The government voted to ban all foreigners from entering Israel as part of an effort to stem the spread of the new South African “Omicron” variant, one case of which has been confirmed in the country and seven others which are under investigation • Full Story

On Rosh Chodesh Adar 1931, The Frierdiker Rebbe came to the town of Rakshik, where he stayed at the home of the R’ Pesach Roch, who, in preparation for the Rebbe’s imminent arrival,  connected the electricity of his house to the grid and built a special room for the Rebbe to stay in. A descendant of the Roch family released a photo of the visit this week that has never been by the public • Full Story, Photos

Eli Kay OB”M asked a bochur to pass on a note to Rabbi Zalman Yaroslavsky where he wrote: “I haven’t forgotten that I have to invite you to my wedding” • Where was this note found and how did the family react? • Full Story

The Jewish community in Manchester was appalled by the coverage of the murderous terror attack in Jerusalem on Sunday during which a Hamas terrorist murdered Eli Kay, H’yd, and wounded four others. The Manchester Evening News (MEN) chose to report the story with a grossly misleading headline stating: “Palestinian Shot Dead After Holy Site Killing” • Full Story

Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Kogan and Rabbi Michael Mishulovin hosted a Farbrengen at a local restaurant together with anash. Alongside was held a Farbrengen for the bochurim at the Ran Institute Yeshiva together with all members of the Hanhola under the leadership of Rabbi Yehuda Segev Friedman, Rabbi David Shulkin, Rabbi Ephraim Borsch and Rabbi Moshe Lavi • Photos

Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi, paid a special visit to the Jewish community in Paris this week. During his visit he met with the Shliach of Toulouse, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Matusof, who was also his Chavrusa sixty years ago at the Chabad Yeshiva in Casablanca • Full Story

During renovations of a hospital in the Crimean city of Lugorsk, workers discovered Jewish symbols inside a building from the mid-19th century that had been nationalized and closed down by the government • Full Story

P.V. Viswanath recalled how the terrorist he spoke to while himself situated in New York displayed an eerie calm.“[The terrorist] was going to do whatever he was going to do, or had already done… So if the plan was to kill everybody, that was what he was going to do. Our talking to him … I don’t think would have changed events in any way” • Full Story

Bochurim at Tiferes Bachurim Yeshiva in Malakhovka, situated just outside of Moscow, completed a very special mivtza, learning a handful of the Rebbe MH”M’s 19 Kislev farbrengens, as well as perek 32 of “Tanya”. A special event and farbrengen was held where many valuable prizes were raffled off, including a silver plated Menorah, many expensive sets of seforim, and more • Read More