Photographer Talks of “Wow” Moment
Standing on 22nd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, Donal Holway was consumed with one thought: How could he get every rabbi’s face sharp and in focus?
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200 Online School Classmates Meet in Person
9:15 AM, Thursday morning. 65 Online School students were welcomed to a grand program at Oholei Torah.
Photo Gallery: Shluchim Deliver Pan Kloli at the Ohel
The Shluchim gathered this morning at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens to deliver a ‘Pan Kloli’ – a general letter from all the Shluchim, which was read aloud by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky. Each Shliach placed a personal letter at the Rebbe’s resting place as well.
Photos: Staff of Tze’irei Hashluchim Gear Up
Before being assigned to groups of Tze’irei Hashluchim to care for over the next few days, volunteer counselors gathered for a mission statement and words of inspiration.
Photos: Sessions at the Brooklyn Marriott
Shluchim packed in to the Brooklyn Marriott, near the Brooklyn Bridge, for a day packed with sessions and discussion panels.
Planning the Grand Banquet in a Week or Less
Ever try seating 4000 people in a room? Well Hurricane Sandy wrecked months of planning for the grand banquet of the Kinus Hashluchim, now with the event just days away organizers are trying to get ready. Take a peek into the busiest planning room in Brooklyn.
Photos: Tanya Printing Marks 200 Years to the Passing of the Alter Rebbe
This years Kinus Hashluchim coincides with the 200th Yohrtzeit of the Alter Rebbe – the author of the holy Tanya. Marking this milestone a new special edition of the Tanya was printed for the Shluchim and was distributed on Thursday.
What is a Kinus Hashluchim without programming for the Shluchims children? The Shluchim Online School hosted a Day of Celebration for 65 of their students who traveled to New York with their fathers. The students spent part of the day in regular Oholei Torah classrooms, had a reunion brunch and went bowling!
Shluchim Online School has Day of Celebration
What is a Kinus Hashluchim without programming for the Shluchims children? The Shluchim Online School hosted a Day of Celebration for 65 of their students who traveled to New York with their fathers. The students spent part of the day in regular Oholei Torah classrooms, had a reunion brunch and went bowling!
Kinus Hashluchim Banquet Relocated to Manhattan
The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, the site where the Kinus Shluchims banquet was scheduled to be held, was damaged by the floods from Hurricane Sandy and the organizing committee was notified that it would not be available for the banquet – scheduled to take place in a week from now.
Kinus Registration Begins and Speakers Announced
Taking place in less then a month, the annual Kinus Hashluchim Haolami – the four-day-event event which sees thousands of Rabbis from around the world converge on Crown Heights, is set to begin. The Kinus committee has announced the speakers for the gala banquet which concludes the monumental event.
Photos: Roll Call Ends in Spirited Dance
After the call of the roll was called out by six fellow Shluchos the crowd broke out into roaring song and dance.
Photos: Kinus Hashluchos Banquet Getting Underway
Over 2000 Shluchos are gathered in the grand ballroom of the Hilton in Manhattan with their grand banquet about to get underway.
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