Revolution For Jewish Women: Technology and Halacha
By Rivkah Lambert Adler Jewish Press: Jan. 8, 2019 Rabbi Fishel Jacobs of Kfar Chabad in Israel believes the Jewish world is experiencing a “family purity revolution.” He should know. Since 1998, Rabbi Jacobs has published five books on the laws of family purity. Today, he serves as a halachic advisor to four different websites, …
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Testing Yeshiva Students Tanya – Article
A yearly privilege and pleasure to discuss Tanya. It’s a yearly privilege and pleasure for me to sit with the graduating class of the Kfar Chabad school, in Israel. My ostensible role is to summarize with them, their year’s end study of Tanya. Annually, the school invites me to discuss their studies in this most …
Talks In Vermont
I had a really nice week. I’m still in VT, visiting family, and working on my books and talks. I should be returning to Israel within a week. I had one really nice talk with Chabad on Campus students at my old school, University of Vermont. Great time. Then, we gave a Two Kings …
Article: Rabbi Fishel Jacobs’ Supported Website
Here’s a current article about a Halachic Website which I support. For many years, the dedicated founder of Mikvah Calendar.com, Mrs. R. Bloom, and staff, were in close contact with me to help develop this halachic side of this site. It was an enormous effort. Finally, the site was launched. My best selling books, Family Purity …
Online Purity Program Announces Big Update
MikvahCalendar.com, the first and to date most expansive online purity program is announcing a major update after many years. Following is a link to the article. http://collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=44994&alias=mit-grad-builds-mikvah-calculator Here is the text (copied and pasted): Chabad educated MIT graduate Rikvah Bloomcompleted a 7-year project programming a Mikvah cycle time mobile app. It has only taken 7 years …
Groundbreaking: Online Purity Calculator Update
I’ve been escorting this program for over a decade. Since, 2006, I’ve been escorting, helping steer and working hard with the staff to help bring MikvahCalendar.com to life. At that time, the owner, Mrs. R. Bloom asked me what I thought about helping make an online Jewish family purity calendar come to life. I was …
Updated Version: MikvahCalendar
I’ve been escorting MikvahCalendar.com for a couple of years. My books, particularly Family Purity and Times have been credited with spurring on this and other such family law websites. That includes a lot of hard work on everyone’s part. A lot of research, editing, consulting, writing, programming (on their part) etc. It was a groundbreaking effort when …
Talk With French Youth – Netanya
Last week, we were invited to give a talk in Netanya, northern Israel. The organizing group was Chabad for French Youth in Netanya, Israel. From my one evening visit, I can really say that they’re doing a fantastic job. They’ve got around seven synagogues and centers spread around the city just to deal with the …
Talk With Youth In Southern Israel
We spoke with the youth in Southern Israel this week. On the same tour which has brought us to campuses and communities all over Israel, this week we were in Dimona, a city in southern Israel. The talk was backed by the municipality. But, it was requested by the head Chabad rabbi, an old friend …