Just one day before a car ramming attack at 770, Rabbi Dovid Shushan, a Lubavitcher mohel, sofer, and rabbi in Queens, New York, was violently attacked while walking to shul.

Just minutes before the harrowing attack, over 4,000 Bochurim from 56 yeshivos around the globe gathered at 770 Eastern Parkway for the 14th annual “Hour with the Rebbe.”

Reb Yisroel’ik Segal, Mashpia in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch of Brunoy, was brought to London as guest Mashpia for the Yud Shevat fabrengen for the wider Chassidisher community.

Four Chassidim, Rabbis Shmuel Lew, Yosef Minkowitz, Mendel Raskin, and Yitzi Lowenthal, share their personal memories of the Yud Shevat milestones, offering a rare glimpse into the atmosphere of the 10th, 20th, 30th, and 40th anniversaries of Yud Shevat.

When a sudden illness plunged Rabbi Zushe Feldman into fear and uncertainty, his family turned to the Rebbe for urgent help. The Rebbe advised learning Chitas and Rambam, as Torah gladdens the heart, and he went on to make a miraculous recovery.

Despite the confusion and disruption at 770 following the ramming attack and the unexpected evacuation of 770 earlier in the evening, the talmidim hashluchim from Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch of Queens and Cincinnati organized an impromptu seder sichos at the Eshel building on Kingston Avenue, followed by a farbrengen lasting into the wee hours of the morning.

More details continue to emerge following last night’s vehicular attack at 770. The suspect has been identified and was reportedly seen around 770 and other Chabad houses beforehand. The incident drew widespread coverage, with many noting the significance of both the location and the day.

The Backman and Polter families are sitting shiva in Crown Heights after the passing of Rabbi Yonah Leibush Backman AH in Yerushalayim.