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After a vandal tore down two mezuzahs on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, more than 40 Jewish students at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, are responding by placing dozens of mezuzahs back up. File Photo / The Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life in Waterloo

At Wilfred Laurier University, Mezuzah Vandalism Meets Its Waterloo

More than 40 Jewish students at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, will be placing mezuzahs on the doors to their rooms after a vandal destroyed two mezuzahs on campus on the first day of Rosh Hashanah.

Chabad News September 18, 2026

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Yisroel Meir Kasowitz (Lauderhill/Hollywood, FL) to Sima Steifel (Longmeadow, MA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 6:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs

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Yisroel Noach and Slava Blank from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

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Shmully and Dina Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

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Michoel and Zelda (nee Gutnick) Lerner from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

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Zalmy Silberberg (Mexico City, Mexico/Postville, IA) to Dvory Shachar (Miami, Florida) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

Weekly Letter: Regarding A Neder/Vow

With Yom Kippur comes the well-known prayer of Kol Nidrei – a prayer about vows. We present a letter to a businessman regarding his neder/vow – where the Rebbe shares his halachic insights.

Letter and Spirit September 17, 2026

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Rabbi Levi Loewenthal leads a Sukkot celebration in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city. This year, Loewanthal, together with his wife Chana, opened Chabad-Lubavitch of Jutland (Jylland) this past January, Aarhus’s first address for living Judaism in decades.

Denmark’s Mainland Gets High Holiday Services—and First Jewish Center in Decades

Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, is a Viking-founded port of some 350,000 people about three hours by train from Copenhagen that calls itself the “world’s smallest big city.” It is also the largest city on the Jutland peninsula, which juts north from Germany and makes up most of Denmark’s mainland.

Chabad News September 17, 2026

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Zalman Davidsohn (Crown Heights) to Mushka Laufer (Providence, Ri)

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Mendel Levitansky (Simcha Monica, Ca) to Shaina Geisinsky (Great Neck, Ny)

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Sholom Rosenblum (Brussels, Belgium) to Zelda Nemanow (Brunoy, France)

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Eli Rosenfeld (Lake Worth, Fl) to Margalit Rivkin (Hillsboro, Oregon)

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Yosef Madar (Crown Heights) to Sarah Edelkopf (Milan, Italy)

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New Torah Scroll Welcomed With Joy in Kaliningrad Ahead of Yom Kippur

Amid the solemn atmosphere of the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish community of Kaliningrad gathered for a joyous and memorable Hachnosas Sefer Torah at the city’s Great Synagogue.

Chabad News, Photo Galleries September 17, 2026

Here’s My Story: My Mother’s Whisper

Rabbi Shmuel Lew has been serving as an educator and Chabad emissary in London since 1965. He was interviewed five times, in the years 2007, 2009, 2020, and 2021.

Chabad News September 17, 2026

PSA: New Traffic Camera Goes Up In Crown Heights

A new traffic camera has gone up on Empire Blvd at the corner of New York Ave in Crown Heights. The camera is facing west, catching infractions of vehicles heading out of Crown Heights.

Crown Heights News, PSA September 17, 2026

Special Seder Sichos To Unite Bochurim From More than 30 Yeshivos

Organized by Eshel’s English division, the event will bring together hundreds of English-speaking Bochurim for intensive learning and preparation, connecting them to the spirit of the day and getting them ready to receive the “Birchas HaBanim” from the Rebbe on this sacred evening.

Chabad News September 17, 2026