In the Media

San Francisco's streets and highways are some of the most congested in North America. So it's not uncommon to beat the traffic with a motorbike, if you've got steady nerves. And here in the city with a reputation for anything goes, an Orthodox Rabbi is CERTAINLY on the go....

...Langer is known as the “Rally Rabbi,” a moniker that dates back to the Giants’ second Jewish heritage game in 2006. On that night, Langer blew his shofar to the tune of “Charge!” Twice he did it, and twice the trailing Giants scored some runs, but after his third sounding, which was shown on the huge video board in center field, the Giants fell short and lost. “If the Giants would have won, I would have risen to sage status,” he said.

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - A lot of unusual plays have worked in the Giants favor these days that could be chalked up to divine intervention. Monday saw yet another one that could be credited to the so-called “Rally Rabbi.

You are cordially invited to add some emptiness to your over-scheduled life. Leave some space for serendipity, novelty and cool things happening that you could not possibly imagine.

He’s blown the shofar in AT&T Park, at the Pebble Beach Golf Course and at Woodstock. Now Chabad of San Francisco Rabbi Yosef Langer will for the first time blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah in San Francisco’s Union Square.

The San Francisco Giants’ home sellout streak this season reached 52 games on the night of Aug. 2. The team’s losing streak reached five.

After city officials confirmed Wednesday that a proposition to ban circumcision in San Francisco has garnered enough votes and will appear on the November ballot, Chabad representatives have taken advantage of the situation by raising more awareness about circumcision among residents.

One night after thousands at AT&T Park witnessed the history-making 756th home run, a Chabad rabbi created history of a different kind.

Langer has hooked them up with a free tour of the city's highlights. Their fare on the 1977 motorized cable car? A promise to do a mitzvah.