A grand Siyum Harambam celebration was planned for the city of Ningbo, in east China’s Zhejiang province, however recent Covid restrictions and lockdowns changed the plans. The Rebbe’s Shliach to Ningbo, Rabbi Kuty Kalmenson addressed the hall with only his children in attendance, but he wasn’t going to cancel the Siyum Harambam • Photos

Australia already started the Lag Ba’Omer celebrations, with Sydney holding a special Lag Ba’Omer event, with a special focusing on remembering the forty five Yidden that tragically passed last year in Meron. The event was organized by Rabbi Chaim Levi, of the ‘Sydney Shul’ • Photos

The Chabad school of Chaifa, in conjunction with Lag Ba’Omer, held a special Kabbolas Panim for the refugee children that recently came to Eretz Yisroel from Ukraine. It is worth mentioning, the school is well-known for having children who move to Eretz Yisroel and are not fluent with the new atmosphere and language • Photos

In a surprise announcement, a Jewish girl notified the social worker assigned to her by Yad L’Achim that she had decided to end her relationship with an Arab youth. The reason? The terror attack in Tel Aviv last month that killed three people • Full Story

Otzar Hamelech, the long awaited, monumental work by Rabbi Yossi Lipskier, collecting thousands of the Rebbe’s explanations on Rambam, will be given out at the main Siyum Harambam in front of 770 • Details

Close to 100 mechanchim gathered for Igud Hamelamdim’s Chinuch farbrengen with veteran Australian Mechanech Rabbi Avrohom Glick who intrigued the melamdim and challenged them to new heights • Full Story, Photos

Jewish community centers in suburban Baltimore, Maryland and St. Louis, Missouri were evacuated over the weekend after receiving antisemitic bomb threats • Full Story

When the US government announced that it would seek to seize the assets of VEB, Russia’s main development bank, a lawyer for the Chabad Hasidic movement was thrilled. For years, Chabad has sought a collection of sacred texts and documents that were taken from the movement after the Russian Revolution and, during the Holocaust, ended up in the hands of the Kremlin • Full Story

The final preparations for the historic Siyum HaRambam HaOlami are in full swing. The NYPD is getting ready to close off Eastern Parkway for the grand event, celebrating the conclusion of the 41st cycle and the beginning of the 42nd cycle of daily Rambam study, combined with traditional Lag BaOmer festivities • Full Story

A large Shechita project took place in India, this is the largest the country has seen in many years, with thousands of chickens Shechted. The kosher chickens are for the local community and the thousands of Israeli tourists who come through the country. Rabbis Levi Avayov and Eliyahu Ezagui flew in to run the Shechita • Photos