Shluchim from all over British Columbia traveled by air, land, and sea to join together on Sunday night for a most uplifting grand Hey Teves Farbrengen.

In honor of Hey Teves, an anonymous donor is making a generous offer by gifting a $50 subsidy for each new Chayenu subscription.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and a group of alderman joined Rabbi Meir Chai Benhiyoun and other Chabad shluchim at the Menorah lighting at Daley Plaza.

Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar lit Chanuka candles for Jewish inmates at Russia’s oldest prison, where many Chasidim had been incarcerated there for the crime of teaching Torah.

Students of the mechina division at Cheder Chabad Monsey, went on mivtzoim on Wednesday and Thursday of Chanuka, bringing the spirit of the holiday to old age homes and malls.

Watch: Singers Avraham Fried and Yonatan Razel perform the Chabad tune ‘Higaleh Na’ at the recent Yud Tes Kislev Tzama concert in Yerushalayim.

When Joseph Stalin created an “autonomous Jewish region” near the China–Russia border, he did not even dream that one day, the Rebbe’s shluchim would be spreading the light of Chanuka there.

Over 200 people attended the Menorah lighting of the Leytonstone & Wanstead synagogue in East London, England, led by Rabbi Yitzchok Austin.

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CTeen’s “Transform Chanukah” initiative sees 40 Jewish high schoolers flex their leadership muscles as they develop their own community-wide Chanukah programming and pitch philanthropists for funding to spread the light despite the pervading darkness.

Thousands of underprivileged homes in Russia received extra help this Chanukah, thanks to an initiative by Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and a major operation by Moscow’s Chessed Center.

The Jewish communities in Southwest Florida enjoyed a Chanukah party with miniature golf, doughnuts, latkes, music, face painting and balloons, and the lighting of a grand menorah by local leaders of the Jewish community.

20 Talmidim got tested on Hilchos Bossor B’Cholov as part of their Smicha learning with the renowned Online Smicha program, successfully passing the b’china.

Cheder Oholei Torah celebrated the 37th anniversary of Hey Teves with its Annual Didan Notzach Book Fair, a vibrant event held for the benefit of all Cheder Talmidim.

Chassidim from New York and around the world utilized the auspicious day of Hey Teves to visit the Rebbe’s Ohel. Some even took the opportunity to buy a Sefer Chassidus while there.

One of the revolutions of the Rebbe was making even the deepest Chassidus available in English. Standing at the forefront of that effort were Rabbi Yonah Avtzon and Sichos in English. His son, Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon, who currently directs SIE, gives an inside look at its past, present and future.

It was a busy Motzei Shabbos Hey Teves at Heichal Menachem, the Anash Shul in Golders Green, London, with an Avos Ubanim for children and a farbrengen for men.

Hey Teves will see chassidim everywhere heading to their bookstores to shop for their favorite titles or new publications. In this interview, we explore the other side of the coin: The world of the seforim seller, as experienced by Shlomo Goldman, founder of SeforimDeals.com.

Avraham (Boomie) Fried of Kew Gardens, brother of Mrs. Sheila Simon of Crown Heights, passed away on Zos Chanukah.

Anash.org Exclusive: Take a glance into the Rebbe’s library, usually kept under lock and key, far from the public eye. How many of the seforim can you identify?