A letter from the Rebbe that is being sold by the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem is claimed to have been one of the many stolen from the home of the late Kfar Chabad Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Meir Tzvi Gruzman. Full Story
Camp L’Maan Achai Off to Exciting Start
Camp L'Maan Achai, the overnight camp in upstate New York geared towards boys from non-observant backgrounds, has kicked off another successful summer full of excitement. Full Story, Photos
3,000 Participate in 7-Hour Farbrengen
Watch a replay: Over 3,000 people joined in person and online for an uplifting and inspiring Yud Beis Tammuz Farbrengen with Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Akiva Wagner and Shliach Rabbi Heschel Greenberg. Full Story, Photos, Video
Sunny Visiting Day at CGI Parksville
Photos: Mendel Young
It was a sunny visiting day at Camp Gan Israel of Parksville, NY, as parents, grandparents, relatives and friends visited with happy campers. Photos
Yud Beis Tammuz Celebrated in 770
Photos: Mendy Krief/COLlive
The auspicious days of Yud Beis and Yud Gimmel Tammuz, the days when we celebrate the Frierdiker Rebbe's release from prison in Soviet Russia, were marked with Farbengens upstairs and downstairs at 770 Eastern Parkway. Photos
New York Lawmaker Withdraws Support of Candidate Who Supports BDS
New York Assembly Member Brian Cunningham has withdrawn his support of Democratic candidate for Congress Yuh-Line Niou after she announced her support of the BDS movement against Israel. Full Story
Live, Learn and Pass it On With Rabbi Mendel Kaplan
Join Live on Wednesday at 2 PM ET: Join renowned lecturer and educator Rabbi Mendel Kaplan for a 20 minute look into the important messages contained in this week's Parshas Balak so that you can "live, learn, and pass it on." Full Story
Exuberant Campus Shluchim Gather for Kinus
After a three year break due to covid, over 120 Shluchim from 7 countries converged in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., to attend the annual Chabad on Campus International Kinus, sharing laughter, tears, inspiration, Torah study, farbrengens, and of course, best practices with each other. Full Story, Photos, Video
Live: 12-13 Tammuz Farbrengen in Chicago
Live at 10:15 PM ET: A Yud Beis Tamuz Farbrengen will take place at F.R.E.E. of Chicago with with speaker Rabbi Avraham Sternberg. Live
Shalom Tauber, 3, OBM
Shalom Tauber, the 3 year old son of Rabbi Menachem and Nechama Tauber of Miami Gardens, Florida, passed away on Monday, Yud Beis Tammuz, 5782. Full Story
Live: Farbrengen to Mark Yud Beis Tammuz in Star Lake
Live at 7:00 PM ET: TONIGHT: A farbrengen in honor of celebrating 95 years of the Chag Hageulah Yud Beis - Yud Gimmel Tammuz will take place in Star Lake, NY, joined by Rabbi Akivah Wagner - Rosh Yeshivah and Rabbi Heschel Greenberg - Shliach in Buffalo, NY. Live
Live: Gala Chinuch Banquet of Kinus Mechanchos Chabad
Live at 7:30 PM ET: The Gala Chinuch Banquet culminating the Kinus Mechanchos Chabad taking place in Connecticut, featuring Rabbi Yosef Shusterman, Mrs. Chanie Pinson, Mrs. Chanie Brod, Rabbi Zalman Shneur, Mrs. Geulah Newman and more. Live
Mechanchos Pose for Group Photo
Chabad Mechanchos participating in the 7th annual Kinus Mechanchos in Connecticut, organized by Menachem Education Foundation, posed for a group photo on Monday. Photo
Revealing the Inner Quality of Exile
Watch: As part of the Likkutei Sichos Project, Rav DovBer Pinson, world-renowned author and Mashpia, gives an in-depth Shiur on the nature of Galus and Geulah and 12th and 13th of Tammuz. Video
What the Rebbe Whispered at the Ohel
Watch: Rabbi Moshe Herson, Head Shliach of New Jersey and Dean of the Rabbinical College of America, recalls standing near the Rebbe on Yud Beis Tammuz at the Frierdiker Rebbe's Ohel, and what left a lifelong impression on him. Video
Kids Join Yud Beis Tammuz Rally at 770: 2
Photos: Shalom Burkis/COLlive
Hundreds of kids from Crown Heights area camps joined a grand Tzivos Hashem Rally to mark Yud Beis Tammuz at 770 Eastern Parkway. Photos, Video
Summer Learning Program: Farbrengens & Shiurim This Week
Bored in the long summer nights? Wife away in the summer? Come join the Summer Learning Program with nightly Shiurim by leading magidei shiurim. Full Story
Kids Join Yud Beis Tammuz Rally at 770
Photos: Shalom Burkis/COLlive
Hundreds of kids from Crown Heights area camps joined a grand Tzivos Hashem Rally to mark Yud Beis Tammuz at 770 Eastern Parkway. Photos, Video
Help Save a Jewish Neshama from Cremation
Penina, a Jewish mother has passed on and due to financial pressures associated with the burial, family members are pushing for cremation. Full Story
7th Kinus Mechanchos Begins with Davening at Ohel
The 7th annual Kinus Mechanchos Chabad, organized by the Menachem Education Foundation (MEF), began Monday morning with davening and the reading of a joint pan at the Ohel. Mrs. Rishe Majesky, principal of Bais Chana High School, Phoenix, AZ, warmly addressed the Mechanchos on “Connecting With Our Meshaleach” at this first stop of their program. Photos
Win a Yud Beis Tammuz Kuntres from the Rebbe
Machon Or HaChasidus is raffling off a Yud Beis Tammuz Kuntres from the Rebbe for those who participate in the Bayis Raffle for the next 48 Hours! Full Story
Prominent Israeli Speaker Visits US Communities
In preparation for Gimmel Tammuz, multiple Shluchim joined together with the Hebrew Desk at Merkos 302 to bring Rabbi Shneor Ashkenazi, a highly acclaimed Israeli public speaker, on a North American speaking tour. Full Story
Laws and Customs for the Three Weeks
The Badatz of Crown Heights released a booklet of detailed instructions on the laws and customs for the Three Weeks by Rabbi Yosef Braun. Download
Family Fled Kiev With Nothing, Assisted by Chabad Poland
Karina and her husband are both dentists from Kiev with their own dental Clinic. When Kiev was bombed they fled with their baby to Warsaw, destitute, staying at the Hilton hotel that Chabad of Poland had rented to refugees for several weeks. Full Story
Avraham Fried to Perform at Yaldei BBQ
Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe will hold their annual men's BBQ in Bison and Bourbon with music star Avraham Fried in support of children of Shluchim who have special needs. Full Story