Lemaan Yilmedu’s Chuppa VeKiddushin course has trained many Shluchim in the intricacies of officiating a wedding kehalacha. The course, which runs over a 11-month period, is led by Rabbi Mordechai Farkash, a Rov and Shliach in Bellevue, Wash., and an expert in this area of Halacha. We spoke with Rabbi Farkash to learn more about the course, and with alumni Rabbi Yosef Rice, and Rabbi Laivi Forta • Full Article

Republican nominee for governor and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) was in Crown Heights today for a press conference at the JCM, he stopped by 770 to put on teffilin.

Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads of Times Square a “Gun Free Zone.” • Full Story

Yeshivas Chayolei Beis Dovid, a Yeshivah for Chassidishe Bochurim that wants to learn a trade, has opened for the new school year. Headed by Rabbi Levi Raices. ChabadInfo Photographer Dov Hechtman traveled to document the Yeshivahs grand opening • Full Story, Photos

Gaon Av Beis Din of the Eida HaChareidis Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss O.B.M., who passed away this past Shabbos in Yerushalaim, hosted Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar Shlit”a a number of years ago to discuss pertinent Halachic matters • Full Story, Photos

A new zman, a new Start: Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Poconos started its new Zman. The menahel, Rabbi Mendel Silman opened the Year, as the Bochurim went straight to learning. ChabadInfo Photographer Dov Hechtman traveled to document the Yeshivahs new Zman • Photos

Jewish Children saved from Arab villages enjoyed an all-expense paid summer camp to connect them to their yiddishkeit and infuse their difficult lives with happiness and good memories • Full Story

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York state law requiring applicants for a license to carry a gun outside of their homes to have a “proper cause” to do so, saying it violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution • Full Story