Laws and Customs: Tu B’Shvat and Shabbos Shirah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the customs of Tu B’Shvat and Shabbos Shirah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the customs of Tu B’Shvat and Shabbos Shirah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
For Bonei Olam Chabad, showing up is the foundation of what propels hope forward.
Rabbi Zushe Feldman has served as an educator in Oholei Torah in Crown Heights for over forty years. His son, Rabbi Mendel Feldman, is a Chabad emissary in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They were both interviewed in November 2025.
Want to know what your options are? Want to know what makes each high school unique? The Menachem Education Foundation has released the ultimate High School Guide for Chabad girls.
A rare and unplanned Farbrengen took place in 770 led by Rabbi Binyomin Klein OBM, one of the Rebbe’s secretaries. A recording of the Farbrengen has now been released.
As thousands of Chabad Chassidim gathered in and around 770 Eastern Parkway for Yud Shvat, a lone driver of a black Honda pulled up on the service lane. This is the timeline, details, and emerging information of the ramming incident by 770.
A group of Bochurim learning Smicha with Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Online Smicha have been tested this past week with Tosher Dayan, Rav Avrohom Katz, participating both in person and over the internet from different locations around the world.
In a remarkable display of dedication and quick thinking, the talmidim hashluchim from Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch of Queens and Cincinnati organized an impromptu seder sichos at the Eshel building on Kingston Avenue during the unexpected evacuation of 770 Eastern Parkway last night.
This is more than a story about a viral video. It’s about Jewish destiny, moral clarity, and the power of one voice in a world that often tries to silence it.
Sydney’s Jewish community gathered in large numbers to mark Yud Shvat at a deeply moving communal farbrengen, jointly hosted by Chabad NSW, Chabad of Bondi, and Tzemach Tzedek, with the participation of the Lazaroff family, who co-hosted the evening as a seudas hodaah.
A driver of a four-door Honda Sedan attempted to break through the rear door of the main Shul at 770 Eastern Parkway. His attempt failed, but he managed to cause significant damage by breaking the doors and doorway.
In the midst of Yud Shevat, organizers announced a major addition for the upcoming 45th Grand Siyum HaRambam to go “bigger and better.” The organisers also relate the unbelievable story of last year’s Siyum – the doubts, the decision, and the untold miracles.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hosted today (Yud Shevat) the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, for a detailed discussion on the state of Jewish communities in Russia and planned projects for Russian Jewry in cities throughout the country.
Lubavitch Schools in Brazil start their school year on the exact day as it’s grand opening in 1960 – 5720.
Rabbi Leibel Groner OBM tells the story of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s passing in a recently released video clip. The Farbrengen is in Yiddish.
Hadar HaTorah recently concluded its annual Winter Yeshivacation, providing a transformative experience for students who spent the second half of Chanukah and the following week immersed in the world of Yeshiva life.
The pace of shlichus rarely slows. Between running programs, raising children, and serving as the anchor of a Chabad House, shluchos often find themselves pulled in every direction at once. This year, at the Kinus Hashluchos, a full-day Wellness Summit will address that reality head-on, designed to give shluchos practical tools for navigating the demands of their lives from a calmer, more grounded place.