Over the 22nd of Shvat weekend there were many different workshops, farbrengens and get-togethers catering to the Shluchos gathered for the Convention. One meet up, though, was different. While many lecturers addressed priority topics, such as those related to chinuch, family, budgeting and a whole lot more, one was missing: Handling multiples.
We present an article written by the JTA’s Ben Harris after he attended the Kinus Hashluchos gala banquet on Sunday, which was published in several Jewish publications in the U.S. and Israel.
An overview of the International Kinus Hashluchos gala banquet, which took place Sunday evening at the Manhattan Hilton Hotel.
Reflections by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, guest speaker Mrs. Diana Sragowicz, keynote address by Mrs. Chanie Lipskar and International Roll Call.
Over 3,000 Chabad Shluchos and their guests gathered Sunday evening for a Gala Banquet at the Manhattan Hilton Hotel, the culmination and highlight of the five-day International Conference of Women Emissaries.
On Sunday morning, the Shluchos gathered for a resource fair at the Oholei Torah ballroom, with vendors and innovators introducing the attendees to various programs, products and ideas to enhance their Shlichus back home. The fair was followed by sessions and workshops presented by various Shluchos at Beis Rivkah on Lefferts Ave.
The Kinus Hashluchos Gala Banquet will take place in the Manhattan Hilton Hotel and will be broadcasted live today, Sunday beginning at 5:35 PM here on CrownHeights.info.
Rivky Klein was watching the weather carefully this week. There was a snowstorm in New York City—along the entire northeast coast, to be exact—but Klein, of Chabad-Lubavitch of Tennessee in Memphis, didn’t want that to derail her plans. She and more than 2,000 other women are all signed up and ready to participate in an annual program—the International Convention of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchos — designed to rejuvenate and inspire the thousands of women who serve Chabad centers around the world.
Motzai Shabbos, the Shluchos enjoyed a Melava Malka and farbrengen in the Oholei Torah gym and ballroom. Chairing the event was Mrs. Leah Levine, Shlucha in Oak Park, California. The theme of the evening was “Grow the Flame! Shining our way to Geulah”.
Running alongside the Kinus Hasluchos is the Kinus of the Tzeirei Hashluchos, the young Shluchos who are just as much a part of their parents Shlichus. Packing hundreds of a exciting an energetic girls into a single photo is no small feat, our photographer brings you a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to set such a picture up.
Over 1,000 Shluchos packed into the main ballroom at Oholei Torah to pose for their annual group photo. This years photo was taken in a unique way, our photographer captured a preview of what the final picture will look like along with a behind the scenes peek into the taking of the photo.
A grand buffet dinner was held at the Eden Palace in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for the hundreds of Shluchos who arrived in New York for the annual Kinus.
On Thursday, the second day of the International Kinus Hashluchos, a series of seminars and workshops were held at the Eden Palace in Williamsburg.
On Thursday, hundreds of Shluchos made their way to the Ohel, where they took time to Daven at the burial places of the Rebbe and the Rebbetzin – whose 26th yahrtzeit was commemorated on that day, Chof Beis Shvat.
Hundreds of Shlucos from all over the world have converged in Crown Heights for the annual Kinus Hashluchos, to receive inspiration, elevation and recharge their batteries, as well as mark the 26th Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, OBM.
With his camera on a mysterious contraption, photographer Chaim Perl created buzz at this year’s Kinus Hashluchim group portrait as to what he was up to.
“I’ve never been to a place with people dressed so differently than me yet I felt just as welcome there as I am at my mother’s kitchen table,” writes Times of Israel blogger Elazar Gabay after attending the annual Kinus Hashluchim grand banquet.
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