Today marks the 118th birthday of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of blessed memory.

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. As people die and are buried with no family to see them off, part four examines how CDC protocol is causing Judaism’s sacred burial societies, to dramatically alter traditional practice.

It was past midnight. The grand communal Seder ended on a high note. But this rabbi wasn’t about to call it a night.

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part three, we look at the precautions taken while arranging a brit and the creative baby-naming ceremonies being held.

As the corona pandemic forces people homebound, those without support systems are worried. How they will procure basic daily necessities--as well as provisions for the upcoming Passover holiday--under the restraints of quarantine? In response, Chabad shluchim are mobilizing wherever possible.

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part two, we look at how wedding celebrations continue while adhering to social distancing policies.

Specifically, the virus reminds us that none of us is an island; that each one of us affects others and is affected by others. And if something as small as a microbe is all it takes to trigger a global crisis, every deliberate act of goodness that we practice can create a positive universal transformation.

This Sunday (July 1) is the 17th of Tammuz, a day of fasting and prayer that commemorates the destruction of Jerusalem. Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Educational/Social Services, shares the significance of the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, from a biblical perspective.

Panic swept residents of Zagreb Sunday morning when, while sheltering at home from the coronavirus, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake--the largest in 140 years--struck the city.

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part one, we look at how Chabad is revising its boisterous Shabbat celebrations