Lost and tired, young Sholom Raichik laid down outside the Rebbe’s room and missed kos shel bracha. Woken up after it was over, the Rebbe opened the door of his room and poured the boy a small l’chaim.

Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, a Chassidus author who was in Crown Heights for a simcha, joined 770 Mashpia Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon to give a shiur in the maamer of the Rebbe being learned in 770’s “Seder Dach” program.

This week, chaplains, volunteers and correctional officers gathered at the Annual Jewish Chaplains Conference in Pittsburgh for a “Second Chance” symposium.

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch encourages Shluchim to unite to say thank you to Crown Heights Hatzalah.

War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Twenty Nine: Yisrael Yudkin and Eliyahu Haim Emsallem, both Chabad soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda Brigade, were killed in a sniper attack in Beit Hanoun, IDF Brings a Fifth Brigade to Rafah, and Ireland, Spain, and Norway announce intention to recognize a Palestinian state to which Hamas gives credit to October 7th.

The 8th grade boys graduating class from the Nigri Shluchim Online School gathered together in New York to celebrate their graduation with an exciting trip and in-person ceremony. 

Colel Chabad has reported a substantial increase in downloads of its Pushka app this week ahead of the the yahrzeit of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes.

Eli Amsalem, a French Chabad mekurav in the Netzach Yehuda battalion under Yisroel Yudkin HYD, was killed in Gaza carrying his Dvar Malchus booklet.

Yisroel Yudkin, a Lubavitcher bochur from Kfar Chabad who served as a company commander in the Netzach Yehudah battalion in Gaza, was killed in heavy fighting.

Among the eight candidates running for the Va’ad Hakohol is a united group of young men campaigning for change. Their first task? Raising private funds to establish a dedicated grantseeking and writing office.

A new fund by In Shifra’s Arms (SHIFRA) was launched to support expecting mothers in memory of Mrs. Fraida Nathan, a lifetime Chicago resident and member of Bais Menachem in West Rogers Park, Illinois.

At the “Meet the Candidates” forum, Crown Heights residents got to hear the candidates’ plans for the growing community. Five candidates announced that they are running together as a slate.

Realizing its vitality to the Crown Heights community, in a beautiful show of unity, many local businesses have stepped up as corporate sponsors to support Hatzalah of Crown Heights.

War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Twenty Eight: Egypt duped America, Qatar, and Israel, Chief of Staff visits Jabaliya for operations to rescue hostage bodies, US removes its opposition to Rafah operation, heavy bombing in Rafah, Israel is supplying 50% of Gaza’s water, Hezbollah commander eliminated, Meron is closed to visitors, and operation in Jenin eliminates Hamas and PIJ terrorists.

Lee County, Florida commissioners presented shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz with a proclamation for Jewish Heritage Month as a show of support for Eretz Yisroel and the Jewish Community of Southwest Florida.

Lubavitch activists Rabbi Zalmy Lowenthal and Rabbi Shmuly Butler arranged a meeting between Iran’s Chief Rabbi Yehuda Gerami and the Bobov-45 Rebbe and Lelov Rebbe in Boro Park.

Live at 8:30: Join an hour of learning together with women across the country from Rabbi Yosef Braun of Crown Heights, Rabbi Shmuel Bluming of Crown Heights, and Mrs. Bracha Sternberg of Crown Heights.

86 years after the Nazis set the Great Synagogue of Kaliningrad ablaze, 100 Russian shluchim gathered in the Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland for a weekend of unity and inspiration.

Thirteen years ago, my wife and her friend dreamt of a place where women could join together for learning and friendship and mutual support. Since then, they have been steadily creating tangible change in our community and beyond.

Banff is a popular vacation town in Alberta, Canada, teeming with natural hot springs, plentiful skiing slopes, and magnificent views. Now, the newly-launched Chabad of the Canadian Rockies is preparing to inaugurate a 30-foot, $200,000 state-of-the-art mobile, glatt-kosher commercial kitchen, providing kosher food to visitors.

13 Iyar is the yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s Brother, Reb Yisroel Aryeh Leib. Read about his life, and the steps the Rebbe took to conceal his passing from Rebbetzin Chana and to memorialize his brother.

War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Twenty Seven: Weapons, terrorist funds in the hundred thousands, and incendiary materials such as volumes of Mein Kampf in Arabic were confiscated in the Shomron, the International Criminal Court issued an application for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity, and Biden asserts that Israel is not committing genocide.