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Kinus Hashluchim 5787 Opens in Crown Heights

Thousands of shluchim from across the world gathered in Crown Heights for the opening evening of the 5787 International Kinus Hashluchim, where they watched a farbrengen of the Rebbe together, drawing strength for their shlichus.

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The Unexpected Brochos of Standing Behind Fellow Shluchim

As shluchim from around the world gather in Crown Heights for the Kinus, the Trust and Curiosity podcast, hosted by Rabbi Shmuly Rothman, has released two special episodes with Rabbi Yisrael Deren and Rabbi Yosef Raichik exploring the brochos that come when shluchim stand behind one another.

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Chabad.org Unveils ‘Chabad.org Labs’

In time for the Kinus Hashluchim, Chabad.org has launched 'Chabad.org Labs,' a new platform that offers a look under the hood at the features its team is developing.
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Since When Is Mixed Programming Okay on Shlichus?

Walk into many teen programs, college events, and social gatherings on shlichus today, and mixed seating or mixed activities are often treated as an unavoidable cost of reaching people - "there is simply no other way." But a response from the Rebbe seems to indicate otherwise.
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The Alter Rebbe’s Handwritten Kabbalah Maamar Explained

An unusual maamar in Torah Or, written by the Alter Rebbe himself and filled with references to Kabbalah, has been published in a new edition that brings together every source in full, along with explanations that make the maamar easier to learn and understand.
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The Night I Served as the Rebbe’s Cardiologist

When Dr. Ralph Silverman received an urgent call asking him to help care for the Rebbe following his heart attack, he found himself spending a night at 770, followed by a fascinating conversation with the Rebbe.

Thousands of Dots Tell the Rebbe’s Global Impact

A new interactive atlas uses modern technology to map the Rebbe’s global impact, bringing together the places the Rebbe lived and traveled, thousands of shluchim and Chabad houses, Tanya printings, letters, Merkos Shlichus visits, and more. The atlas contains 28,910 geo-referenced records spanning 186 countries and territories, from 1797 to today.
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Mendel Sternberg - New London, CT to Devora Lea Amar - Seine et Marne, France L'chaim: Thursday at Anshei Lubavitch
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Arik Deren (ben R' Yossi) - Greenwich, CT to Elki Havlin (bas R' Shneor) - Dresden, Germany L'chaim: Wednesday at Albany Manor
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Mendy Zisman - Monsey, NY to Riki Rapoport - Atlantic City, NJ
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Yossi Bergman (ben R' Shimon) - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia to Rochi Tiechtel (bas R' Yehuda) - Berlin, Germany L'chaim: Thursday night at Albany Manor
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Shneur Zalmen Cohen (ben R' Yitzchak) - Montreal, Quebec to Menucha Rochel Stiefel (bas R' Moshe) - Almere, Holland L'chaim: Wednesday night at Anshei Lubavitch
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The Age of Chinuch for Shabbos Candles?

Ask the Rov: From what age should a girl begin lighting her own Shabbos candle? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.

Captivating Articles in Kislev Issue of N’shei Newsletter

The Kislev N’shei Chabad Newsletter has gone to print! Here are four of the articles that were prepared especially for you.

A First at the Kinus: CKids Camp Canteen for Shluchim

A new CKids Canteen on Kingston Avenue is offering shluchim hundreds of thousands of dollars in camp vouchers and scholarships to help bring the overnight camp experience to more children in their communities.

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CGI Montreal Releases Its First-Ever Live Kumzing

In a first for CGIs around the world, over 400 campers and staff of CGI Montreal came together to record a live rendition of the beloved camp classic “Standing Side by Side,” capturing the spirit of Gan Yisroel in a powerful new music video.

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Halacha Workshops to Discuss Addiction and OCD

As Shluchim gather in Crown Heights for the Kinus Hashluchim, Merkos Torah will host a series of Halacha workshops addressing mental health, addiction, and crisis situations that communal leaders increasingly encounter.

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Smaller Tefillin for Bar Mitzvah Boys?

In this week’s episode of Lemaan Yishmeu, Rabbi Yosef Braun addresses intriguing halachic questions on a wide range of practical topics — real questions that have come to his desk, along with his clear and insightful responses.

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Israel’s Ambassador to Deliver Kinus Banquet Address

Dr. Yechiel Michael Leiter, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, will serve as guest of honor and deliver the keynote address at this year’s gala banquet concluding the Kinus Hashluchim, the Vaad Hakinus announced.

How a Chicago Yungerman Fits Kapotas for Shluchim Across Continents

Finding a quality kapota that lasts is a challenge for many Lubavitchers, and a silk one can seem almost impossible. One yungerman set out to discover that silk, when done right, can be surprisingly durable. Two years later, hundreds of Anash wear his custom kapotas, with remote fitting technology helping shluchim worldwide get a precise fit without traveling overseas.

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A Journalist’s Fascination with Lubavitch From Siberia to Paris

After their Great Escape from Soviet Russia and a period in German and Austrian DP camps, 1000 Lubavitcher refugees converged in Paris in 5707–5708. Local Yiddish journalist Yitzchak Shmulevitsh was amazed by their devotion to Torah and each other, and documented their work to establish a yeshivah and a girls’ school, as well as the eventual departure of many of them to Eretz Yisrael. Part III of a series.

