Watch the International Conference of Shluchim Online

As the 25th-annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries draws to a close, the almost 3,000 attendees – who flew in from locations spanning the globe – will meet up with their visiting lay leaders and make their way from the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., to the New York State National Guard Armory for the conference’s concluding banquet.

Traditionally the highlight of the conference, this year’s banquet – which will be simulcast live on Jewish.tv, a streaming video project of the Web site Chabad.org – will feature an address from Professor David Luchins, chair of Touro College’s department of political science and a longtime advisor to the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, about his own family’s interactions with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. The keynote speech will be delivered by Rabbi Yehuda Shemtov, director of Chabad of Bucks County, Pa.

The newly-knighted Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin of Ilford, England, and conference administrator Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, will also speak.

The banquet, which will celebrate 70 years of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s activities being directed from the United States, will begin Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.

To view the banquet’s proceedings on Jewish.tv, click here.

New Section: Kabbalah Online

Kosher Kabbalah from the holy city of Safed, Israel. In Partnership with Ascent of Safed.

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New Weekly Parshah Columnist: Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

One of the Rebbe’s uniquenesses was the sheer relevance of his teachings. Yes, he imparted tremendous scholarship, but in doing so he never lost sight of his audience. Nothing remained on the level of abstract theory, there was always a pertinent and personal moral.

We’d like to introduce our new weekly Parshah columnist, Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson, whose column brings us the Rebbe's teachings, with a focus on the angle the Rebbe himself always stressed: What does it mean for me? Today?

Last week he discussed our quest for perfection. This week he discusses the mirror theory, which, as it turns out, isn’t theoretical at all.

Stay tuned for more!

Click here to all of Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson's articles on Chabad.org.

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev

Today is the 200th yartzeit (anniversary of passing) of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1809), a Chassidic leader, one of the foremost disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch and renowned for his all-encompassing love and compassion for the Jewish people and for every individual Jew.

Read a brief biography, stories and his teachings.

New Design For High Holidays & Sukkot / Simchat Torah Sections

A new design has been made for our High Holidays section which includes the month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur - http://www.chabad.org/HighHolidays and our Sukkot / Simchat Torah section - http://www.chabad.org/984606. Features include Guides, Stories, Study, Kids Zone, Recipes, Audio classes, Songs and Videos.

The Mystical Significance of the Star of David

Discover the mystical significance of the Star of David (Magen David). The double triangle of the Star of David symbolizes the connection of both the inner and external dimensions of G-d, Torah and Israel.

Click here to read "What is the Mystical Significance of the Star of David?".

New What If Episode!

What If We Built the World’s Greatest Sukkah? In this episode, Ezy, Eli, Dina and the newest character, Rina, try to come up with ideas to make the world's greatest sukkah and learn an important lesson in the process. This installment also features an online game, a do-it-yourself experiment, questions to think about and a history & facts video -- all revolving around the themes of the month of Tishrei.

Click here to watch this new episode.

Mobile App Sends Prayers Half a World Away

With the release of an application promising to send a prayer to holy sites thousands of miles away, iPhone aficionados need not worry about their distance from the Western Wall in Jerusalem and the Cambria Heights, N.Y., resting place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory.

Munera, a Silicon Valley-based startup specializing in mobile application development, partnered with the Jewish Web site Chabad.org to make its new iPhone application, Send a Prayer – Western Wall, widely available.

With a price of $0.99 and the ability to compose prayers in English, French or Spanish on any iPhone or iPod Touch, both organizations expect the application to be used extensively in the immediate run-up to Rosh Hashanah and in the days before Yom Kippur. Upon receipt of the prayers, Chabad-Lubavitch representatives will place them in between the stones of the Western Wall and beside the Rebbe’s resting place.

“We are very excited about this partnership,” said Munera founder Na’ama Moran, who envisions the application gaining popularity in communities worldwide.

Said Rabbi Meir Simcha Kogan, managing director of Chabad.org: “When technology is utilized to span geographic space and connect people, we are then realizing the ultimate purpose of the energy latent in Creation. By connecting people with holy sites half a world away, this application helps us all live on a higher, holier plane.”

The Send a Prayer application can be downloaded by clicking here.

High Holidays Trailer

High Holidays Trailer - A preview of the stimulating and moving events of the month of Tishrei, the Jewish New Year.

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Firsts - A Rosh Hashanah Short

That first day of school, your first job interview, your first day in your own home, the first day of the rest of your life...

Click here to watch this new Rosh Hashanah video.

New Weekly Column: Parshah Halachah

A new weekly column has been added by Rabbi Aryeh Citron which will contain discussions of laws related to daily Jewish living as sourced in the weekly Torah readings.

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A "McKinsey Study" on the Jewish Web

A “McKinsey Study” on the Jewish Web
by Mark Pearlman

...In the education/information category there are a number of strong sites, with Chabad emerging as a brand leader. Chabad’s main website consistently serves as an example of what a successful educational/informational Web presence can look like. Over the past year its traffic rose by 37 percent and is now significantly above the other sites studied. In contrast, the Web presence of other religious movements – Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Judaism – was much poorer, though OU.org does moderately well.

Jewish educational and informational sites are also taking advantage of social media – with My Jewish Learning’s “jewlearn” Twitter account and Aish’s YouTube presence as successful examples – but none has a more focused brand across social media than Chabad. Chabad has leveraged its international identity in coordination with its local chapters to create a social web experience that is both down on a local level and part of something “larger.” The result is quite compelling...

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Jewish Meditations in Prayer

A new video series on Jewish meditations in prayer by Tzvi Freeman has been launched.

In order to give one's words wings with which they may fly, we endeavor to infuse them with meditative intentions. Learning to inspire prayer with meditation greatly enhances the experience and imbues it with enhanced meaning and reach. This series offers guided meditations appropriate to everyday prayer.

Click here to visit the new Jewish meditations in prayer section.

New "What If..." Episode

Click here to watch "What if we hunted for Jewish treasure?"