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Chabad House Miracle Drivers ’24 demonstrated the impact that doing one small act of kindness can make in the lives of many. In an entertaining evening...
Chabad Lubavitch shluchim (emissaries) to South Africa gathered for their annual national conference (kinus) recently in a lodge in the countryside. They came from all over...
“Give Prayer a Chance”, a new initiative by Chabad House Johannesburg, is described by its director, Rabbi David Masinter, as a spiritual Iron Dome for the...
Chabad makes a point of ensuring that Jews feel welcome around the world and encourages a Jewish way of life. Now, Rabbi Chezkin Yehudah Malka and...
I stumbled upon the map of Africa while walking to shul one morning a couple of weeks ago. I was in the United States visiting my...
“It’s up to you.” These words of the Rebbe were the overriding message of this year’s rebranded Chabad Miracle Drive dinner, billed Miracledrivers ’23. The event...
In the early 1980s, the Lubavitch movement in South Africa was given a blessing by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the Rebbe) to build a new school...
It happens once every seven years. Marking Hakhel, an auspicious time to assemble men, women, and children to encourage Torah observance and study, Chabad’s Unity in...
Well known Johannesburg Chabad rabbi, David Masinter, took a trip down memory lane when he heard of the recent passing of his long-time friend, legendary MAD...
“You get two kinds of climbers: those who summit and those who don’t.” Those words echoed in my head on a vintage bus lurching along the...
Fifty-five years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe sent a shaliach to Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), long before emissaries were sent to most other countries. At the time,...
A Torah was donated to the Chassidim Shul on Sunday, 29 January, by the Crouse and Lilian families in honour of their beloved husband, father, and...
Members of Chabad have breathed a collective sigh of relief after successfully challenging a claim to repay a multimillion-rand loan by a company formerly owned by...
After 40 years at the helm of Chabad Nursery School, Principal Rebetzin Raisy Hecht is handing over the reins to the much-loved and experienced teacher, Michelle...
Community members and thousands of people globally are praying around the clock and performing mitzvot for a mother of 13 children who is fighting for her...
Bringing a wave of old-school glamour to Hyde Park Corner’s NuMetro Cinema complex, the Miracle Drive Dinner with a Difference paid tribute to sponsors who allow...
The South African Jewish community has often brought foreign rabbis to live and work in the country, adding diversity, expertise, and passion to the rabbinate. In...
By the end of Elul (25 September), Rabbi Eitan Ash, the rabbi of Chabad of Savoy in Johannesburg, will have spread 30 positive messages about South...
A seven-year-old child who cannot talk due to an extremely rare condition has become a mini celebrity with a kindness campaign. Shaina Shishler is lovable and...
When runners pass through Hillcrest at about the 60km mark during this year’s Comrades Marathon, they can stop to lay tefillin and do other mitzvahs. The...
“The Nazis hunted down Jews in hate. The Rebbe taught us to search for and seek out every single Jew in love.” This was a life...
It’s not often you find art that focuses on goodness and kindness, but leave it to Chabad House and Rabbi David Masinter to paint a different...
The kids at Chabad Fourways Montessori pre-school learned about Noah and the Ark in a tangible way - and they even 'built' their own ark, filling...
