Starting Jan. 1, food containers and packing materials made of polystyrene foam — known by most as Styrofoam, which is a brand name — will be banned in New York state • Full Story

Watch a replay of a inspiring and energetic farbrengen In honor of Chof-Daled Teves, the yahrzeit of the Alter Rebbe, led Rabbi Akiva Wagner, beloved Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto • Video

At this year’s Mikvah.org Auction, you can upgrade your home while building thousands more! • Full Story

If elected, 26-year old Yehuda Spielman would become the only Orthodox Jew on a city council in Switzerland • Full Story

A new Sefer Torah, dedicated in memory of Rabbi Binyamin Wolf A”H from Hanover German, took place at the Chabad house in Palazzo under the leadership of the Rabbi Yaakov Zarbiv – Shliach to Palazzo. Photograph by Mordechai Lubetzky • Photos

In the wake of the Israeli government’s attempts to promote a new conversion arrangement which will allow every city rabbi to perform conversions, Chief Rabbi Lau sent a sharp letter to Prime Minister Bennett. Rabbi Lau said that if the head of the Rabbinate’s Conversion Directorate, Moshe Waller, would be fired as he was told by Religious Affairs minister Matan Kahana and if the new arrangement was promoted in the Knesset, he would suspend the entire conversion procedure in Israel • Full Story

Rabbi Yoav Zeev Robinson, a senior Yad L’Achim official who has been in close contact with the two over the years, commented: “Every story involving the saving of a Jewish soul from the missionaries requires complex, intensive work that can last for years. It requires us to provide a constant source of support. The joy that our organization feels at the simcha of these precious Jews knows no bounds. For me, I feel as if I married off my own children” • Full Story

Under their new Homeowners Assistance Program, as well as the Regular Arrears Supplement HEAP, New York State is now providing up to $50,000 in assistance to households behind on mortgage payments, as well as up to $10,000 to those behind on utility payments. The Crown Heights Community Council has released the guidelines to qualify for each program respectively • Full Details

The American division of Dvar Malchus has issued an important memo on Tuesday, clarifying confusion about interruptions in subscriptions around the USA. Their team explains that the suspended subscriptions are due to the closing of a third party distributor • Full Story

In honor of Chaf-Daled Teves, the Yahrzteit of the Alter Rebbe, there will be a special Farbrengen led by Rabbi Akiva Wagner – the beloved Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto. It will be a special opportunity for alumni to reconnect and for Anash to be inspired • Watch