War Summary, Day 396: Five reasons why Defence Minister Yoav Galant was fired, $5 million offer to Gazans to return hostages alive, bomb near Gaza hospital explodes on WHO convoy, Iran transferring ballistic missiles to Iraq, security forces find explosives in a mosque in Shomron, explosive lab discovered in Menashe area, and PA security forces discover primed rocket launcher in their village.

A grand event marked the start of the daily Kollel Erev in Rechovot, Eretz Yisroel, with leading rabbonim, mashpi’im and shluchim, honoring members of Anash who, over this past year, mastered Seder Birkos HaNehenin and Hilchos Seudah.

Marking 60 years since the passing of Rebbetzin Chana, students at Bais Chana in Orange, CT, held a RoyalTea Party with a lavish dinner, beautiful kumzitz, and exchanging uplifting messages on the beauty and nobility of tznius.

In a dramatic move, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tonight as they grapple with conflicting views over the handling of the war and after the defense Minister sent seven thousand Chareidi draft orders yesterday, upsetting the coalition.

Dozens of chassidim from various circles crowded the large Sukka of Merkaz Chassidus in Stamford Hill, London, for the annual Chol Hamoed farbrengen led by Kfar Chabad Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Moshe Wolberg. Yom Tov farbrengens and shiurim were led by Rabbi Zalman Hyzler of Yerushalayim.

Rabbi Chaim Shimon Deutsch, a senior Chabad chossid who moved from Argentina to Boro Park in 1976, passed away on Monday, 3 Cheshvan. His levaya passed 770 today on the way to kevura.

After swearing in Argentina’s new Jewish foreign minister Gerardo Werthein, who took the oath while holding a Chumash, President Javier Milei said a Dvar Torah on the Parsha and quoted the Rebbe’s customary wish for “blessings and success.”

With excitement building for the 30 years of the Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim, the Shluchim Office has opened registration for this year’s program. The Kinus will continue to offer both the in-person Kinus program in Crown Heights as well as the Mega Virtual Kinus experience.

Kosher Connect, the new monthly newsletter by OK Kosher, has released its second issue with informative essays providing everyday shoppers with up-to-date, relevant, and essential kashrus-related resources and information.

On Monday morning, soldiers from the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion, who participated in the ground maneuver in southwestern Lebanon, came to the Kosel to recite Hagomel after fighting terrorists in Lebanon and returning safely.

War Summary, Day 395: Hamas refuses ceasefire for hostage deal, man succumbs to wounds from a previous Hezbollah attack, underground battles under southern Lebanon with Hezbollah, America sends nuclear-capable bombers to region, IRGC helicopter crashes with commander inside, IDF commandos capture a Syrian man spying for Iran and Sinwar’s brother is acting as the de-facto military leader of Hamas in Gaza now.

Former Israeli hostage Mia Schem and her family visited the Ohel on Monday evening together with Shlucha in Stony Brook NY Chaya Grossbaum and two soldiers who just came out of serving in Gaza.

In the spirit of achdus, Rabbi Chaim Dray of Chabad Francophone of Manhattan and Rabbi Sholom Schapiro of Chabad Torah Center teamed up to host yom tov meals, farbrengens, and Simchas Beis Hashoeva events in an expansive sukkah in the heart of Manhattan. 

At the opening of the winter zman at the Queens Mesivta, Rabbi Nachman Yosef Twersky, a renowned mechanech and Mashpia from Crown Heights, delivered an uplifting talk about the significance of their Limud Hatorah and the nachas it brings to the Rebbe.

The Bar Mitzvah Course for Anash and Shluchim by Rabbi Yitzchok Jacobs is back with six weekly one-hour sessions delving into the content and meaning of the Bar Mitzvah Maamer.

A festive hachnosas sefer torah took place in the growing Jewish community in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, with a sefer Torah gifted in a generous gesture of unity and support by the Jewish community of Dnipro, led by the Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzky.

As per the Rebbe’s call to action, to review Taharas Hamishpacha halachos every year, Mikvah.org is excited to present two ways to go about it. Starting this week and continuing for six weeks, you can choose between an online or in-person review course.

In the latest episode of “Lamplighters,” producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Moshe Bleich, shliach at Wellesley Weston Chabad in suburban Boston, which winds through Brooklyn, Stolin-Karlin and Lubavitcher yeshivas, California, upstate New York and Ukraine, until he reached his shlichus.

Merkos 302’s Chabad On Call has launched a new crash course for shluchim, providing them with crucial tools to help them take care of Yiddisher patients currently in hospices with proper dignity and respect.

Ahead of the US presidential elections this Tuesday, Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, chairman of Agudas Chasidei Chabad (Aguch), released a public letter on the elections and Chabad’s position on political parties and candidates.

Just one year after the launch of the Roshei Teivos app, the app has significantly grown and now lists a staggering 30,000 roshei teivos and boasts enhanced features including reverse lookup, offline access, and a bookmarking system for frequently used abbreviations.

Marking forty years since a special instruction by the Rebbe to make a ruckus (“trask“) about the need for every Yid to have at least one regular shiur in Torah, Rabbi Berel Lazar urged all shluchim in Russia to implement this instruction in their communities.