Chabad Buffalo NY serves as a cornerstone for Jewish life in Buffalo, New York. Known for its vibrant community and welcoming atmosphere, Chabad in Buffalo NY offers a wide array of services and programs designed to engage individuals and families in Jewish traditions. Whether you’re a lifelong Buffalonian or just passing through, Chabad BuffaloContinue Reading
Discovering the Vibrant Jewish Community in Buffalo Buffalo, New York, is known for its historic architecture, stunning waterfront, and strong sense of community. Among its diverse population is a thriving Jewish Community Buffalo that has deep roots and continues to grow and flourish. Whether you are a long-time resident or a newcomer,Continue 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
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
