosts belated bar mitzvah celebration for 5 students in business school.

Teens and mentors from Bangkok to Brazil at Poconos Retreat
A CTeen summer weekend retreat for leadership training united teens and Chabad emissaries from all over the world.

Chabad to host thousands of eclipse-chasers across America
The August 21 solar eclipse has Chabad ready to host thousands of guests.

Photos of Jewish woman comforting autistic boy on plane go viral
8-year-old autistic boy screaming on flight from Belgium to US causes tension; Rebbetzin Rachel Groner stays beside him for two hours.

Not all Jews are Einsteins…or the Rebbe

Jewish Moscow presents 'tefillin bank'
After 'mezuzah bank' succeeds, Moscow's Chabad presents 'tefillin banks.'

WATCH: Russia's chief rabbi plays the drums
Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar's son weds Berlin Chabad emissary's daughter - and Rabbi Lazar hops on stage, surprising the young couple.

200 pairs of new tefillin in honor of the Kotel liberators
The three paratroopers in the iconic Kotel picture were the impetus for a Chabad campaign funding 200 pairs of tefillin for IDF soldiers.

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap. 35, class 2

'Nuke Israel' message stuck to door of Colorado Chabad center
Message calling to 'fight terror' by destroying Israel left on door of Colorado synagogue.

Chabad's isolated emissaries
Chabad emissaries from countries with tiny Jewish communities meet in Girona, Spain, to discuss common challenges.

U. of Maryland accepts request of Shabbat-observant students
Religious Jewish students at University of Maryland treated to 'shomer Shabbat' alternative graduation ceremony.

Chabad synagogue vandalized - in Meah Shearim
Sexton finds synagogue trashed, books stolen on Friday night.

Russian court deports Chabad rabbi
Russian court orders second Chabad rabbi deported with a year, claims rabbi is working for a 'for-profit foreign entity' without permission.

Watch: Chabad offers Tefillin to marchers in Auschwitz
CTeen, Chabad's branch for the youth, offers members of March of the Living the opportunity to wear Tefillin in Auschwitz.

New Hebrew-German prayer book in memory of Holocaust victims
Berlin rabbi publishes Hebrew-German prayer book in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Chabad rabbi beaten in vicious attack laid to rest
Chabbad emissary whp died six months after being brutally attacked in Ukraine buried on Mt. of Olives.

Six months after being beaten, Chabad emissary dies of injuries
Chabad rabbi beaten in anti-Semitic attack in Ukraine succumbs to injuries.

'Haaretz' strikes again
Left-wing paper smears late Lubavitcher Rebbe as 'insane' just days after article published comparing Religious Zionists to terrorists.

Politico article on Chabad-Trump connection misleads readers
Politico says Chabad is Trump’s partner in - something. Not so fast.

Preparing for the 'highest seder in the world'
Chabad emissaries in Kathmandu will host 1,500 Jews for the seder, while 200 backpackers will attend a seder in the middle of the Himalayas.

'It's a great honor to help Chabad'
MK Smotrich tours Chabad institutions in Beitar Illit, Kfar Chabad. 'I'll do whatever I can to help.'

US Chabad rabbi loses appeal against deportation from Russia
Chabad movement calls approval of rabbi's deportation a "dark day for Jews."

Atlantic City Shabbat 'a lighthouse of Judaism'
Arutz Sheva holds joint Shabbat with Chabad of Atlantic City's Stockton University.

Conflict arises between Frankfurt rabbis and Chabad
Frankfurt Jewish group severs ties with German city’s Chabad over ‘disrespect’ and ‘insults.'

The 'tent' connecting world Jewry
People visit the Ohel every hour of every day, hassid says the Rebbe 'belongs to everyone.'

A mother's naches

Halacha Headlines Radio Show
Join a special radio broadcast after the Shabbat - debating issues of Hassidut, Chabbad, secular studies and more.

Russia: American Chabad rabbi a security risk, must leave
An American rabbi who has worked for the Chabad movement in Russia since 2002 says he and his family are facing deportation.

