| Kinnus 5770
Reencounter, Reaffirm, Reunite |  | | Photograph: Odelia S. | The opening session of the 22nd International Conference of Shluchos took place Thursday night in the main ballroom of Oholei Torah ■ Rabbi Kotlarsky then went on to speak about how we await the coming of Moshiach every day and how it is in everything we do ■ more 
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| 20 for Ohr Chaya
Memories, Niggunim, Farbrengen |  | | Photograph: Meir Alfasi & Yossi Aflalo | Hundreds of women braved the freezing weather to salute Ohr Chaya's 20 years of accomplishments as an Chabad educational institute of higher learning ■ Thanks to Rabbi Yaakov Halperin for his assistance, and Michael Caplin for coordinating the event ■ more
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| Tonight!
A Siyum and Evening of Inspiration |  | | Photograph: Kosher Sheitels, Inc. | The Roetter and Azoulay families invite all women and girls to come together for an evening of inspiration and a Siyum Mishnayos marking the shloshim of Mrs. Pesha Leah (nee Roetter) Azoulay OBM ■ more
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| Kinnus Coverage
Shluchos Came Home, Kinnus Begins |  | | Photograph: Odeliadoco.com | Last night at 7:00 p.m., the 22nd International Kinnus HaShluchos, 5770 was officially opened. Thousands of Shluchos and their guests arrived at the Tzivos Hashem Museum ■ more
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| Rubashkin Update
R' Sholom to be Evaluated in Jail |  | A federal judge will allow convicted former Agriprocessors vice president to be evaluated by a Maryland psychiatrist in the Linn County Jail on Thursday ■ Dr. Susan Fiester, a forensic psychiatrist from Silver Springs, Md., will examine Rubashkin ■ more
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| London, UK
A Double Celebration |  | | Photograph: Shturem | The double simcha was a Tu B'Shvat gathering, and the upsherenish of little Mendy, son of Shluchim Rabbi Schneur and Chani Glitzenstein ■ Everyone left with a feeling that this was only a taste of great things to come ■ more
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| Rabbi MS Ashkenazi
Strauss Products Banned in Kfar Chabad |  | | Rabbi Ashkenazi | Photograph: Meir Alfasi, Shturem | Strauss products will not be available in the two local Kfar Chabad stores. So paskened the Moro D'asra, Rabbi Shmuel Ashkenazi, two days after Rabbi Yaroslavski came out with his ban ■ more
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| The Better Half
Welcome Home Shluchos, Thanks Shluchim |  | North of the border, in Vancouver, Rabbi Binyomin Bitton has his own methods for survival. “Keep the kids happy, keep things simple,” he says. Meals will be a combination of his wife’s carefully-labeled cooking, hot dogs and fries, and restaurants. “All rules,” he confesses, “are off ■ more
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| PSA
Attention Sofrei Stam |  | A French Mossad is seeking Sofrim in Israel. The sofrim interested can meet the representative on the 22nd of Shvat in Yerushalayim ■ more
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| Chabad Vancouver Ready
From Gold Rush To Rush For Gold |  | Chabad, which operates five “outposts” in the greater Vancouver area, recently renovated one of its centers in time for the Olympics, and the chasidic movement has assigned eight out-of-town emissaries to Vancouver for the Olympics ■ more
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| Big Kitchen,Big Stars
NSW: Avrohom Fried in Concert |  | They're the oddest of trios: three equally accomplished musicians who wouldn’t usually appear on the same concert bill, but are being brought together in the name of charity ■ The founder of Our Big Kitchen, Rabbi Dovid Slavin, said the event would replace the Yeshiva Centre’s annual dinner ■ more
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| Rabbi YY Yaroslavski
A Ban on Strauss Dairy Products |  | Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Yaroslavski of Nachlas Har Chabad, and Mazkir of the Beis Din,has called upon Anash to boycott Strauss products. His letter on the matter appears here ■ more
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| Kinnus HaShluchos News
Mrs. Sarah Kaplan Keynote Speaker |  | | Chof Bais Shvat, 5748 | Photograph: he.chabad.org | Mrs. Kaplan will address the shluchos and their guests at the Kinus Banquet on the theme of the Kinus - Ufaratzta and Lamplighters ■ In preparation for your visit to the Ohel Rabbi Yosef Gopin will be addressing the shluchos at 8:30am at Oholei Torah ■ more
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| Chabad Disaster Relief
Rabbi Pelman Sends Supply Trucks |  | | Photograph: Chabad.org | Trucks stocked with emergency supplies, dispatched by Chabad-Lubavitch of the Dominican Republic crossed the border into Haiti Friday morning, travelling as part of a convoy of disaster relief ■ more
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| AD MOSAI? AD MOSAI? AD MOSAI?
Mrs. Chana Siev, OB"M |  | | It is with sadness that we report the very untimely passing of Mrs. Chana Ziv, ob"m, of Tzfas, at the age of 52 ■ The levaye will be leaving the Ohr Menachem School at 2:15 and will proceed to the Bais Hachaim in Tzfas ■ more details | | | |
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| Photo Gallery
A Tomim Speaks at the Knesset |  | | Photograph: Meir Alfasi, Shturem | e charedi representative was Tomim Yisroel Aryeh Leib Bachar, who recieved much publicity and stirred up a small storm even before today's presentation ■ more
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| Shaarei Tzedek
Tu B'Shvat: Fruits of their Labor |  | The Shaarei Tzedek Center in Moscow celebrated Tu B'Shvat on a really large scale: the largest friut salad ever prepared in Russia was enjoyed by the center's members ■ more
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| Tzfas, Eretz HaKodesh
Tmimim Celebrate Yud Shvat at YNS |  | | Photograph: CHI | The Shabbos before Yud Shevat the bochurim were treated to a Shabbaton at Hotel Lavi. The theme of the Shabbos was Hiskashrus of being connected to the Rebbe. The energy of the Shabbaton carried on into the Yud Shevat farbrengen ■ more
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| Oak Park, CA
Chevre Club Goes on Tu B'shvat Outing |  | | Photograph: Ventura.com | The idea for the event came from Chabad member Harry Medved, who hopes to organize a monthly hike on a local trail during which participants will collect litter. He’s calling it the CHEVRE club, using a Jewish word which means “a supportive network of friends ■ more
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| Chabad Goshen
A Kosher Lesson in Heroism |  | Munching on their overstuffed sandwiches – feeding the hero within – each teen received three blank cards on which they were asked to write a quality trait that makes a hero ■ more
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| Chabad UA
Sinai Scholars Begin New Semester |  | | Rabbi Yossi Winner | Photograph: Rodney Haas/Arizona Daily Wildcat | The center is different from many other religious affiliations because it is the Rabbi’s home, which is near campus on Euclid Ave. The Rabbi and his family welcome students to learn about the Jewish faith, attend services and eat ■ more
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