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Chabad and Chanukah: How Many Saw The Light?
How many people worldwide during the past week, were reminded that it was Chanukah? To get a rough estimate, you’d have to add up every…
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At Israel’s IDF Bases: Getting Into the Spirit of Chanukah
This Chanukah, Chabad of Israel intends to cover all its bases. Fanning out the length and breadth of Israel, Chabad Shluchim are bringing the light…
Hundreds Watch As Tallest Menorah in Ukraine is Kindled
They were tears of joy shed by many among the 400 who gathered at Lenin Square in Dneproderzhinsk on the first night of Chanukah. Raised…
Chabad Honors the Reagan Legacy with a Fiery Tribute
An estimated 1500 people attended “The Triumph of Freedom – Chanukah and the Reagan Legacy,” a pre-holiday, last Sunday, December 5 at the Ronald Reagan…
Chabad Lights the Menorah at Brandenburg Gate
When Rabbi Yudi Tiechtal, Chabad representative to Berlin, sought permission to put up a large public menorah at the Brandenburg Gate, the response he got…
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There’s A Menorah Lighting Near You!
This year you can easily join a Chanukah celebration wherever you are. Simply use this handy tool to locate the Chanukah events closest to you.…
Illuminating Poland With the Lights of the Menorah
Cracow, Lodz, Warsaw—cities synonymous with vibrant Jewish populations that would find their bitter end in Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek, draw thousands of Jewish visitors today. They…
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Chanukah Festivities from the Sublime to the Spiritual
“I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay And when it’s dry and ready, oh dreidel I will play . . .…
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Chanukah On The River
Remembering to light the menorah in the city that gave birth to “Remember the Alamo” is getting easier every year. Thanks to a unique collaboration…
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Chabad and Chanukah: Let The Sparks Fly
With its celebratory spirit toward Jewish life and a penchant for partying, Chabad-Lubavitch and Chanukah are a perfect pairing. Admittedly, since “making the miracles of…
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Chabad and The Reagan Library: Celebrating Triumph of Freedom This Chanukah
On Sunday, December 5, 2004, a unique event billed “The Triumph of Freedom – Chanukah and the Reagan Legacy” will be held at the Ronald…
The Priest In The Sukkah
The photographs that continue to come into the offices of Lubavitch.com, tell colorful stories of Chabad’s sukkot activities, penetrating every segment of Jewish society, and…
. . . and For Those Who Couldn’t Come . . .
For those who couldn’t make out to the fairgrounds–like the elderly and the bed-bound at the Merwick Nursing Home in Princeton, NJ, Chabad brought the…
Bikers Take To The Lulav
Jewish bikers identifying as The Tribe Motorcycle Club (DC), Chai Riders (NY), Hillel’s Angels (NJ), The Stars of Davidson, King David Bikers (FL) and the…
. . . and at the University of Arizona at Tucson
Chabad rabbinical students in Tuscon, Arizona set a sukkah up on campus at the University of Arizona, Tucson. A curious sight, the sukkah was visited…
Sukkot: On the Sea, At the Army Bases, and In the Preschools . . .
When it’s time to celebrate, few match the get-up-and-go spirit of Chabad. Around the world, Chabad Shluchim have devised some of the most creative ways…
Pizza-in-a-Hut: Sukkot in Clarks Summit
Move over Pizza Hut. This one’s the real thing. Chabad of the Abingtons, in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, ran a “Pizza in-the-Hut” carnival. Kids and adults…
Sukkot and The New Europe: Parallel Themes
Father and son, Chabad representatives Rabbis Shimon and Mendel Samama, put up the first sukkah in Strasbourg, home to the European Parliament. Joining them in…
After the Hurricane: A Sukkah BBQ
The sight of the sukkah–the humble hovel assembled in the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes–that stands surrounded by debris of solidly constructed structures, seems layered…
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. . . and in Lithuania
With no full-time rabbi in Vilnius‘s neighboring cities of Kaunas (Kovno) and Klaipeda, Chabad of Vilnius with help from students of Beis Menachem Jewish Day…
Sukkot With Chabad in: Riga, Latvia
It’s a week of merrymaking in sukkahs everywhere. On college campuses, in the center of every metropolitan city, in suburban towns, and, well, even on…
Sharing the Festival: With the IDF in Hebron
For Chabad representatives around the world, it’s often a question of “Are you Jewish?” But in Israel, they usually cut to the chase. Nearly everyone…
Sukkah Hopping Round the World
It’s that time of year when those odd looking, ramshackle huts appear on every other porch and yard in Jewish neighborhoods around the world. The…
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A Yom Kippur Tradition Returns to the Former Soviet Union
In the custom of kapparot, Jewish people prepare for Yom Kippur by purchasing a hen, and reciting the prayer: “This is my exchange, this is…
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