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In this week's Dispatch:👉🏻The Journey That Reveals👉🏻Toronto Municipal Election👉🏻JRCC Rockford Schedule👉🏻Join the Sunday...
10/23/2026

In this week's Dispatch:
👉🏻The Journey That Reveals
👉🏻Toronto Municipal Election
👉🏻JRCC Rockford Schedule
👉🏻Join the Sunday Service + Breakfast!
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Email from JRCC Election Day is October 26, and your vote is very necessary YOUR JRCC ROCKFORD WEEKLY DISPATCH Thursday, October 22, 2026 | 11 Cheshvan, 5787 Parsha: L**h L**ha / Лех-Леха/ לך לך     G

In Gomel, Belarus, a historic center of Chassidic life, new Chabad emissaries are discovering a Jewish community eager t...
10/22/2026

In Gomel, Belarus, a historic center of Chassidic life, new Chabad emissaries are discovering a Jewish community eager to reconnect, celebrate, and dance. Their story is a beautiful reminder that Jewish spirit and tradition continue to thrive across generations, even in places with deep and complex histories. Read the full story and discover how a new chapter of Jewish life is unfolding in Gomel.

Among most Chassidic groups, including Chabad-Lubavitch, the joyous dancing with the Torah known as hakafot takes place on Shemini Atzeret as well as Simchat Torah. But this was not the practice at the synagogue in Gomel, Belarus, where Kot and his wife, Rochel, had arrived as Chabad emissaries only...

As unrest continues to grip Paris, Chabad emissaries remain steadfast in their commitment to serving and supporting thei...
10/21/2026

As unrest continues to grip Paris, Chabad emissaries remain steadfast in their commitment to serving and supporting their Jewish communities. Their courage and dedication are a powerful reminder that even in uncertain times, faith, compassion, and community can shine through. Read the full story to discover how they are standing strong amid the turmoil.

When Rabbi Meir Shlomo Lubecki walked out of his Chabad center, Beth Loubavitch Paris 3, on Saturday night, the streets of central Paris looked like a war zone.

Will artificial intelligence eventually take over the world, or is there more to the story than science and technology c...
10/20/2026

Will artificial intelligence eventually take over the world, or is there more to the story than science and technology can explain? This thought provoking article explores big questions about AI, human responsibility, and the future through the lens of Jewish wisdom. Read the full article and discover a perspective that may change how you think about the rise of AI.

Could artificial intelligence bring about the end of the world?

In this week's Dispatch:👉🏻Save Yourself or Save the World?👉🏻Toronto Municipal Election👉🏻JRCC Rockford Schedule👉🏻Join th...
10/16/2026

In this week's Dispatch:
👉🏻Save Yourself or Save the World?
👉🏻Toronto Municipal Election
👉🏻JRCC Rockford Schedule
👉🏻Join the Sunday Service + Breakfast!
Happy reading!

Email from JRCC Two ways of responding to a cold world YOUR JRCC ROCKFORD WEEKLY DISPATCH Thursday, October 15, 2026 | 5 Cheshvan, 5787 Noach / Ноах / נח     Greetings! The story of Noah is often told

On a Texas Army base, an ordinary military issue sukkah became the setting for an extraordinary Jewish milestone: a bris...
10/15/2026

On a Texas Army base, an ordinary military issue sukkah became the setting for an extraordinary Jewish milestone: a bris bringing new life and tradition together in an unexpected place. This moving story is a reminder that Jewish faith and community can flourish wherever life takes us. Read the full story to discover how this special moment came together.

It was an unusual Sukkot gathering at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, a mix of service members in uniform mingling with civilians who had been cleared to enter the base.

How often do we find ourselves thinking, “If only I had more time, more opportunities, or different circumstances”? This...
10/14/2026

How often do we find ourselves thinking, “If only I had more time, more opportunities, or different circumstances”? This thought provoking Torah insight invites us to look beyond what we lack and discover the hidden potential in the life we have right now. Read the full article and explore how a shift in perspective can change everything.

Anxious Parshah Bereish*t

Sometimes, finding a simple item can become a meaningful journey of faith and connection. In Mobile, Alabama, one Jewish...
10/13/2026

Sometimes, finding a simple item can become a meaningful journey of faith and connection. In Mobile, Alabama, one Jewish person’s search for tefillin reveals how important it is to stay connected to Jewish traditions, even when the path is not always easy. Read the full story and discover the powerful meaning behind this unexpected search.

If you flipped through local public access TV, you might occasionally catch a broadcast of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

Three years after Ariel and Kfir Bibas were abducted from their home, a newly renovated playroom at Chabad of Ulster Cou...
10/12/2026

Three years after Ariel and Kfir Bibas were abducted from their home, a newly renovated playroom at Chabad of Ulster County in Kingston, N.Y., now bears their names, with orange touches honoring the boys’ bright red hair. Their great-uncle, Maurice Shnaider, affixed the mezuzah to the doorpost himself. Read the full story and see how a community is turning darkness into light, one child at a time.

Maurice Shnaider carefully affixed a mezuzah to the doorpost of the newly renovated playroom at Chabad-Lubavitch of Ulster County in Kingston, N.Y..

In this week's Dispatch:👉🏻The Missing Link👉🏻JRCC Rockford Schedule👉🏻Toronto Municipal Election👉🏻Join the Sunday Service...
10/09/2026

In this week's Dispatch:
👉🏻The Missing Link
👉🏻JRCC Rockford Schedule
👉🏻Toronto Municipal Election
👉🏻Join the Sunday Service + Breakfast!
Happy reading!

Email from JRCC What Shabbat brings to existence YOUR JRCC ROCKFORD WEEKLY DISPATCH Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 28 Tishrei, 5787 Beresh*t / Брейшит/ בראשית     Greetings! This week’s Torah portion rec

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