Wednesday: Lag B’Omer Bonfire

In a short four days, thousands of Shluchim will be pouring into Crown Heights for the annual Kinus Hashluchim Haolami. This year’s grand banquet will take place on Sunday, 25 Cheshvan, at 12:00 EST, so that Shluchim around the world will be able to tune in virtually at a reasonable hour of the day. ChabadInfo.com will be broadcasting the event live • Full Story, Register

As this year’s Kinus Hashluchim Haolami kicks off mid-week, the Vaad Hakinus has released the detailed schedule of workshops and events for Shluchim to participate in. All workshops will be streamed live on the Kinus website, allowing Shluchim the world around to participate, even though they cannot be physically present. As is well known, this year’s Kinus commemorates 30 years since the Rebbe MH”M’s famous Sicha of Chayei Sara 5752 • Full Story, Download

In preparation for this year’s Kinus Hashluchim Haolami, which will mark the 30th anniversary of the famous Sicha of Chayei Sarah 5752, where the Rebbe MH”M recalibrated our focus on Shlichus, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, once a member of the team which transcribed the Rebbe’s sichos, speaks about his experience bringing this revolutionary sicha to print • Video

We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Nochem Avrohom Jakobovics, an elder member of Antwerp, Belgium’s Anash community. He was 96 years old • Full Story