War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Eighteen: Hezbollah missiles caused significant damage and led to a large fire around the city which took 10 firefighting teams time to put out, five soldiers from the Nachal Brigade’s 931st Battalion fell during fierce gun battles in Zeitoun, and Hamas published a video of hostage Nadav Popelwell that the IDF requests people not view.

“And they Traveled to Rusland”: Moment Magazine, the world’s most popular Yiddish magazine, published a full-length supplement of the shluchim’s work throughout Russia and Siberia, and a 10-page interview with Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Reb Schneur Zalman Yudkin, an elder chossid from Crown Heights who had mesirus nefesh in Russia and later traveled around inspiring countless people, passed away.

In Montreal’s central Anash shul, a farbrengen was held to honor the 190th birthday of the Rebbe Maharash, led by the director of Beis Rivkah, Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz.

Mrs. Ruth Averbuch, mother of the Steinmetz family and sister of the Schochets, passed away on Beis Iyar. Levaya today at 1:10 pm.

In honor of Beis Iyar, the birthday of the Rebbe Maharash, we present you with an overview of his life, as written up in A Chassidisher Derher magazine.

Sunday 12-6 pm: After years of successful activities in our Crown Heights community, Safe Tech is opening a new permanent office that will serve as a neighborhood center and hub for safe technology and related matters.

War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Sixteen: Due to Hezbollah’s heavy barrages of missiles at Har Meron the IDF Home Front Command cancelled the upcoming Lag B’Omer celebrations in Meron, the Border Police have announced that a new unit opened for the first time ever with 30 new drafts from Charedi communities, and an “unidentified object” flew from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory and fell in an open area in the Netivot area.

Presented here is a rare recording from 5721 by renowned educator, Rebbetzin Ettel Tzerna Hodakov, wife of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, the Rebbe’s legendary “Chief of Staff” whose Yartzeit is this shabbos. The topic: Ahavas Yisroel in this week’s parsha.

In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the boys division of the Nigri Shluchim Online School of the Shluchim Office prepared their own present to the Rebbe through a new beautiful, interactive initiative.

Mishnah for Neshama: A global Pirkei Avos network of women’s groups with a beautifully prepared curriculum will honor the neshama of R’ Mendel Landa, a young Lubavitcher father who recently passed away. Sign up your community here.

The Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, known for its nuclear power plant which has been targeted in the ongoing war, has inaugurated a new Mikvah to serve the community. A shelter was built beneath the structure to ensure the visitors’ safety.

Over 600 young Jewish students and young professionals from Russia and the FSU who invested throughout the entire year in Torah journeyed together to Thailand on a trip to strengthen their Jewish identity.

War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Fifteen: Kerem Shalom Crossing reopened under fire, Hamas’s Navy commander eliminated, Biden says he will stop ammunition sales to Israel in case of entry to Rafah population centers, Hezbollah continues to escalate and refuses to negotiate a ceasefire, and Defense Minister hints to a summertime war in the north.

When Dr. Menachem Kovacs walked out of an uplifting pegisha event at 770 on December 31st, he saw people celebrating the New Year and falling down drunk. The stark contrast propelled him to a connection with Yiddishkeit and the Rebbe.

The Moshiach Chidon has launched for the fourth year with 38 schools from across the world joining in the amazing initiative.

At a memorial ceremony for European Liberation Day in Aubervilliers, France, Rabbi Shmuel Tevel spoke about Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noach and the Cheder marching band honored the soldiers.

A dramatic presentation by One Mitzvah shows what nuclear power can teach us about bringing Moshiach: what matters most is just to press the right button!

From the Anash.org Inbox: Much ink and many bytes have been spilled discussing the benefits and dangers that phone and internet technology has for our homes and mental, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing. Here are some additional points to consider.

Jews from Russia and abroad celebrated Pesach in a special atmosphere in the town of Lubavitch, with Moshiach’s Seuda held in the “Groiser Zal,” where the Rebbe Rashab first instituted the four kosos.

Nothing spoke to this man from Brooklyn who had seen it all. But after hearing one idea, Steve, now Zalman, made a drastic 180-degree turn in life.

Camp Gan Yisroel of Parksville, NY announced the Head Staff for the upcoming summer of 5784 who will instill the summer with a chayus and geshmak for learning and Chassidishe conduct that will last a lifetime.