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Chabad Wins Court Order to Stop Construction at Chevron Cemetery

As we read Parshas Chayei Sara, which recounts Avraham Avinu’s purchase of Me'aras Hamachpela in Chevron, the Yerushalayim District Court has issued a major ruling, following Chabad’s extensive intervention, ordering an immediate halt to construction work and upholding the sanctity of Chevron’s ancient Jewish cemetery.

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Bracha on Cake and Tea After Bentching?

Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including cake and tea after bentching, heated floors on Shabbos, shirt buttons right over left, and born during Bein haShmoshos.

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In the Twilight: Melacha During Bein Hashmashos

Ask the Rov: I realized right after shkiah that the dining room lights are off. May I ask a non-Jew to turn them on? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.

Too Tired to Daven Maariv – Can You Make It Up?

In this week’s episode of Lemaan Yishmeu, Rabbi Yosef Braun addresses intriguing halachic questions on a wide range of practical topics — real questions that have come to his desk, along with his clear and insightful responses.
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Is This the Whole Purpose of Yiddishkeit?

At Beis Medrash Oholei Torah's weekly Moshiach shiur, Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson explains why we MUST demand Moshiach right now!
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Saying Hagomel After My Daughter’s Surgery?

Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas, including reading the haftorah with the maftir, mezuzah dilemmas, and saying Hagomel for a daughter.

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Candle-Lighting Time: 18, 25, or 40 Minutes?

Ask the Rov: If Shabbos begins at shkiah, why do we light the candles earlier? Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin responds.

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Building a School with a Mission

As Bais Rivkah celebrates 85 years since its founding, a fascinating historical account sheds light on the school's earliest beginnings and the efforts that brought it to life under the direction of the Frierdiker Rebbe.

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The Chassidisher contractor behind the newly expanded 770 beis medrash davens Shacharis there, becoming the first to do so.
Thousands of shluchim gathered for the opening evening of the 5787 International Kinus Hashluchim, where they watched a farbrengen of the Rebbe together, drawing strength and inspiration for their shlichus. Credit: Itzik Belenitzki – kinus.com 
Chief Rabbi of Holon shliach Rabbi Yochanan Gourarie was seen in New York for the Kinus Hashluchim following his recovery from a critical medical condition and while celebrating the engagements of two of his grandchildren.
Thousands of shluchim are seen meeting and greeting one another on the streets of Crown Heights as they gather for the grand Kinus this week.  Photo Credit: Itzik Belenitzki – kinus.com 
Shliach Rabbi Dovid Eliezeri presented Israeli President Isaac Herzog with his newly published book, Undaunted, about the life of the Frierdiker Rebbe, along with a historic letter from the Frierdiker Rebbe to the president’s grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Herzog.
Visiting shluchim and bochurim gathered for a Kinus Hisorerus ahead of the 40 years since Hei Teves 5747.

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Yanky Super, the Hatzala volunteer who survived the Bondi attack, meets with King Charles III of England, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Caribbean islands.
Shlulchim register for the International Kinus Hashluchim on Wednesday evening at the Jewish Children's Museum.
Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld of Crown Heights leads a Chof Cheshvan farbrengen at Heichal Menachem of Monsey.
Rabbi Yisroel Deren, Shliach to Stamford CT, from the earliest Shluchim to small cities with no Jewish schools, talks to the fathers of children in the Shluchim online school, on how to raise chassidishe children in this atmosphere.
In a historic milestone for frum community representation in Albany, a minyan of ten frum legislators won seats in the New York State Legislature, including seven incumbents and three newcomers.
A grand Kinus of rabbonim, mashpiim, and shluchim will take place tonight in 770, in preparation for the 40th anniversary of Hei Teves.
Rabbi Levi Garelik of Crown Heights farbrengs with the bochurim of Yeshivas Chazon Eliyahu in Tel Aviv for Chof Cheshvan.
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Palantir CEO and billionaire Alex Karp visited 770 Eastern Parkway, accompanied by Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky of Merkos 302, and was seen greeting Thailand’s head shliach, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor.
The first shluchim are seen arriving to the Rebbe for the Kinus Hashluchim, with thousands more making their way from around the world.
Shliach Reb Nochum Goldschmidt of Netanya seen helping a Yid from Acco put on tefillin for the first time in 60 years, at the Ohel.
A large group of mekuravim from Ohr Yehuda posed for a group photo in 770 together with their shluchim.
Reb Moshe Rubashkin of Crown Heights, known for opening his home and kitchen to others like Avraham Avinu, seen davening at the kever of Avraham Avinu in Chevron.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky of Machne Yisroel tours the new 770 expansion zal shortly before its grand opening.
A new speed camera has been installed on Kingston Avenue, in an attempt to monitor traffic and enforce the 25 MPH speed limit along the busy avenue.
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A large crowd gathered on Sunday to celebrate the dedication of the new Beis Rivka Seminary building, dedicated in honor of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin.
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