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Rabbi Mordechai Lipskier
 Parshas Naso: Torah Then and Now 
In Vayikra, we are told that when Moshe entered the Mishkan to speak with Hashem, he heard the Heavenly Voice from the Ohel Moed which is outside the Kodesh Kedashim. Then, in Terumah we are told that Moshe heard the Heavenly Voice from above the Aron Kodesh. So which one was it? Did the voice emanate from outside the Kodesh Kedashim or from inside ■ more
    
 
Think Moshiach
 Parsha Naso: Making a Small Change 
The true and complete Redemption is spoken of by countless prophets. But, as mentioned above, prophecy falls into the realm of change. In order to show that the promise of the Redemption is forever, the Torah relates that it is connected with a mitzvah. And just like a mitzvah is everlasting, so too the promise of the Redemption is everlasting ■ more
    
 
Leb'n Mit Moshiach
 To Know “WHO IS WHO" 
The Previous Rebbe relates about a Farbrengen that the Alter Rebbe had in the year 5531 where he asks: that at first glance this seems to be a form of bribery? After Moshe having successfully fulfilled his objective of bringing the Jewish people to Mt. Sinai, Hashem th erefore reassures him that “they will also believe in you forever ■ more 
    
 
Yud Daled Sivan:
 Sefer Torah Honoring Mrs. SS Blesofsky OB"M 
Hascholas Sefer Torah
Hascholas Sefer Torah | Photograph: Shturem Archives
In a few days, family and friends will gather together for a Siyum Sefer Torah in honor of Mrs. Shterna Sara Blesofsky OBM bas Reb Chaim Tashkenter Hurwitz OBM. It will take place on her 2nd yahrtzeit, 14th of Sivan IY"H ■ more
    
 
Kiddush Hashem
 Revitalizing Postville with Quality Workforce 
Photograph: VIN
After rabbinical training in Israel and a two-year stint as rabbi in Long Beach, CA, Aaron Goldsmith has played a key role in revitalizing the small town of Pottsville, Iowa, serving as business owner, city council member, and co-author of a book aimed at promoting the “positives” in the town ■ more
    
 
"Cheit HaIgul"
 Putting the Square Back to The Luchos 
Michelangelo had it right. Most synagogues around the world have it wrong. The two tablets of stone, divinely inscribed with the 10 Commandments and bestowed upon Moses at Mount Sinai, did not have the rounded tops familiar from their depictions in most houses of worship and popular art since the Middle Ages. And the Chabad (Lubavitch) Hassidic movement is encouraging synagogues to correct the misrepresentation ■ more
    
 
Developing Story:Updated
 Blast Near Chabad House in Katmandu 

A very strong blast rocked the area near the Katmandu Beis Chabad in Nepal. A hotel building adjacent to the Beis Chabad went up in flames, and began spreading in the area. There are tens of injured from the fire ■ more 

    
 
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
 Loss: Rabbi Sholom Dovber Raskin, OB"M 
(With sadness we report the passing of HaRav Hachossid R' Sholom Dovber Raskin, OB"M, of Kfar Chabad, at the age of 92. The levaye took place this afternoon in Kfar Chabad, continuing on to Har Hazeisim for kvurah. R' Sholom Dovber was born a year and a half after the histalkus of the Rebbe RaShaB and was among the first to bear his holy name ■ more
    
 
Wishing All Gut Shabbos & Gut Yom Tov
 L'Kabollas HaTorah B'simcha U'b'pnimiyus 
Shturem.org wishes all our readers, and all of Klall Yisroel a Gut Shabbos and a Gut Yom Tov.  May we all merit to recieve the Torah b'simcha u'b'pnimiyus ■ more 
    
 
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik
 Why We Accepted the Torah Unconditionally 
Photograph: INN
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, Shliach to the Five Towns area of Long Island, delivered a special holiday message to Arutz Sheva viewers. In it, he explains why the Israelites accepted Torah unquestioningly, saying – according to the Torah account – "naaseh venishma" – "we shall carry it out and we shall listen to it," in that order ■ more 
    
 
Oholei Torah Kfar Chabad
 Talmidim Ready to Recieve the Torah 
The talmidim of Oholei Torah in Kfar Chabad were inspired to recieve the Torah with joy and strengthen their hiskashrus to the Rebbe. In a special rally as a hachana to Shovuos, they were adressed by principal Rabbi Bentzion Vishedsky, Rabbi Eli Wolf and R' Binyomin Lifshitz ■ more 
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Chag Hashovuos:
 Zmanim, Halochos and Minhogim 
The Beis Din of Crown Heights has released an instructional guide – in both English and Hebrew – which contains Halachos and Minhagim pertaining to the Yom Tov of Shavuos, as well as the answers to many questions regarding the upcoming Yom Tov ■ more
    
 
Bar Mitzvah Gallery
 HaTomim Reuvein Kaminietzky, Dneper 
Mazel Tov HaTomim HaShliach Reuvein!
Mazel Tov HaTomim HaShliach Reuvein! | Photograph: Shturem

Shluchim Ayn Mishpocho: Head Shluchim to Dnepropetrovsk, Rabbi & Mrs. Shmuel Kanimietzky, celebrated the Bar Mitzvah of their son HaTomim Reuvein, with fellow Shluchim, family members and the local Jewish community ■ more 

    
 
From Gan Eden HoElyon
 El-Al Welcomes Unity Sefer Torah 
Photograph: Shturem

El-Al Israeli Airlines welcomed a special Sefer Torah whose first words were inscribed in Gan Eden HoElyon, the Rebbe's holy chamber in 770. the special Sefer Torah was written at various venues connected with Jewish history, and many individuals had the distinct honor of inscribing a letter in this Torah ■ more 

    
 
Honoring FSU Jewish Heros
 Victory Day: Commemorating 68 Years 
Moscow
Moscow | Photograph: FJC
The 9th of May, marking this year 68 years since the historic victory over the Nazis by the joint forces that ended the Second World War, was widely celebrated last week in hundreds of Jewish communities in the FSU, whose members include many war veterans ■ more 
    
 
My Encounter
 R' Leibel OB"M and The Rebbe 
Rabbi Leibel Bistritsky was interviewed multiple times for the My Encounter with the Rebbe project. This interview took place in his home in Israel in the summer of 5766 ■ more 
    
 

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