On Wednesday evening, June 25 2025, over 600 people joined together at the Palace Hall in Brooklyn, NY for a graduation Chag HaSmicha celebration hosted by Machon Smicha, the premier online institute of Halachah. Full Story, Photos, Video
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Hundreds Receive Smicha at Machon Smicha Event
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Musician Inspired a Woman to Light Shabbos Candles
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: A Musician Inspires a Woman to Light Candles – What Impact is this Viral Story Having on Others? How Does the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Liberation Impact Us Today? Video -

The Song That Avi Piamenta Didn’t Get to Release
Beloved Jewish musician Avi Piamenta recently toiled over a new composition that he wrote in English but never got to release due to his untimely passing at 69. Full Story, Video -

Live: Women’s Farbrengen Marks Yud Beis Tammuz
Live Sunday at 8:00 PM ET: Join a women’s Fabrengen with speakers who will introduce redemptive moments and discuss Yud Beis/Gimmel Tammuz: Tzameret Borevitz, Yael Trusch, Esty Prus, Toby Lieder, Sara Blau, Shternie Althaus, and Miri Schneorson.
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The Rebbe’s Line, “Be Like a Bee, Not a Spider”
Historic Treasures by Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro: The meaning of the Rebbe’s instruction to “be like a bee, and not a spider,” and the importance of learning Chaossidus. Video -

Morristown Jewish Community Unites for Gimmel Tammuz
Congregation Levi Yitzchak in Morristown, NJ hosted a community gathering this week for Gimmel Tammuz, featuring guest speaker Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein from Chabad of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Full Story -

L’Chaim: Bluming – Lifshitz
The L’Chaim of Mendel Bluming of Chapel Hill, NC and Mushka Lifshitz of Boise, Idaho took place at Bais Rivkah Hall in Crown Heights. Photos -

Last Chance to Register to 10th Kinus Mechanchos Chabad
Today is the last day to register for the 10th Annual Kinus Mechanchos, taking place on 19-20 Tammuz, July 15-16 in Stamford CT. Full Story -

The Sale Could Wait
Motzoei Shabbos Story: Nussen Fellig, a Montreal businessman, prioritized his daily routine of mikvah, davening, and Torah study over a business opportunity… Full Story -

Avi Piamenta, 69, OBM
R’ Avi Piamenta, the virtuoso flutist who formed one of the most iconic Jewish bands of the last generation with his brother Yosi Piamenta, passed away. Full Story, Video