In Sefer Haminhagim, the authorized collection of Chabad customs, a special custom is recorded for Yud Beis Tammuz. Here’s what it is, and how to fulfill it.

This last week and a half had 25 staff members from around the world, giving their all to Yeka Ukrainian refugees who live in Eretz Yisroel. Now, they head off to Ukraine for the second session. This summer’s theme: “Ya chast komandi – I am part of a team,” the Jewish people.

Ahead of the 80th yahrtzeit of Harav Levi Yitzchok, the Jewish community in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, under shluchim Rabbi Mordechai and Shoshana Morozow, celebrated a bris for two brothers, a wedding, and the inauguration of the region’s first-ever mikvah, all together.

At Lubavitch Day Camp in Toronto, over 600 campers and 140 staff members gathered on Gimmel Tammuz for an energetic rally. And with some out-of-the-box thinking, girls at Gan Yisroel, Haliburton, Ontario, hosted a moving challah bake with neighboring Camp Bnai Brith.

During a year in Eretz Yisroel, Sholom Raskin decided to explore the stories of Tanach at their real-life locations according to reliable Torah sources. To help other travelers, he documented it all in a comprehensive online travel guide.

The Brooklyn Café in New Hampshire opened by Rabbi Berel Slavaticki offers kosher food to locals and vacationers. But it’s more than just a place to eat.

The Connecticut State Capitol hosted 26 shluchim from around the state for an event honoring the Rebbe. A highlight of the event was “Songs of the Soul,” a live rendition of the niggunim that concluded with a lively chassidishe dance.

After extensive work to rebuild the homes of the Rebbe Rashab and the Frierdiker Rebbe in the chotzer in Lubavitch, the homes were completed and will be open to visitors.

Upon completion of rigorous testing by Russia’s Chief Rabbi, nine bochurim at Moscow’s Yeshiva were given semicha enabling the bochurim to go on and serve in rabbinic posts throughout Russia.

Live at 8:30: Classes with renowned speakers Rabbi M. Rotenberg and Mrs. Chanie Wolf on the Hilchos Borrer and tznius live for women worldwide.

Today, the final descendant of his family from the Holocaust, Mr. George Trepper, one of the elder Jews of Namibia and Hungarian ambassador to Namibia, was laid to rest with a proper kevura.

Thousands are expected in Kazakhstan for the 80th Chof Av commemoration. Hospitality will be available from Thursday afternoon to Sunday morning. Full details inside.

Mechanchim from across Russia gathered in Moscow for an extended Kinus Hamechanchim with insightful sessions and uplifting farbrengens with guest speaker Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky.

Must watch: A newly released video tells the story of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s unwavering mesiras nefesh in the face of Soviet persecution, and how that legacy continues to this very day.

The Geula visualizations creative writing and art contest brought beautiful and meaningful entries from near and far, from adults and children. After choosing 12 finalists and two winners, they are now accepting more entries.

Marking 30 years since Gimmel Tammuz, Rabbi Naftali and Sara Lazaroff will be joining Rabbi Lazer and Rochel Lazaroff as shluchim to the largest medical center in the world in Houston, TX.

Amidst ongoing tensions, 45 Jewish students and young professionals from across Ukraine recently participated in STARS Ukraine’s third consecutive seminar for 2024.

Rov of Anash in Montreal, Harav Berel Bell, visited the Poconos Yeshiva where he delivered a shiur on the proper “derech halimud,” focusing on how a “sugya” develops toward halacha.

After more than 24 years of marriage, a Crown Heights couple merited to hug their very own child. A baby boy was born on Tuesday to R’ Dovid and Etel Hurwitz.

In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, the chassidim at Mayonei Yisroel joined farbrengens with sought after mashpiim all across Eretz Yisroel arranged in ten separate locations.