Ahead of this year’s Simchas Beis Hashoeiva, Crown Heights Rabbonim, askonim and NYPD representatives held a series of meetings to discuss ways to elevate the event and ensure that it is an authentic Chassidishe atmosphere.

Called into the Tzemach Tzedek’s room to copy a maamar, R. Shmuel der Shreiber was left spellbound by what he witnessed, spending all night watching the Rebbe learn until he was ultimately sent on his way.

Hundreds of women gathered for a festive dinner benefiting Adei Ad – L’Chaim V’Livracha, an organization that supports kallahs prepare for their weddings, while also running initiatives to assist older singles in finding their shidduch.

The Lubavitch Youth Organization (LYO), which recently marked its 70th anniversary, has launched a new website providing a comprehensive overview of the mosdos, programs and activities it sponsors throughout the year.

8 Elul marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Moshe Katznellenbogen and Reb Yosef Volovik, two generations of mesiras nefesh Yidden who became remarkable talmidei chachomim and Chassidim, keeping Torah and Yiddishkeit alive through decades of Soviet persecution and hardship.

When young Shamshi Yunik was moved to donate years to the Rebbe, the Rebbe rejected his offer and redirected him to the proper way for him to give of his life to the Rebbe.

The blasts of the shofar ushered in the new Elul zman at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Queens, which opened for the year freshly painted and newly furnished.

A storefront on the main road in Calvi, on Corsica’s northwest coast, is now home to the island’s fourth Chabad center, something that longtime Jewish residents say they could never have imagined decades ago.