Bochurim of Westchester Yeshiva enjoyed a packed Lag BaOmer program including farbrengens, trip to the Ohel, sports and BBQ at a private park, and a grand bonfire back at yeshiva with dancing, live music, stories, and extended farbrengen.

People often talk about Yeshiva in terms of nostalgia — the farbrengens, the unscripted days, that one shiur that entirely broke the mold. But for an alumnus of Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto, those moments were more than just quirks of the schedule. They were life.

Fire engines, hoses and smoke filled the future site of the Chabad Jewish Community Center in Folsom on Lag BaOmer, as local shluchim opened the property to firefighter training before demolition for a new center.

Rabbi Liraz Zeira, the campus shliach in Yerushalayim and IDF reserve major who lost both legs after being severely wounded in battle, and his wife, Anat, welcomed their sixth son, bringing them comfort and healing.

The annual Kinus Hashluchim of Eretz Yisroel opened at the Nir Etzion Hotel with a special session with Beis Din Rabbonei Chabad taking questions on how to maintain proper boundaries and engage the world while preserving the chassidishe standard.

Eden Naftali HYD, who was killed in the Nova massacre on October 7, appeared in a dream and asked that a certain book she owned be given to her mother. The book: “Joy as a Challenge” by Rabbi Shloma Majeski from the Rebbe’s teachings.

On 23 Iyar 5736 (1976), the Rebbe sent a group of 11 Shluchim and Hanhalla to open a branch on Tomchei Temimim in Cincinnati. 50 years later, one of those shluchim, Rabbi Mendel Duchman of Los Angeles, returned to celebrate the occasion.

This year’s Marine Park Lag Ba’omer Family Fair featured “The Great LEARNival,” an action-packed carnival experience geared for children to learn about the 12 Pesukim in a fun, interactive way. Scattered throughout the rides and attractions, children discovered 12 beautifully designed carnival booths, each featuring hands-on activities teaching one of the Pesukim.