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Happy Purim to the IDF from Chabad of Sudbury & Back from the IDF to Chabad of Sudbury

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 11:51 AM

HAPPY PURIM from Chabad of Sudbury to the IDF and back from the IDF to Chabad of Sudbury! Check out the videos! Each...
Posted by Yisroel Freeman on Friday, February 26, 2021

WHEN AN ARAB NURSE RECITED THE SHEMA IN THE FINAL MOMENTS OF A CHASSIDIC PATIENT'S LIFE & A REFLECTION

Friday, February 19, 2021 - 12:42 PM

WHEN AN ARAB NURSE RECITED THE SHEMA IN THE FINAL MOMENTS OF A CHASSIDIC PATIENT'S LIFE

Maehr Ibrahim is an Arab Muslim nurse in the HaEmek Hospital in Northern Israel who works in the Corona Ward. One of his patients was a Chabad Chassid Reb Shlomo Glastner Z"L who suddenly took a turn for the worse and began declining rapidly. The Hospital notified the family who rushed to come from Netanya where they lived, but due to the snowstorm got stuck in terrible traffic and didn't make it in time.

When Maher Ibrahim realized that they weren't going to make it, he recalled the prayer of Shema Yisrael which he had learned about in University when he took a course on Judaism, and knew it was a very important prayer to be said in the fin… Read More »

Growth & Muscle Aches

Friday, February 5, 2021 - 2:25 PM

When I woke up on Tuesday morning, I had lots of muscles aches in my lower back and arms and yet I was happy about it.

The day before I had shoveled half my driveway with one of my sons over the course of an hour, and today's muscle pains were a result of that and made me happy since it felt good to know that I had had a good workout.

As many of you surely know, muscle soreness after exercise is a sign that you're getting stronger, and is nothing to be concerned about. The reason for this is since during exercise we stress our muscles and cause the fibers to begin to break down. Yet most importantly as the fibers begin to repair themselves they become larger and stronger than they were before and enable u… Read More »