A group of Bochurim and Anash visiting Alma-Ata for Chof Menachem-Av traveled to the Kever of Rabbi Hillel Liberow A”H, the legendary Shochet who dedicated decades of Mesirus Nefesh to providing Kosher meat for Soviet Jewry. Joined by Rabbi Saadia Liberow, who continues the family’s tradition of serving Kazakhstan’s Jewish community, they recited Tehillim and Kaddish at his resting place • Photos

The Yeshivas Kayitz for students of Tomchei Temimim Ohr Yehuda has opened in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, near the Ohel of Reb Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, father of the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach. The Bochurim will have the unique opportunity to Daven at the Ohel on Chof Menachem-Av • Read More

For the first time, the annual visit to the Ohel of Reb Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, father of the Rebbe, will be broadcast live worldwide. At midnight on Chof Menachem Av in Alma-Ata (10:00 p.m. Israel / 3:00 p.m. New York), hundreds of guests from around the globe will gather at the Ohel for Tehillim and the reading of the collective Pan Klali, with Chabad.info providing a live broadcast • Watch Live

As the summer wedding season gets underway, Chabad singer Shmulik Sofer and keyboardist Itzik Lipschitz have released a lively new Chabad wedding medley, featuring a live concert feel, fresh arrangements, and the infectious energy of the dance floor • Listen

In a remarkable discovery, archaeologists excavating Jerusalem’s City of David uncovered rare charred wooden beams believed to date back to the Babylonian destruction of the First Beis Hamikdash nearly 2,600 years ago. Researchers say the exceptionally well-preserved timbers offer rare physical evidence of the destruction of Yerushalayim in 586 BCE • Read More

Welcome to Alma-Ata: Thousands of Anash and guests from around the world arrived at the Rixos Hotel in Kazakhstan ahead of Chof Menachem Av, the yahrtzeit of Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, father of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach. Photographer Akiva Sheinberger captured the arrival of the crowds • Photos

For the first time in Australia, Renewal has facilitated a living kidney transplant—marking a milestone years in the making and an important step toward expanding living kidney donation across the globe • Read More, Watch

Rabbi Dovid Nachshon, director of the Mitzvah Tank Office in Eretz Yisroel, visited Cincinnati to Farbreng in honor of Tu B’Av, marking the closing of a remarkable 50-year circle since his last visit. During the Farbrengen, he shared the inspiring story of how the city’s support helped launch the very first Mitzvah Tanks in Eretz Yisroel • Read More, Photos

Funded by the Russian government, a magnificent reconstruction of a historic wooden synagogue was carried out / The Chief Rabbi of Russia sent a special greeting letter for the historic occasion / The project was closely accompanied by the Rabbi of the city of Irkutsk in the heart of Siberia • Read More, Photos

Preparations are in full swing in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, ahead of the annual pilgrimage marking the yahrtzeit of Reb Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father, on Chof Menachem Av. Thousands of Anash and Chassidim from around the world are expected to visit the Ohel, as large hospitality tents, special accommodations, and extensive logistical arrangements are completed in anticipation of the influx • Read More, Photos

With camps now in full swing, shluchim and  camp directors around the world are using the unique atmosphere of summer camp to make the 12 Pesukim a central theme. Through learning curriculum, activities, programs, and the use of the 12 Pesukim booklet, campers are being given the opportunity to connect to the Pesukim in a personal and lasting way • Read More, Photos

A heroic rescue carried out six years ago by Yad L’Achim reached its epic milestone this week, when a Jewish boy raised as a Muslim in a far-off country celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Israel • Read More, Photos

Over the past three weeks, based of the Rebbe’s directive to learn Hilchos Beis Habechira and to add in Ahavas Yisroel, a Mivtza, a first of its kind, has united Yeshivos around the world to learn a daily Halacha from the Rambam’s Hilchos Beis Habechira • Read More, Photos