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What They Take Home from Tishrei Won’t Fit in a Suitcase

In a few weeks, more than 1,500 Bochurim will pack their bags and return to Yeshivos around the world. But the most important thing they bring home will not be inside their suitcases.

Preparations Underway for Record Tishrei Guests at the Ohel

Preparations are underway for a record number of more than 150 bochurim who will spend Tishrei near the Rebbe’s Ohel. This year brings a new location, expanded accommodations and dining facilities, with yeshivah staff joining for learning and farbrengens.

Shechting Kaporos Only to Throw Them Away?

Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including shechting kaporos without kashering them, when to take three steps before shemone esrei, and taking a tefilas haderech keychain into the bathroom.

4,000 Teens Fired Up at Uplifting Concert and Midnight Selichos

A massive pre-Tishrei gathering brought 4,000 teens together for interactive Jewish challenges, inspirational messages, and a spectacular concert featuring popular Israeli singers and performers, before concluding with an emotional midnight Selichos.

Hundreds Pack the Rebbe’s Shul in Paris for Selichos

Hundreds of Anash and mekuravim from across Paris packed the overflowing “Zibetz’n” shul for the first Selichos on Motzoei Shabbos, led by Head Shliach Rabbi Mendy Azimov, continuing the tradition of his father, Rabbi Shmuel Azimov.

First Legal-Tender Coin Featuring the Rebbe Issued

A limited-edition silver coin featuring the image of the Lubavitcher Rebbe has been issued to commemorate 75 years since the Rebbe formally assumed the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. A meaningful gift just in time for Rosh Hashana.

Exiting the Ohel, Chicagoans Handed Dollars from the Rebbe

A group of Anash and mekuravim from Chicago experienced a pleasant surprise during their trip to the Rebbe this week, when an anonymous chossid gifted each participant a dollar from the Rebbe. “It felt like a clear bracha from the Rebbe.”

International Shochet Leads Shechita Presentation at Aliya

For the first time in Crown Heights, Aliya hosted a live shechita demonstration, giving participants a firsthand look at the halachos and process. The group watched as a ram, turkey, and chickens were shechted, then helped with the preparation of the meat, concluding the experience with freshly barbecued chicken and meat.

Students in Nebraska, South Korea and Beyond Begin School Together

Sarah from Nebraska, Jacob from South Korea, and Hannah from Texas joined 300 children from around the world as they were welcomed on the first day of the Nigri Jewish Online School of the Shluchim Office.

New Federal Proposal to Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parenting

A proposed federal rule could allow married families with a stay-at-home parent to receive child care subsidies, potentially providing financial relief to many frum and Anash families who choose to have a parent home with young children. For decades, the Rebbe emphasized the vital role of Jewish women in raising, nurturing, and educating their children.

Moscow’s Marina Roscha Awakens for First Selichos

Hundreds gathered at Moscow’s central Marina Roscha Synagogue for a late-night farbrengen followed by the first Selichos, led by Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig.

‘Tomim’ Event Sets Hundreds Up for Yeshiva Success

At a powerful opening event launching the yearlong “Tomim” program, 450 talmidim from across Eretz Yisroel preparing to enter yeshiva ketana heard from roshei yeshiva and mashpiim on how to make the transition into Tomchei Temimim and succeed in their crucial first year.