Samaria yeshiva gets new Torah scroll
Russian Jews donate new Torah scroll to Chabad yeshiva in Samaria.

New Book Reveals Hundreds of Documents About Rebbe’s Early Life
‘Early Years’ comprises 550 pages of insight-producing documents and photographs.

Report: Trump, Kushner foundations donated thousands to Chabad
President-elect's foundation has donated thousands of dollars to Chabad institutions.

Hanukkah retreat offers escape for bereaved families
Colel Chabad organizes Hanukkah retreat for bereaved families.

Chabad rabbi and family move to South Dakota
A rabbi and his family have moved to South Dakota, giving the state its only full-time rabbi.

Southern California Chabad center vandalized
Chabad center in the Southern California city of Santa Monica vandalized on first day of Hanukkah.

Watch: Chabad Hanukkah candle lighting at NBA game
Chabad's 'Cteen' lights Hanukkah candles before 20,000 spectators at an NBA game in Brooklyn. 'Publicizing the miracle' - big time.

Netanyahu: They have a love of Israel and a love of fellow men
Israeli PM meets with Jewish community in Azerbaijan, speaks of better relations between the two countries.

Chabad on Campus raises money to help fire victims
Chabad on Campus has launched an initiative to raise money to support areas damaged in the fires which raged across Israel last week.

Watch: 5,600 dance at annual Chabad banquet
This year's annual international Chabad banquet was filled with reflection, inspirational speeches and, of course - dancing.

For the first time ever: Chabad now active in all 50 states
With opening of center in South Dakota, Chabad-Lubavitch outreach now covers all 50 states.

Watch: The annual group photo of Chabad emissaries
4,000 Chabad emissaries, whose mission is strengthening Jewish identity, gathered in New York for their yearly conference.

Chabad in Berlin receives $2 million in federal funding
Jewish Museum and Chabad-Lubavitch in Berlin have received major funding from the federal government.

Watch: The connection between Chabad and a Prisoner of Zion
Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich tells the moving story of a Prisoner of Zion in a Soviet prison and his meeting with Chabad.

When Supreme Court judge visited the Rebbe of Chabad
Vice President of the Supreme Court speaks of his mission to Chabad Rebbe on behalf of Prime Minister Shamir.

Four arrested in beating of Ukraine rabbi
Police in Ukraine arrest four suspects in the beating of a rabbi in the western city of Zhitomir.

Judge issues restraining order on kapparot ritual in Irvine, CA
Pre-Yom Kippur ritual temporarily banned by federal judge in southern California city.

Were rabbi's assailants anti-Semites - or thieves?
Chief Rabbi of Ukraine tells Arutz Sheva that motive for brutal attack might not be anti-Semitism.

Synagogue in Zhitomir, Ukraine, reopens for the holidays
The building is the only remaining synagogue of the 54 that were there before the holocaust.

Chabad rabbi beaten in Ukraine
Chabad emissary Rabbi Mendel Deitsch was brutally attacked at Zhitomir's central station. Public is asked to pray for his recovery.

South Florida synagogue vandalized before Rosh Hashanah
South Florida synagogue was vandalized ahead of the Rosh Hashanah holiday.

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chapter 29, Class # 4

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap. 29 class 3

Extremist protests against Rabbi Havlin gaining momentum
Members of the Eda Haredit intend to renew demonstrations against Kiryat Gat chief rabbi Moshe Havlin whom they term 'traitor and informer'.

Montreal Chabad center investigated in money-laundering scam
Quebec officials investigating possible connections between a Montreal Chabad group and an alleged money-laundering scam.

17 arrests made during Kiryat Gat protest
17 arrests and 3 indictments have been made, after hareidi radicals attacked Kiryat Gat Chief Rabbi.

Havlin: Intruders threatened to kill me, cursed the Rebbe
Rabbi Moshe Havlin discusses last week's unprecedented attack by anti-Zionist haredi radicals.
