🎉 Celebrate Lag BaOmer with the Chabad Center for Jewish Life! 🎉Dovid Turns 3: Join Us for a Joyous Hair Cutting Ceremony! Looking for a fun, family-friendly, and meaningful way to celebrate Lag BaOmer this year? Join us at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Buffalo for a festive afternoon filledContinue Reading
The Jewish Pride Revolution Our vocabulary has changed. In the Jewish community today, “mitzvah” is a common word; tefillin are not strange, exotic paraphernalia for the Bar-mitzvah boy — but familiar articles. Shabbat candles are no longer “something grandmother lit” on Friday nights — but a commonly observed practice throughout Jewish society; leafy-roofed sukot huts? — even “yuppie”Continue Reading
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh leader in the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty, is considered to have been the most phenomenal Jewish personality of modern times. To hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of sympathizers and admirers around the world, he was — and still is, despite his passing — “the Rebbe,” undoubtedly,Continue Reading
A Chabad House is a Jewish community center in the truest sense of the term — the nerve center of all the educational and outreach activities of the Chabad-Lubavitch shliach, serving the needs of the entire Jewish community, from the youngsters to the elderly, and everyone in between. The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteousContinue Reading
They are a team. Husband and wife. Shliach and shlucha. They are the emissaries of the Rebbe, the representatives of Lubavitch, the messengers of Chabad. They are the shluchim. Within the Lubavitch community, the title shliach evokes respect, perhaps even a tinge of envy. They are the chosen few, the elite. Children aspire to be shluchim, dreaming of manning a Chabad House in far-offContinue Reading
The discussion centered around several simple folk whom the Rebbe praised effusively. A diamond merchant, one of the Rebbe’s distinguished followers, exclaimed, “Why do you make so much of them?” The Rebbe: “They possess fine qualities.” The chassid: “I don’t see it.” Later, the Rebbe suddenly asked to see the merchant’s packet ofContinue Reading
Buffalo, NY – On the night of Sunday, March 2, 2025, the iconic dome of Buffalo City Hall was illuminated in orange to honor the memory of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, who were tragically murdered during their captivity in Gaza. “Buffalo, a city known for its love,Continue Reading
Kosher Food options when visiting Buffalo NY & Niagara Falls; Enjoy the BEST Kosher Food in Western New York; Buffalo Kosher Deli BK Gourmet Groups & Custom Catering Kosher Deli at UB Tops Friendly Market Wegmans Supermarket Trader Joes Bj’s Wholesale Club Walmart Buffalo Kosher Deli – Meat Under NewContinue Reading
Mikvah information when visiting Buffalo NYIndex: Men Woman Kaylim (Vessels) 1019 Maple Road, Buffalo, NY 14221716-908-8972 Men: The Mikvah of Buffalo has a separate men’s mikvah. It is open Sunday – Thursday until 11:30 AM; Erev Shabbat and Erev Yom Tov until sundown. Call 716-632-0467 or 716-583-2524. Woman: The MikvahContinue Reading
The Buffalo Rebbe’s Ohel, also known as the Buffalo Tzion or Buffalo Kever (אוהל באפלו), is the sacred Kever (resting place) of the Tzaddik, Rebbe Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz — the first Chassidic Rebbe buried in the United States. It’s located in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Buffalo, New York. Buffalo Rebbe Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz OhelContinue Reading
