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The Royal Court Once Again Mourns - כ"ק אדמו"ר רבי ישראל משה פרידמאן זצ"ל...
It's been only seven years since he had assumed leadership in Teves of 5773/2013. To an outsider like me it seems like Sadiger, after a slow start in Bnei Brak, was finally picking up steam. The zeide...
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צר לי עליך אחי מש"י ....
So if we're to believe the Israeli frum websites and the Whats app chatter, the rumors were true. Son # 5, Yitzchok Yehoshua Heschel Friedman is the new Sadigerrer Rebbe of Bnei Brak. This at 23-24...
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תכירו: "אמשינאוו-בארא פארק-בית שמש"רבי אויף א בליץ-באזוך אין דער פופצענטער...
B'hemshech to our previous Amshinov-BP post; Here's what a devoted reader sent us from yesterday's kabbolas ponim at the 15th Avenue shtiebel. This Rebbe is a brother of the one who will fill his...
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תקיעות ביים רבי'ן - Guest Post
The Rebbe's face is white on the bimah, in a sea of thousands in white and black. 770 is silent. It is so quiet that a paper cup falling from a table could be heard among the gathered seven thousand...
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מ'טאר נישט טרינקן בראנפען פון קיין קליין גלעזעלע
א גוט יו"ט אייך אלע אידן - היינט איז ר"ח כסלו
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People tell me they miss the blog...
This warms my heart. I almost started again pretty seriously when you-know-what came around at Purim of 5780, but I got busy with other things. Let's see if we can crank this old thing up again and...
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בעלזער חסידים פארקויפן לאקשן צו די צייטונגן
So this clipping from 1960 or so announces to the Jewish world that young Berel Rokeach, known today as the Belzer Ruv, was to marry the daughter the of the Klausenberger Rov. After a six year...
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?אפאר חב"ד פאמיליעס... ביני לבינך מה הם
Just when you think you've seen it all, and that people realize that it's 2021 and you don't publish anything that is on your mind, even if these pleasant thoughts do cross your mind - You get slapped...
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POTD
I think I found this on Otzar Hachochmah. No ID provided. Just a Yid from the alte heim. Exact origin unknown.
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One of the many things we missed while on hiatus was the passing of the mazkir Reb Leibel Groner, a"h on Leil Bedikas Chometz. Of the many deaths the Lubavitcher community in Crown Heights experienced...
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אמאליגע סעלישער אידן
Years ago we spoke about the Jew from Sevlus (Selish) that I met while at the resting place of my grandparents. That was 10 years ago, what you might call the heady days of this blog. Stories like that...
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וואס פארשטייען מיר בכלל צו אזעלכע אידן ווי ר'פיניע?
Photo Sourceדער אמת איז אז ווען ס'קומט צו אידן ווי ר'פיניע איז נישטא קיין ווערטער. וואס מ'וועט נאר וועלן אויף אים זאגען וועט ניט זיין גענוג. דערפאר איז נישט דא דאס פלאץ אויף די באקלאגן זיין פטירה. און...
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Hirshel Tzig· יאקאב - פון יו"ט ערליך (online - Audio - Converter.com) Today is Reb Yom Tov Erlich's 31st Yohrtzeit.
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Tuesday Afternoon Links
פאנל בנושא יהדות טרנסניסטריה Velvel is Reb Dovid's א קינד... "Good" Lubavitchers make grand siyum Mesechta Yoma (Daf Yomi!)היועץ החינוכי: עשרות בחורים חסידיים בדרך לרחוב R' Mottel Zilber unleashes on...
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olim__etmol_235_19_ by Hirshel Tzig on Scribd Menachem Keren-Kratz, is the author of הקנאיBut wait, there's more!Click Here for Additional Lecture Presentation
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נפטר הסופר שמואל ארגמן ז"ל
It never gets old. No matter how much time has passed, you learn about how the Rebbe had connections to and influenced people all across the Jewish spectrum, even if they officially belonged to the...
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So what was the editorial board meeting at the מחנה חרדי like?
Did the Ruv בכבודו ובעצמו tell the esteemed editors at the מחנה חרדי to commemorate the Rosh Yeshiva's 20th yohrtzeit? Or did the very enlightened souls on the board come up with this gem? Is this in...
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Is this possibly an unknown picture of Reb Yisroel, the Stoliner Rebbe?
This gem was recently sent to me by a guy who noticed this picture on page 172 in the recently-published "Marienbad" by Dovid Leitner of Manchester, England. The picture has no caption. The Leitners...
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Contrary to popular belief, Ger is NOT paying me not to write about Reb Shaul...
They seem to be paying the whole Charedi media in Israel to ignore his visit, and some of the English-language media in the USA, but they lost my number. Oh, well. Forgotten for now amidst the...
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Today is merely סתימת הגולל.... (Guest Post)
I don’t know where to begin. The pain is overwhelming and the wounds are fresh.We lost someone today who was truly a - - חד בדרא a unique individual with a myriad of accomplishments.We lost a real and...
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Jews in Podolia: 1860s-1880s
Source: (try to ignore her politics...)She took it from HERE
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