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Construction Advances on New Learning Space Behind 770

Construction is moving ahead on a new learning space on Union Street near Kingston Avenue, at the site of the historic Kollel building behind 770. When completed, the climate-controlled beis medrash will provide seating for more than 300 bochurim and yungeleit, adding much-needed learning space just steps from 770.

Jewish Families Safe After Missile Kills 22 in Pryluky

A deadly missile strike launched by the Russian military against the city of Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine killed 22 and caused extensive damage. Miraculously, none of the Jewish residents were injured.

IDF Captain Who Danced at Hakafos Shniyos Falls in Lebanon

Captain Eliav Chaim Tzaplemus HYD, a 21-year-old combat engineering officer from Chaifa, was killed on Thursday when his Humvee overturned in southern Lebanon. Just five days earlier, he danced with the Sifrei Torah at Hakafos Shniyos at Chabad of the Krayot.

Live: Shloshim Event for Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier

Join live at 7:30 PM: Family, students, and admirers will gather for a shloshim memorial for Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier a”h, with an evening of tribute and inspiration from his life and lasting impact.

London Chassidim Pack Sukkah for Six-Hour Simchas Beis Hashoeiva

Hundreds of Chassidim from across London joined a lively Simchas Beis Hashoeiva farbrengen with guest mashpia Rabbi Shia Rabinovitch, Rosh Yeshivah in Berlin, with crowds remaining for close to six hours.

‘The Only Person Who Tells My Husband What to Do Is My Father’

In an interview, Rabbi Mayer Plotkin of Montreal recalls personal memories of the Rebbe, Rebbetzin Chana, and an exceptional exchange with Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. "From the day I got married, there was not one instance that I told my husband what to do. The only person until today who tells my husband what to do is my father."

How ‘ConnectYid’ Is Helping Shluchim Reach Thousands More

Months after Anash.org first reported on the launch of ConnectYid, the platform is moving from concept to practice, helping Shluchim bring Anash and community members into personal outreach across multiple communities.

Ohr Menachem Boys Spend a Day in the Great Outdoors

As the streets of the Shchuna filled with the annual Labor Day festivities, Cheder Ohr Menachem once again put the focus where it belongs—on keeping our kinderlach Heilig and Rein, and protecting the special kedusha and taharas hanesh of a Yiddishe child.

Lavish Event Celebrates Hundreds of Semicha Graduates

Hundreds of graduates of Lemaan Yilmedu’s 5786 programs received their certificates at a grand festive Semicha Celebration attended by prominent rabbonim, dayanim and heads of the organization’s various learning tracks.

Chabad Reaches a New Frontier: Teaching the Teachers

Chabad Houses have done extraordinary work reaching Jewish students. But Rabbi Menachem Schmidt saw a question nobody was asking: what about the academics who teach those students every day, the scholars whose ideas shape what an entire generation believes is true and worth caring about?

Sydney Community United for First Event Since Bondi

Attracting over 600 attendees, the Simchas Beis Hashoeva Celebration was Sydney’s first public communal celebration since Chanukah 2025.

Rabbi Reuven Margolin, 60, AH

Rabbi Reuven Margolin, a prominent sofer and one of the pioneers of the revival of Jewish life in Dnipro, Ukraine, passed away on Wednesday, 26 Tishrei.

Thousands Rejoiced at Monsey’s Mega Simchas Beis Hashoeiva

Thousands of men, women, and children gathered at the Monsey Park & Ride on Monday evening, the first day of Chol Hamoed Sukkos, for a Mega Simchas Beis Hashoeiva organized by Merkos Ufaratza Lubavitch. Lively music led by Choni Milecki and a full seven-piece band, joined by popular singers Eli Marcus and Berel Zucker with dancing lasted for hours, with numerous rabbonim, local politicians, and community leaders joining in.

Mivtza Lulav Brings Sukkos to The Bay

Among the grand mivtzoim taking place throughout New York during Chol Hamoed, dozens of bochurim and yungelait headed out each day to Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay, bringing the joy of Sukkos to thousands of Yidden along the Brooklyn waterfront.

The Most Accurate Online English Rambam Is Powered by AI

Chabad.org turned to AI to help comb through its online Rambam, pairing multiple rounds of AI-powered review with human editing to make more than 8,000 fixes and complete the digitization of Rabbi Eliyahu Touger’s extensive notes.

Levaya Held for Rabbi Arye Leib Prager

The levaya of Rabbi Arye Leib Prager, a longtime Crown Heights mechanech who taught for many years at Oholei Torah, passed by 770 on Wednesday en route to kevura.

Setting the Tone for the Year: ‘Chassidus Made Real’ Ep. 2

Shabbos Bereishis sets the tone for the entire year. What does this mean? What should we be doing about it? Episode 2 of Chassidus Made Real explores the concept of creation, whether Chassidus is only for the intellectually elite, and feedback from the last episode.