As soon as the fast came out in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest metropolis, Rabbi Elchanan Cohen, the city’s Chief Rabbi, was already busy with Sukkos preparations, setting up a makeshift store for members of the community to purchase their own sets of daled minim for the holiday.

The final touch ups have been made on the grand synagogue and Chabad of Nursultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan. Under the auspices of Shliach Rabbi Shmuel Karnaukh, the magnificent building received a facelift, as workers worked long days to make the building shine. The synagogue is the only one in the city, which houses several hundred Jewish families, as well as Jewish international dignitaries and business people.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz was visited Erev Rosh Hashana at his Rosh Ayin home by Rabbi Nachum Cohen, one of the town’s Shluchim. Gantz is know to have a deep affinity for Chabad, and is sometimes seen in the local Chabad house.

Staff and students of Yeshiva Lubavitch – Cincinnati, which recently began the learning year, posed for their annual group photo, this time in the front of their newly built yeshiva building, which iconically resembles Beis Chayenu, 770.

The Rebbe’s Shluchim to the great state of Nevada gathered together in the spirit of achdus for a regional kinus hashluchim in Las Vegas. The Shluchim shared insight and inspired each other as they prepare for their respective Tishrei activities.

Rabbi Arie Reichman, Shliach of the Rebbe MH”M in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, was an honored guest at the grand celebration of the country’s 30th “National Day”, in which the small country celebrates its independence from the Soviet Union. There are less than 1,000 Jews residing in Kyrgyzstan to date.

The Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. arranged a makeshift shul including a Sefer Torah borrowed from Chabad of Rockville,  in the city’s Willard Hotel, where Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spent Shabbos while on his first visit as Prime Minister to the United States.

Shluchim of the Rebbe MH”M on the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus met this week for a special meeting, discussing the upcoming Tishrei 5782 holiday season. Together with the country’s Senior Shliach and Chief Rabbi Aryeh Zeev Raskin, the shluchim discussed the various ways they will be bringing the Tishrei holidays to every Jew on the island.

Rabbi Avrohom Yusewitz, Shliach of the Rebbe MH”M in Woodbridge, Ontario north of Toronto, snapped a picture of police officers, who will be assisting him in delivering hundreds of special Rosh Hashana gift bags to spread out members of the local Russian Jewish community.

Shliach Rabbi Shmuel Karnaukh, Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan’s capital city Nursultan, captured a photo of the city’s grand synagogue, currently surrounded by scaffolding as it goes through a major facelift. Chabad Nursultan serves hundreds of locals, as well as thousands of Jewish visitors and foreign diplomats.

The German speaking countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are home to around 200,000 Jews with many shluchim with Chabad Houses, shuls, kindergarten, schools, shiurim and other activities. Chassidic books are being published in German en masse. HaYom Yom is now also available as a podcast in German every workday on all major podcast platforms, available to inspire the German speaking listener.

While wildfires rage outside of Yerushalayim, Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Naftalin, Director of “Lev Chabad” in the city’s Hadassah Hospital, took an opportunity today to blow shofar for the brave firemen working tirelessly to stop the blaze. The fires have caused the evacuation of several Jerusalem area neighborhoods, and is rapidly approaching the hospital.

Rabbi Shneur Wolf, Shliach in the pristine Flathead Valley in the State of Montana, snapped a Tefillin selfie in the beautiful Glacier National Park. The Flathead Valley has a small Jewish population, but has become a popular destination among Jewish tourists.

The experienced staff of Crown Heights’s Cheder Ohr Menachem posed today for a group photo at the yearly Kinus Hamechanchim. The cheder’s staff, together with tens of other mechanchim, spent the last few days recharging for an amazing new year of learning, which for students of Ohr Menachem begins tomorrow.

The campers of staff from all divisions of Camp Chayolei Hamelech posed for their annual group photo. As ChabadInfo.com has consistently reported, campers are thoroughly enjoying their summer in the Chassidic oasis in Northeastern Pennsylvania •

Yeshivas Kayitz Cozumel, located in the well known Mexican beach town on the country’s picturesque East coast, concluded over a month of strong learning and exciting trips. The bochurim learned under the auspices of Rabbis Yosef Avtzon and Shmuel Shneerson in the city’s Chabad House, directed by Rabbi Dudi and Mrs. Chani Caplin •

After a beautiful kinus in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Senior Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar visited the city’s central Chabad House to meet with local Shluchim, Rabbis Yeshaya, Elchonon, and Mordechai Cohen, as well as Rabbi Saadya Liberow (not pictured), who have dedicated their lives to uplifting Almaty’s local community, bringing them closer to Yiddishkeit and Chassidus •

Over 200 Shluchim of the Rebbe MH”M from throughout the former Soveit Union who are currently gathered for a special Kinus Hashluchim in Almaty, Kazakhstan gathered together for a group picture in front of the luxurious Rixos Hotel in the city center where the kinus is currently taking place. The image was captured by photographer Yechezkel Itkin •

Chabad photographer Mordechai Lubecki visited the city of Ruan, capital of France’s Normandy region. Ruan is best known in the Jewish world as the home of the great Baalei Hatosfos, writers of the commonly referred to commentary on Talmud. While there he explored various sites, but more importantly witnessed first hand the work done by the local Shliach • Photos

A delegation of Chabad leaders in Israel visited the newly crowned President, Yitzchak Herzog, a known friend of Chabad and an individual with personal stories with the Rebbe MH”M. Rabbi Yitzchok Gloiberman, Betzalel Gloiberman, and Zalman Wolf gifted the President a copy of the book “B’Sod Siach”, a compilation of correspondences between the Rebbe and great Gedolim. Amongst the correspondences contained in the book are letters between the Rebbe and Horav Yitzchak Halevi Herzog, then Chief Rabbi of Israel and the grandfather of the President •

A photo has been making its rounds around the internet today. In it are two venerated mashpiim and quintessential chassidim, Rabbis Pinye Korf and Yoel Kahn, OBM, who both passed away in recent weeks. Both were known for their breadth of knowledge, as well as their unique connection to the Rebbe MH”M •

Following the horrendous anti-semitic stabbing attack on Boston Shliach Rabbi Shlomo Noginski, a constant police presence has been stationed outside of Shaloh House, where the incident occurred, in order to ensure that the facility is secure and to give peace of mind to those who frequent the Chabad House •

Perm, Russia: Shliach of the Rebbe MH”M, Rabbi Zalman Deitsch, received a vitally needed building permit from the municipality for the establishment of a magnificent Jewish center in center of the city. The long-awaited approval came two days ago on the 20th anniversary of his family’s arrival to the town, host to hundreds of Jewish families •

Campers in various Crown Heights day camps visited the foyer of Oholei Torah on Eastern Parkway to study first hand a huge floor plan of the Beis Hamikdosh in conjunction with the Three Weeks, during which the Rebbe instructed to learn about the layout of the Beis Hamikdosh

Now former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, stopped by the Chabad Air stand yesterday in JFK’s Terminal 4 on his way back to Eretz Yisroel •