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| Celebration 25
Chabad of Edgeware Dinner Gallery |  | Friends of Lubavitch of Edgware successfully celebrated the 25 years dinner at S John’s Wood Synagogue on Monday evening. A packed Synagogue hall Shul of more than 200 people came together to pay tribute Rabbi Leivi Sudak and all his staff at Lubavitch of Edgware ■ as one of the guests said at the end of the evening, “It didn’t feel like a charity function, it felt like a family Simcha ■ more 
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| New Shluchim to Frankston
From Sydney’s West to Melbourne’s Bayside |  | | Photograph: AJN | | PARRAMATTA Synagogue’s Rabbi Yossi Wernick will be sorely missed as he heads south to start in a new role at Chabad Frankston and Mornington Peninsula, the shul’s president Motty Tenenboim said this week ■ more | | | |
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| ULY CH
PTA Moms Conduct 15 Shvat Workshop |  | | Talmidim in Lubavitcher Yeshivas younger grades got a preview of Chamisha Osor B’Shvat today with a hands on workshop organized by mothers in the PTA ■ more | | | |
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| Galal Dinner and Salute
Chai for Chasdei Shabtai Organization |  | | Chai for Chasdei Shabtai | Photograph: Mendy Hechtman | "There is not one family in the Merom HaGallil region that has not benefitted from the Chasdei Shabtai organization," said Rabbi Yona Metzger, in his address at the gala Chasdei Shabtai salute last night ■ more | | | |
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| Shloshim for Rabbi Bryski
A Legacy of Faith, Courage and Will |  | | “If I had to encapsulate the life of my father in one sentence, it would probably be that he exemplified the traits of his forebear, Aaron HaKohen, as a man who loved and pursued peace. Indeed, he synthesized the ideals of Tov LaMakom – endearing to G-d’ and ‘Tov Labriyos – endearing to man’ in almost prototypical fashion ■ more | | | |
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| Menachem Education Foundation
Boro Park Yeshivas Visit Darchei Menachem |  | | Photograph: CHI | The Menachem Education Foundation held a leadership workshop and learning walk at Darchai Menachem’s new location at 432 Rutland Rd. The event was attended by principals and faculty of 11 chasidishe yeshivos located throughout Brooklyn ■ more
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| Yud Shvat, 5772
Lod: Farbrengen with Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Segal |  | | Photograph: Berele Scheiner | The Lubavitcher kehilla in Lod farbrenged in Shikun Chabad, in honor of Yud Shvat. The farbrengen was headed by the Mara d'Asra Rabbi Boruch Boaz Yurkowitz and the Mashpiim Rabbis Nochum Kaplan and Menachem Mendel HaKohein Deren ■ more
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| A New Dawn
The Sun Set - The Sun Rose |  | Yud Shvat (the Tenth of Shvat) is the Previous Rebbe’s yahrzeit, the anniversary of his passing. On the day of a tzaddik’s passing, “all his effort... for which he toiled throughout his life... becomes revealed and radiates downward... at the time of his passing.”1 Accordingly, Yud Shvat is an appropriate day to focus on the message of the Previous Rebbe’s life, for every year, these same spiritual qualities are revealed on this anniversary ■ more 
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| Yud Shvat, 5772
Baltimore, MD: The Newest 770 |  | | Photograph: CHI | The children of Cheder Chabad of Baltimore were very involved in preparing for Yud Shvat by learning the Maamor Basi Legani, writing a Pan to the Rebbe and creating a 770 facade for the Chabad of Park Heights building ■ more
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| Attention Anash
Urgent Tehillim and Tzedoko Needed |  | A son of Shluchim is in need of our Tehillim, tzedoko and good deeds for a refuah shelaimo. Please say Tehillim for Menachem Mendel ben Basheva Reichel ■ more | | | |
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| Minhogei Yud Shvat
"Our Nossi Will Bring Us Wonderous Tidings" |  | Shturem.org presents the minhogim of Yud Shvat that the Rebbe established, before Yud Shvat, 5711 ■ "And our Nassi among them will give us wondrous tidings, and lead us along the path that leads up to the House of G-d ■ more
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| Yud Shvat, 5772
Yechidus Nigun in Ir HaKodesh |  | Chasideim farbreng with each other in honor for Yud Shevat the Yahrzeit of the Frierdiker Rebbe at the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, one of the oldest shuls in the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Yerushalayim, singing the Nigun Hachanah to Yechidus of Reb Shlomo Shashniker ■ more
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| Minhogei Chabad
Erev Shabbos Shira: Don't Forget the Kasha |  | | Illustration | | There is a custom of eating black buckwheat (shvartze kasha - gretchka )on this Shabbos ■ "On Shabbos Shirah, 5702, the Previous Rebbe related that the Maharal of Prague established a custom -- hopefully the custom will be reinstituted -- that during the week before Shabbos Beshallach he would inform all the teachers and parents of small children to bring their children to the courtyard of the synagogue on Shabbos Shira ■ more | | | |
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| Yud Shvat, 5772
Thousands Visit the Ohel on Yud Shvat |  | | Photograph: CHI | | Tens of thousands of Yidden of all stripes are coming to the Ohel during the days surrounding Yud Shvat, commemorating the 62nd yahrtzeit of the Frierdiker Rebbe, and the Nesius of the Rebbe ■ more | | | |
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| 70 Years Ago
Reliving Frierdiker Rebbe's Bikur Chicago |  | | Photograph: Chabad.org | | Danny Altschul went down to Union Station in Chicago yesterday to commemorate an historic event that took place 70 years ago. When the Frierdiker Rebbe stepped onto the platform on the 7th of Shvat, 5702, to begin a week-long trip focused on inspiring and strengthening the local Jewish community and its commitment to Jewish education, thousands greeted him ■ more | | | |
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| Yud Shvat, 5772
Memories of the Frierdiker Rebbe |  | | Photograph: The Avner Institute | Rabbi Zalman Posner relates: One Sunday morning, I think it was during the spring, we got a note from the Rebbe. He wanted each of us to write down everything he did from Friday noon, when class ended, until coming back to yeshiva, Sunday morning. The students in the “Zal,” the seniors, turned white when they read the note ■ more
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