Many communities around Sydney, Australia joined together to commemorate and celebrate Yud Tes Kislev together. Following long stretches of Lockdown, Sydney’s Chabad Community, along with many friends and admirers of Lubavitch, united in honor of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schniur Zalman of Liadi – the first leader of Chabad Chassidim. Images captured by Noel Kessel • Full Story, Photos

Hundreds of festive events and Chassidic gatherings in honor of Kislev 19 – the ‘New Year’ of Chassidism and the day the founder of the Chabad dynasty, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, was released from prison in Czarist Russia – were celebrated across the former Soviet Union, in the very same countries where the Chassidic movement was established and began its historic impact on the Jewish nation • Full Story, Photos

Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, under the leadership of Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, hosted their annual 19 Kislev Farbrengen for the local community and Shluchim in the Midwest. The Keynote address was delivered by Rabbi Aryeh Kaltman, Senior Shliach to Columbus OH, who also stayed to farbreng with the anash and talmidim • Full Story, Photos

Rabbi Shais Taub, Director of SoulWords and a sought after speaker in the Jewish world, farbrenged in honor of the Alter Rebbe‘s liberation in Lakewood New Jersey’s Bnos Devorah Hall. The event, hosted by Chabad of Toms River and Chabad of Jackson, boasted a large crowd, who enjoyed a seudas yom tov and an evening on inspiration and connection to Chassidus • Photos