Despite the conditions, Kalfon maintained the observance of the commandments: he said "Shema Yisrael" every day, and observed Yom Kippur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tonight, 4,578 Jewish teenagers from 60 countries filled Times Square - and one of the highlights of the evening was the performance of Kalfon, who fulfilled his dream and announced on stage "Shema Israel.". <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The audience joined him in an emotional cry that echoed far and wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event took place against the backdrop of a difficult year for Jewish communities around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside the celebration of the opening of CTeen's 900th branch, speeches were also given by youth from the Bondi community in Australia, which lost 15 of its members in a shooting attack last Hanukkah, including Chabad emissary Rabbi Eli Schlenger, who founded the local Chabad youth branch a few months before his murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His daughter, Privee Schlanger, took the stage and spoke about the continued mission he left behind. During the evening, a documentary of the youth from Bundi was projected on giant screens, describing the moments of horror and the struggle that followed. Despite the pain, the message that repeated itself again and again was of a proud Jewish stand: "We will continue to be Jews, loudly and proudly.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chairman of Chabad for World Youth, Rabbi Menachem Kotlarsky, who returned from Sydney this weekend, said in his speech: "Darkness will not have the last word." He announced the establishment of a new youth center in Sydney that will bear the name of Rabbi Shlanger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 18th annual Youth Sabbath drew thousands of youth from 486 cities around the world to New York City. Participants stayed in the Crown Heights neighborhood for the Sabbath, and the Times Square event was the culmination of the gathering.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d2\u05d1 \u05db\u05dc\u05e4\u05d5\u05df, \u05de\u05ea\u05df \u05e6\u05e0\u05d2\u05d0\u05d5\u05e7\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d2\u05e8\u05d9\u05e6\u05d1\u05e1\u05e7\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d1\u05de\u05d5\u05e6\u05d0\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d1\u05ea \u05e2\u05dc \u05d1\u05de\u05d4 \u05d1'\u05d8\u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05e1 \u05e1\u05e7\u05d5\u05d5\u05e8' \u05e9\u05d1\u05de\u05e8\u05db\u05d6 \u05de\u05e0\u05d4\u05d8\u05df \u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e2 \u05d4\u05e2\u05e0\u05e7 \u05e9\u05dc CTEEN - \u05d0\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05df \u05d7\u05d1\"\u05d3 \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5\u05e2\u05e8. \u05d4\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d1\u05e7\u05d5\u05dc '\u05e9\u05de\u05e2 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc', \u05d4\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc \u05d7\u05d6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05d1\u05d4\u05ea\u05e8\u05d2\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea - \u05d5\u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05e9\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d9\u05d7\u05d3 \u05d0\u05ea '\u05e9\u05d9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea'. \u05db\u05dc\u05e4\u05d5\u05df, \u05d1\u05df 27, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d7\u05d8\u05e3 \u05de\u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05d1\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05d5\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d7\u05d6\u05e7 \u05d1\u05de\u05e9\u05da 738 \u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05ea\u05e0\u05d0\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d1, \u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd […]","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":1047981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[64965,6354,58726],"class_list":["post-1047980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-24","tag-64965","tag-6354","tag-58726"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ch10.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/FotoJet-2026-02-22T101620.024.jpg\")