Childless for many years, they asked for brachos of the Mezritcher Maggid, R. Avrohom Kalisker, and R. Mendel Vitebsker, without success. At last, the Alter Rebbe connected them with R. Mordechai “Hatzadik,” and R. Mordechai “Mashpia” was born.

As Yom Tov approaches, Kolel Torah Panama has released Touching the Crown – A Rosh Hashanah Companion, a new collection of three essays exploring Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur through the lens of Torah and Chassidus. The companion is available in Hebrew, English, and Spanish, making the material accessible to the diverse Jewish communities connected with Kolel Torah Panama.

In a Chai Elul 5749 michtav kloli written ahead of an identical kvius, the Rebbe explains that when the “head” of the year is Shabbos, it makes the entire year “Shabbosdik,” setting the tone for added Torah, mitzvos and bracha throughout the year.

Despite escalating drone attacks and dangerously close fighting along Ukraine’s front lines this year, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine succeeded in delivering Tishrei packages to more than 50,000 Jewish households across 169 communities, along with special kits to over 1,000 Jewish soldiers serving on the front, in time for the Yomim Tovim.

The respect and esteem with which the Rebbe regarded rabbonim was extraordinary. When someone suggested that a certain psak din of rabbonim was motivated by politics, the Rebbe reacted sharply.

The annual Hachnosas Orchim program near the Rebbe’s Ohel is underway, providing bochurim with organized sedorim, shiurim, meals, and farbrengens throughout their stay.

A new project is being launched by Lahak making it possible to learn the Rebbe’s sichos from 5747 and 5750 — two years whose kvius was similar to 5787, with Rosh Hashanah beginning on Shabbos.

Every parent knows the question: It’s late. Do you know where your child is? During Tishrei, for more than 1,500 Bochurim far from their families and Yeshivos, it becomes a question for the entire community.