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Sights and scenes from preparations on Friday for Shabbos Parshas Chukas in the Crown Heights neighborhood. Photos

Two Chabad rabbi brothers, Moshe Sasonkin and Berel Sasonkin, who are married to two sisters Mussie and Rochel, welcome two sons 12 hours apart. Full Story

Rabbi Meir Ellituv concluded his inspiring global yeshiva tour on the eve of Gimmel Tammuz, having visited nineteen institutions across the United States and Canada. Full Story

In rare and powerful footage captured by photojournalist Baruch Gudlevsky, who climbed a ladder outside the Ohel structure, we get a glimpse of just one hour of the full 24-hour nonstop visitors to the Rebbe’s Ohel gravesite on Gimmel Tammuz. Video

Crown Heights food magnate Itzik Benabou tells COLlive.com his plans for the former Gombo’s Bakery space and emphasizes that it will not be a hotel. Full Story

A new Siena Research poll finds that a majority of Jewish voters in New York approve of President Donald Trump‘s handling of the Israel-Iran war. Full Story

While traveling to Salta, the Chabad girls from the Argentina Travel Camp encountered a frustrating delay. However, it turned out to serve a purpose. Full Story

NYC Mayor Eric Adams made a trip to the Ohel followed by a visit to the new SoulWords House where he sat down with Rabbi Shais Taub to record a podcast at the new SoulWords studios. Full Story, Photos, Video

A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: The revolutionary principle that separating tithes and giving them to Kohanim is one unified mitzvah performed at the moment of separation, instantly transferring ownership to the priestly class. Video

The L’Chaim of Schneur Deren of Greenwich, CT and Mussie Wolf of Lincolnwood, IL took place at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. Photos