The levaya for Mrs. Chaya Gansburg, a beloved longtime kindergarten teacher at Oholei Torah in Crown Heights, passed by 770 Eastern Parkway on Friday morning.

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Parsha Thoughts by Rabbi Shmuel Wagner: Does bittul mean to be nothing? How can something be nothing? A powerful pasuk in this week’s parsha is transformed through the lens of Chassidus, teaching us how to view ourselves.

“I’m just another regular Chabad girl. I got married and hoped to start a family. We waited and waited. Every single month we davened to fall pregnant. And every single month, I was bitterly disappointed.” A waiting mother-to-be pens a letter to the Chabad community.

The first visitors arrived in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, ahead of the Rebbe’s father’s yahrzeit on Chof Av. Hundreds are expected to spend Shabbos near the tziyun.

An opportunity to tap into the Rebbe’s bracha to receive “up to 500 times as much” as you donated is not one to be missed. Take part in spreading Yiddishkeit in Kazakhstan, and merit the Rebbe’s brachos.

The resumption of the annual Yarchei Kallah at CGI Parksville after 3 years was an exciting event, but it also drove home the absence of some of the regulars…

Good news: Prominent rabbanim, mashpiim, and askanim in Crown Heights have recently started a new achdus initiative — to sit down together as brothers despite differences of opinion. This week, the third such meeting took place. This is the behind-the-scenes story.

Along with the thousands of pages of chiddushei Torah authored by Rabbi Akiva Wagner, he also wrote a number of camp songs. They were recently compiled in a songbook.

The wedding of Rafi Chemel of Toronto, Ontario and Baila Vogel of London, England took place on Tuesday night in Oholei Torah.

The wish of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin that’s 770’s lawn should be beautiful was actualized with the installation of plants and flowers this week.

A mother who was deeply touched by the changes her children experienced as a result of their stay at CKids Gan Israel sleepaway camp in Madison shares her journey.

On the eve of the Yahrzeit of Mr. Sami Rohr, the JEM Foundation has released a highlight from its Gala honoring Mr. Rohr, shining a spotlight on the legacy of charity that he taught to his family.

Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch School joyously celebrated its 13th school graduation with a ‘chag hasiyum,’ honoring the remarkable achievements of its students and staff for the year 5783.

The story of singer Benny Friedman’s emotional journey to the tziyun of Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson is just one of the captivating articles in a new magazine published for Chof Av. Download here.

Mrs. Chaya Gansburg, a beloved longtime kindergarten teacher at Oholei Torah in Crown Heights, passed away on Thursday, 16 Av, 5783.

Live at 6:45 PM ET: Join children from around the world for a rally in the merit of a speedy recovery for a young shliach Shneur Zalman ben Hinda.

In celebration of the 70th birthday of Rabbi Shea Hecht, friends and family are honoring him by writing a Sefer Torah. It began on the yahrzeit of Rabbi JJ Hecht with a supporter who was once his congregant.

This year-long course, taught by Rabbi Menachem Rotenberg, Rov in the Beis Horaah of Crown Heights, will cover the areas of Halacha essential for every business person to live by.

A grand siyum at Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto celebrated the siyum of the full Likkutei Sichos by bochur shliach Avraham Volfman, and the siyum of 4 chalokim by close to 30 bochurim.

Support Chabad Chevy Chase and enter for a chance to win a week-long vacation home on a Private Pier (valued at $4,074 before taxes!) on The Outer Banks of North Carolina.

In a touching tribute to a beloved member of the Loughton Shul community led by Rabbi Yanky and Rochel Abrams, family, and friends, came together to dedicate a new Sefer Torah in memory of Lewis Lane. 

Mivtzoim Sydney released a song dedicated to its bochurim based on the words the Rebbe told Rabbi Pinchas Woolstone in a Yechidus: “When A bochur walks in Bondi Junction with a hat and jacket and his tzitzis hanging out the highest malochim are jealous!

The 33rd yartzeit of Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda “JJ” Hecht was marked by friends and family at an event hosted near the Rebbe’s Ohel on Wednesday. The gathering concluded with the writing of a new Sefer Torah.