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Yishai Rittri, 30, AH

Yishai Rittri, the son of Chaim and Devora Rittri of Basel, Switzerland, passed away suddenly at the young age of 30.

Thousands of English Shiurim Added to the ‘Chassidus App’

As the year 5787 begins, the Chassidus App has announced a major expansion, adding thousands of English shiurim together with a growing collection of Chabad niggunim.

They Planned an Addition, and Ended Up With a $10M Chabad House

After 26 years of growth, Chabad at USC celebrated the grand opening of its newly transformed $10 million, 12,000-square-foot center, complete with the campus’s first kosher dinner option and space to serve thousands of Jewish students.

School Bus Crashes Into Building on Eastern Parkway

An empty school bus careened off Eastern Parkway during the busy Thursday morning commute, mounted the sidewalk and slammed into the entrance of a residential building in Crown Heights.

NYS Ends Regents Tests for High School Diplomas

New York’s Board of Regents has approved a major change to the state’s high school graduation system, moving to eliminate the requirement that students pass Regents examinations beginning in 2028, potentially impacting dozens of New York’s frum and Chabad high schools, which will have greater flexibility in preparing their curricula.

Bochurim Spending Tishrei at the Rebbe’s Ohel Welcomed

A Bruchim Haboim gathering welcomed the hundreds of bochurim spending Tishrei near the Rebbe’s Ohel, during which mashpiim encouraged them to utilize their time in the Rebbe’s daled amos.

If Your Name is Chana, a Free Ticket Awaits

Named Chana after Rebbetzin Chana? You can enter a raffle for a flight to visit the tziyun of Harav Levi Yitzchok in Almaty, at no cost!

Having Never Known Quiet, 127 Children Return to School

The new school year opened this week at the Ohr Avner Chabad school in Odessa, with 127 children from the Mishpacha children’s home attending the school. Some of the children were born just before the war began and have never known a single day without air raid sirens, shelters, or the fear that has become part of daily life in the city

New Chapter in the Dramatic Rescue of Reb Levik’s Seforim

An unpublished memoir by a clandestine Israeli activist describes how they managed to smuggle out seforim filled with the handwriting of the Rebbe’s father, which had been preserved with mesirus nefesh by Rebbetzin Chana.

Milan Shliach Violently Attacked, Three Suspects Arrested

Milan shliach Rabbi Tzemach Mizrachi was knocked into the street after three Muslim men harassed and attacked him. Police have detained all three suspects.

Rebbe’s House and Room to Open for Vov Tishrei

The Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s home on President Street, as well as the Rebbe’s room in 770, will be open to the public in honor of Vov Tishrei for visits and tefilos.

New Shluchim to Kirkwood, Missouri

Rabbi Levi and Devora Leah Kesselman and their family have recently moved on shlichus to Kirkwood, Missouri, an inner suburb in the western St. Louis area with a Jewish population of nearly 1,000 residents.

Maryland Shliach Turns Everyday Life Into 500-Word Lessons

After nearly 50 years of speaking to people, both in person and on the air, Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, longtime shliach to the state of Maryland, has released the second volume of Eclectic Thoughts of Meaning, a collection of short essays drawn from weekly emails he has been sending to a wide readership for years.

Lubavitch Helped Start This Milwaukee Shul, Now It’s Coming Back

Lake Park Synagogue has gifted its Shul building to Lubavitch of Wisconsin, ensuring that the building on Milwaukee’s East Side will continue to serve as a center of Jewish life. The gift closes a circle that began more than four decades ago.

Teachers Unions Protest Hochul’s Yeshiva Tuition Relief Plan

New York teachers unions and allied groups are organizing a protest Wednesday at United Federation of Teachers headquarters in Manhattan, pushing back against Governor Kathy Hochul's plan to opt New York into a federal tax credit scholarship program that could bring meaningful tuition relief to tens of thousands of frum and Anash families across the state.

As Cuba’s Crisis Deepens, Four Tons of Aid Reach Jewish Families

As food and fuel shortages intensify across Cuba, Chabad Friends of Cuban Jewry has distributed nearly four tons of essential supplies to Jewish families across the island. The effort helped provide staple foods, hygiene products and medical supplies, with a group of bochurim traveling more than 680 miles to reach communities beyond Havana.

Live: When Fasting Becomes Forbidden

Live today at 2 PM: Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein of ShulchanAruchHarav.com will deliver a live Zoom shiur on the halachos of fasting on Yom Kippur, offering clear halachic and medical direction for those navigating the fast under health constraints.

Chabad Bee Farm Brought Together Children of All Stripes

Busloads of children, including from public schools, who once hesitated to enter the Chabad village, now come to discover the world of bees and honey, while encountering Jewish life and Torah in a warm and entirely natural setting.

Watch: Vov Tishrei Program for Children

In honor of Vov Tishrei, JEM’s Good Night My Child is presenting a special video for children focusing on Rebbetzin Chana and her Yahrtzeit in the Rebbe’s presence.

Free Kaporos Returns to Crown Heights for Second Year

After introducing free Kaporos last year to ease the financial burden on families, NCFJE is bringing the initiative back for a second year, offering Kaporos free of charge to the Crown Heights community ahead of Yom Kippur.

One Bochur Joined Halikut; Then His Father Started Learning Too

One Bochur began calling home to review a Sicha. Before long, his father was opening a Likkutei Sichos too, and his younger siblings were paying closer attention than anyone realized. The Vaad Hatmimim set out to strengthen Bochurim, but what happens next reaches an entire family.