Rabbi Avraham Osdoba and Rabbi Yosef Braun of the Crown Heights Beis Din issued a letter urging the community to exercise caution when saying L’chaim on Purim, in accordance with the Rebbe’s well-known takana.

Purim is the perfect time to take your children on mivtzoim and bring joy to others. The “Lamternshtik” program has mapped out routes with 20 Jewish homes each, and pre-packed Mishloach Manos and Matonos Laevyonim, perfectly suited for family mivtzoim.

With Purim around the corner, the Oholei Torah Mothers Committee brought a special touch of creativity and excitement into the Cheder classrooms, engaging students in a meaningful yom tov craft.

The annual ‘Shushan Purim Carnival’ for boys of the Crown Heights community will take place on Sunday at Oholei Torah’s Troy location with over 25 games and refreshments for sale.

Brothers Berel and Chony Zucker have been dominating New York music for some years, yet we’ve yet to hear them together. Musician Shlomo Hecht brings the Zucker Brothers together for a first ever duet featuring lively Adar and Purim tunes.

In this special Purim episode, Rabbi Berel Polityko explores some common questions: Whether to toivel dishes intended for mishloach manos, the halachos of hafrashas challah, and what to do when blood spots are found in eggs.

A new book by Long Island shliach, Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, titled “Your Unique Purpose,” stems from Rabbi Teldon’s personal journey following the passing of his son in 5751. The book, which is based on authentic Chassidus, is published by Kehos and will be available after Pesach.

Rabbi Zalman Phillips, director of Jewish Bedtime Stories, has released an exciting new two-part Purim audio series, titled “Purim: Did You Know?” A Yiddish version has also been made available.

For young Jewish men in Ukraine, it is terrifying to step outside. Soldiers roam the streets to conscript by force any male between 18 and 60, sending them to the front lines. As the war intensifies and US help declines, the inscriptions are becoming all the more dangerous.

War Summary, Day 522: Witkoff now in Qatar for negotiations, new deal on table for 10 hostages to come home in exchange for 60 days and many terrorists, possible push for some hostages this Shabbos, special operations in Qabatiya and Jenin, senior terrorists captured in Judea and Samaria, airstrikes and targeted elimination in Lebanon, negotiations beginning in Lebanon including over longtime border dispute, Houthis announce renewed blockade of Israeli-tied ships, Iran won’t negotiate, and IDF confirms airstrikes in Syria against new regime.

Live at 9 pm ET: Kollel L’lomdei Dach invites the Anash community to a special shiur by Reb Yosef Klyne, mashpia in Nyack and maggid shiur at Kollel L’lomdei Dach, on the topic of “Simcha Through the Lens of Chassidus.”

Levi Yosef Wagner (10) of Krefeld, Germany, learned in Yeshivas Erev about teaching others, and he decided to create his own online Cheder for children ages 7 to 10. Three times a week they met for 90 minutes, and he taught them hilchos brachos and Shabbos, siddur translation, and mastery of Rashi script.

Live at 8:30 PM: Project Chana Woman’s Power Hour featuring Rabbi Nissan Zibell with ‘The Kosher Consumer’s Practical Shopper’s Guide,’ Rabbi Yosef Braun on non-Jewish help on Shabbos, and Rabbi Berel Bell on Birchos Hanehenin.

In the true spirit of Lechatchila Ariber, Talmidim of Mechina Oholei Torah completed an eight-week Mivtza in memory of Hatomim Shmuel Karnovsky AH. Through the program, the Bochurim elevated themselves in limmud haTorah, avodas Hashem, and hiskashrus to the Rebbe.

Newly adapted from the writings of the Friediker Rebbe, The Lamdonis tells the story of the Alter Rebbe’s aunt, Rebbetzin Devorah Leah of Vitebsk. It is the work of Chabad scholar Eli Rubin, who adapted the Frierdiker Rebbe’s words to make them more accessible for his own children.

Every Purim, among other places, the Rebbe would personally give Matanos L’Evyonim to the bochurim’s needs. Keren Tomchei Bochurim, a project of Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim, is ensuring that no bochur lacks the basics.

As Purim approaches, a unique initiative in Crown Heights is ensuring that everyone can fulfill the mitzvah of hearing the Megillah—loud and clear. A specially arranged Megillah reading is designed specifically for those who are hard of hearing.

Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz and his son, Rabbi Meir Simcha Minkowicz, led a meaningful Mivtza Tefillin campaign at JetBlue Park in Southwest Florida, celebrating Jewish culture, unity, and tradition. The festive event featured live music, family activities, local vendors, and delicious Glatt Kosher food—a rare treat for a community without a kosher restaurant or grocery store.

“Journey into the History of Chabad,” a newly released documentary in English by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Kaminetzky, explores the lives of the Rebbe Rashab and the Frierdiker Rebbe, covering their arrest, liberation, and final years in America.

Amid unprecedented torrential rains in the Argentinian port city of Bahía Blanca, shluchim Rabbi Shmuel and Shterni Freedman were evacuated by a rescue team that waded through the floodwaters to reach their home. With his family safe, Rabbi Freedman returned the next day to asist his community.

War Summary, Day 521: Negotiations back on in Qatar, Rubio says there will be no more direct talks with Hamas as the direct talks with Hamas bore no fruit, Witkoff outlines “starter” terms for hostage negotiations, low hopes for an agreement, but Israel is still trying, Hamas continues to plant roadside bombs in Gaza, two-month baby injured in rock-throwing attack, Houthis threaten to restart attacks after Tuesday, Syrian Alawites plea for Israeli protection, and Zamir overhauling IDF.

Who will support the daughter as she prepares for marriage? What will become of the son who was eagerly awaiting his Bar Mitzvah? Who will care for the special-needs child who depended on his mother every day?