Students of Machon Lemaan Yilmedu were tested this week by the posek, Rabbi Gavriel Zinner and Montreal Rov and Dayan Rabbi Dovid Banon. Full Story
Live: Memorial Evening of Halacha Talks
Live at 7:00 PM ET: Machon Lemaan Yilmedu invites you to join a Memorial Evening of Practical Halachic Talks, in honor of the yahrtzeit of its Program Director, Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm. Full Story
270 Lemaan Yilmedu Students Celebrate Semicha in Crown Heights
Photos: Yossi Jerufi and Dovber Hechtman
500 people participated in Lemaan Yilmedu's impressive “Chag Ha’Semicha” in Oholei Torah hall in Crown Heights with certificates given out to about 270 students who successfully completed the curriculum for Semicha. Full Story, Photos, Video
Lemaan Yilmedu Smicha Course Tailor-Made for Bochurim
Lemaan Yilmedu's Smicha course was created specifically with bochurim in mind, taking the well established classic Lemaam Yilmedu Smicha curriculum and reconfiguring it to better fit into the structure of a bochur who would like to learn Smicha while on Shlichus or in Yeshiva. Full Story
20 Emerging Educators Graduate MEF Training Program
The Menachem Education Foundation’s Kadima L’Chinuch Teacher Training program for 20 aspiring Mechanchim culminated with a moving graduation ceremony and meaningful farbrengen at Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights. Full Story, Photos
Oholei Torah Mechina Tested by Rabbi Zinner
For the thirtieth year, as initiated in the Mesivta Oholei Torah by their Menahel, Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm, 30 Talmidim of the Oholei Torah Mechina undertook to learn a whole Mesechta by heart and were tested on it by the renowned Halachic authority Rabbi Gavriel Zinner of Boro Park. Full Story
Lemaan Yilmedu Semicha Tested on Hilchos Shabbos
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Around fifty talmidim of the Machon Lemaan Yilmedu took a test last Thursday given by the posek, Rabbi Gavriel Zinner, author of Nitai Gavriel. This took place in his Beis Medrash in Boro Park. Full Story
Live: Evening of Halacha Talks Marks First Yartzeit
Live at 5:15 PM: An evening of practical Halacha talks will take place in Crown Heights and online hosted by Machon Lemaan Yilmedu in memory of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm. Live
Siyum Sefer Torah Marks First Yartzeit of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm
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A Siyum and Hachnasas Sefer Torah took place on Thursday, Daled Shvat, January 26, to mark the first Yartzeit of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm. Full Story, Photos, Video
Siyum Sefer Torah to Mark First Yartzeit of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm
Tomorrow: A Siyum and Hachnasas Sefer Torah will take place on Thursday, Daled Shvat, January 26, to mark the first Yartzeit of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm. Full Story
Newly Published Siddur Adds to Excitement of Davening at Oholei Torah
A Yiddish translated Siddur published by Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm, a beloved and devoted Menahel of the Oholei Torah Mesivta for 32 years, will be distributed in Oholei Torah School in Crown Heights this week in honor of his first Yartzeit. Full Story
‘Posek in Hilchos Tahara’ Course Gets Underway
Dozens of shluchim participated this week in the first meeting of the "Posek in Hilchos Tahara" course, given by Machon Limud Halacha Lemaan Yilmedu. Over a year and a half, they will learn Hilchos Nidda and do shimush in practical questions of hilchos taharas ha'mishpacha. Full Story
After 400 Years of Jewish Settlement, Jamaica Gets a Mikvah
A permanent home for all things "Jewish Jamaica," including the opening of Jamaica's first Mikvah, was celebrated at a historic grand opening event attended by dignitaries, Shluchim, local residents, and many visitors from all over the world. Full Story, Photos
Likras Shabbos Dedicates Office in Memory of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm
Photos: Aharon Gellis/COLlive
The Likras Shabbos organization, which distributes Chassidus Seforim and weekly learning pamphlets, put up Mezuzos in a new office and storage space Sunday, 3 Kislev, in memory of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm, marking the ending of reciting Kaddish. Full Story, Photos
Lemaan Yilmedu’s Smicha Program for Bochurim Begins Tomorrow
Beginning tomorrow: Lemaan Yilmedu's Smicha course was created specifically with bochurim in mind, taking the well established classic Lemaam Yilmedu Smicha curriculum and reconfiguring it to better fit into the structure of a bochur who would like to learn Smicha while on Shlichus or in Yeshiva. Full Story
Lemaan Yilmedu Students Tested by Rabbi Zinner
More than 40 students at Machon Limud Halacha "Lemaan Yilmedu" took the last test of the year with posek Rabbi Gavriel Zinner, author of Nitai Gavriel, at his Beis Medrash in Boro Park. Full Story
Lemaan Yilmedu’s Smicha Program is Tailor Made for Bochurim
Lemaan Yilmedu's Smicha course was created specifically with bochurim in mind, taking the well established classic Lemaam Yilmedu Smicha curriculum and reconfiguring it to better fit into the structure of a bochur who would like to learn Smicha while on Shlichus or in Yeshiva. Full Story
Closing Yom Iyun for Year Long Chuppa-Kiddushin Course
Students of the Machon Limud Halacha - Lemaan Yilmedu Chuppa-Kiddushin year long course joined a Yom Iyun in Crown Heights which focused on practical application. Full Story
New Library Truck Inaugurated at Crown Heights Street Fair
Photos: Shalom Burkis/COLlive
Hundreds of children enjoyed a free street fair on Thursday in Crown Heights, sponsored in honor of the inauguration of the Baderech Kids’ Summer Library Truck. Full Story, Photos
Oholei Torah 8th Grade Celebrates Graduation
Photos: Mendy Krief/COLlive
Parents and grandparents joined together to celebrate as talmidim of grade eight of Oholei Torah graduated, culminating their studies in Oholei Torah Elementary. Photos
Oholei Torah Mechina Tested by Rabbi Gavriel Zinner
Photos: Tzvi Filler
In the footsteps of the 29-year tradition initiated in the Mesivta Oholei Torah by their Menahel, Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm, a"h, 35 talmidim of the Mechina Oholei Torah undertook to learn the entire Gemara Makkos ba'al peh and were tested on it yesterday by the renowned halachic authority, Hagaon Harav Gavriel Zinner, of Boro Park. Full Story
Lemaan Yilmedu Center Dedicated to Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm
Photos: Shneur Haviv/COLlive
The Lemaan Yilmedu semicha program now has a center in the former Nosson's Shul location on Empire Blvd in Crown Heights. Mrs. Esther Wilhelm unveiled the plaque dedicated to her husband Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm OBM. Full Story, Photos
Taharas Habayis, Lemaan Yilmedu Team Up for New Course
Photos: Dovber Hechtman
Following many months of joint efforts and planning, Lemaan Yilmedu-USA and the Taharas Habayis organization have joined forces to create a new course for Chosson teachers. Full Story
Pesach Inspiration from Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm
Watch and learn from renowned magid shiur Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm obm: Pesach inspiration, classes and vertelach on the Haggadah and the yom tov of Pesach. Full Story, Video
How Chabad Shluchim Endured War in Panama
COLlive Exclusive: When the U.S. declared war on Panama in 1989, local Chabad Shluchim Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm OBM and his wife Esther were faced with a dangerous reality. They turned to the Rebbe’s office at 770 for direction. Full Story