If you have a baby today (October 20th) in the U.S., your newborn is eligible for a free $500 mutual fund investment from Voya Financial ● This reminds us of the Rebbe’s words against family planning for financial reasons, stressing that every additional child brings forth more Parnassah ● Read More

When Yehezkel Lifshitz, the rabbi at a Jewish community center in the Nepali capital, answered the phone on Tuesday afternoon, he got an urgent message that helped set in motion an extraordinary, improvised rescue effort for hundreds caught by the ferocious blizzard that battered northern Nepal last week ● Full Story, Pictures

Two Jewish men are on trial in Germany, accused of passing off non-kosher meat as kosher to members of the Frankfurt Jewish community over a period of two years ● In all, 40,000 kg. of non-kosher meat was sold to unsuspecting customers for a period of years ● Also: The story of the Non-Kosher meat in Cracow hundreds of years ago ● Full Story

On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Jewish community once again showed up en masse for the annual Simchas Bais Hashoeva in the streets of Hollywood * This year, the Succos Festival and Concert featured one of Jewish music’s fastest rising stars, Dovid Gabay ● Full Story, Pictures

Over 1,000 people participated in the largest Simchas Beis Hashoeva in Paris, organized by the Sinai Institutions led by Rabbi YY Pevzner ● Renowned Israeli singer Itzik Dadiya entertained the crowds ● Full Story, Pictures

Rabbis Yochanan Posner & Chaim Moshe Telsner, Chabad Shluchim in Skokie, Illinois, created a Sukkah Mobile covered in comic-strip style banners attracting the Jewish population for the fulfillment of the Mitzvos of Sukkos ● Full Story, Pictures

Each day of Sukkos, hundreds of guests dispersed around New York City to find Jews and give them the opportunity of shaking the Lulav ● The Ruchniyus department of Eshel – Hachnosas Orchim coordinated the effort, providing transportation and Lulavim for Mivtzoim ● Pictures

For over 40 years, Rabbi & Mrs. Chaim Jacobs have been faithfully serving the small Jewish community in Scotland, representing the Rebbe and bringing light to a country known for its whiskey ● The annual “Sukkos BBQ Family Day” took place earlier this week, ensuring Scottish Jews are aware of their heritage ● Pictures

The annual Sukkos Gala Luncheon, organized by Chabad of Melbourne CBD, took place earlier this week with the participation of local community leaders, Rabibis & Politicians ● Full Story, Pictures

The streets of Brooklyn have always been a magnet for street performances, but this one was different ● World-renowned comedian / magician Yang Xiao Di, performed in Brooklyn’s Marine Park neighborhood for Simchas Beis Hashoeva organized by the local Chabad ● Full Story, Pictures

The Chabad House Sukkos program, ‘Pizza In The Hut,’ proved to be a tremendous success in the USA ● This year it was transplanted to Australia ● Full Story, Pictures

Rabbi Yossi Freedman, director of Downtown Chabad in Cleveland, said about 15 dignitaries with connections to Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv and Maccabi World Union attended Yom Kippur services held by Downtown Chabad ● Full Story

Levi Duchman, 21, is the inventor of the pedi-sukkah, a rickshaw bicycle with a mobile sukkah attached to the back ● During the days before Sukkot and during Chol HaMoed, Duchman says he spends 12 hours a day on the pedi-sukkah, pedaling around Brooklyn and Manhattan to let New Yorkers step inside to say a blessing ● Full Story

The 33rd annual dinner and award ceremony of Chabad of South Broward, directed by Rabbi Rafe Tenenhaus took place Sunday night, September 21. Attendees enjoyed a dinner cruise on “The Catalina” ● The fun-filled evening also served as a Sheva Berachos for Mushky (Tennenhaus) and Oren Hizkiya ● Full Story, Pictures

Once again, Moshiach Weekly released it’s long-awaited “Expanded Edition” magazine in honor of the holiday of Sukkos ● The current magazine is packed with interesting articles and interviews covering what is really important ● Read More

One of the most famous anti-Chabad claims heard over the years is, that Chabad comes to a community, takes over the Shul, and destroys the community ● This can be no further than the truth, and Pittsburgh is the most recent example ● Read More

On the 6th of Tishrei 5775, the 50th Yohrtzeit of Rebbetzin Chana, hundreds of friends and supporters gathered in the Marriott Grosvenor Square in London to pay tribute to Chabad in the United Kingdom, and Rabbi Nachman Sudak OBM, who has recently passed away after 55 years of Shlichus ● The guests of honor were Mr. & Mrs. Gennady Bogolyubov ● Pictures

Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, hosted the official delegation of Chabad Lubavitch consisting of Rabbi Dovid Nachshon, director of Chabad Mitzvah Tanks; Rabbi Mendy Blinitzky, representing Agudas Chassidei Chabad of Israel; Rabbi Moshe Asman, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, and Rabbi Zalman Wolf who presented him with a Lulav and Esrog for the holiday of Sukkos ● Pictures

A world-wide registry of Sukkahs has been set up, and is listed online at LocalSukkah.org ● The directory has been designed for Jews to locate a Sukkah near to them, so that they can go there to eat ● Full Story

With many English-speaking guests in New York for Tishrei, a group of dedicated Bochurim have taken upon themselves to ensure the spiritual needs of all guests are taken care of ● Today, at 5:00pm, in the newly renovated Beinoni Shul of Crown Heights, four distinguished Rabbis discussed the publishing of the Rebbe’s Torah: Igros Kodesh, Likutei Sichos and Sichos In English ● Pictures

Rabbi Moshe Gancz, Chabad Shliach in Cleveland, addressed the crowd at an event in memory of the 6 million Jews who perished in the Nazi concentration camps ● “Every one of us, including the survivors, and especially the children of the survivors, and friends and family of survivors, has to take upon us something concrete in order to perpetuate the memory of our loved ones” ● Full Story

Rutgers Chabad, directed by Chabad Shliach Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, hosted a conference of Jewish leaders to discuss how to combat the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement, which targets Israeli products ● Full Story

Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum, Chabad Shliach in Minnesota, and world-renowned Mikvah expert, visited Yeshivas Lubavitch of Cincinnati, directed by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, to deliver a riveting lecture on what a Chabad Mikvah means ● The Bochurim were treated to a myriad of Halachic and technical information, peppered with stories from every corner of the world.

More Antisemitism in Europe? The Director General of the European Jewish Association (EJA) Rabbi Menachem Margolin expressed concern at plans by a minister of the Flemish government to implement a total ban on the practice of Jewish ritual slaughter, insisting such a move “is against freedom of religion” ● Full Story

Rabbi Simon Jacobson traveled to Sydney this past weekend to inspire the community for the Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe). Just as he arrived, the entire city was left reeling by an aborted terrorist plot and pre-dawn raids in north-west Sydney. With a shaken-up community seeking answers and clarity, Rabbi Jacobson’s visit and talks took on another dimension ● Full Story, Pictures