A crowd of 15,000 men, women and children gathered on Eastern Parkway in front of Chabad Headquarters for the grand Siyum HaRambam celebration on Tuesday evening, featuring prominent guest speakers and singers Avraham Fried, Benny Friedman, and Eli Marcus. Full Story, Photos, Video
Live: ‘Lunch Break’ With Dena Gorkin
Watch a Replay: Today tune in for a "Lunch Break, Live" with Dena Gorkin, Principal of Bnos Chomesh Academy, in an an interactive Chinuch conversation with Chony Milecki. Live
The Production I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About…
From the COLlive Inbox: "I was busy Pesach cleaning, but I knew I had to stop what I was doing and go to the Bnos Chomesh production. Before long I realized I had been smiling for an entire hour. I realized everyone was feeling what I was feeling." Full Story
Bnos Chomesh is Illuminating the Next Generation
Bnos Chomesh Academy Girls Junior high and High School launches fundraising campaign with a video highlighting their unique combination of strong academics wrapped in love and attention. Full Story
Rabbi Akiva Wagner’s Family Thanks Public for Support
Message from the family of Toronto Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM: "We are filled with tremendous hakoras hatov for the beautiful achdus and overwhelming generosity displayed by our community." Full Story
Help Chabad of Wimbledon Continue to Teach Chassidus
Chabad of Wimbledon, UK has launched its fundraising campaign to support its work in the South London community, as well as a wide range of shiurim and farbrengens for the Chabad community worldwide, including a popular weekly feature on COLlive.com. Enjoy a free download of the book "Facts, FAQs and Faith." Full Story, Video
‘Whatever R’ Yonah Did, He Did With His Whole Heart’
Watch: Message from Dnepr Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetsky: "R' Yonah Pruss used to knock on doors with me in London to help support in Chabad in Ukraine...whatever he did he did with his whole heart." Full Story
‘Everything R’ Yonah Had He Gave to Others’
Watch: Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar tells of how R' Yonah Pruss, who passed away this week, was always there for others. Full Story
Rabbi Wagner’s ‘Rebuke’ for Bochurim Who Returned Late
What did Toronto Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Akiva Wagner do when bochurim spent more time at a Mivtzoim event than he had allowed them to? His actions left a profound impact on them and all who hear the story. Full Story
Rabbi Wagner’s Conversation From a Hospital Bed
Toronto Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Akiva Wagner was a beacon of selflessness and kindness, even while afflicted with his own challenges. One particular story stands out, of when a parent found themselves in an incredibly challenging situation... Full Story
My Dear Friend and Chavrusa R’ Yonah Pruss
London businessman and activist R' Getzel Itzinger writes about his dear friend and longtime Chavrusa R' Yonah Pruss obm: "His feet may have been firmly placed on the ground, navigating sophisticated social circles in London as part of his work with Chabad of Ukraine, yet his head towered above us, his passionate heart always on fire, still a child growing up at the Rebbe’s feet." Full Story
Why You Should Support Achei Temimim Yeshiva
Message from Achei Temimim: "When a child is in pain, you don’t spare any cost. When the house is on fire, you don’t worry about the price of fire extinguishers. When a Yeshiva is changing the world, you don’t cut corners." Full Story
Fund Set Up to Support the Family of R’ Yona Pruss
Rabbi Yona Pruss, a pillar of the London Jewish community, passed away after a short illness, leaving behind a grieving family and a legacy of shlichus, a life of chessed, and decades of inspired leadership. Help his family during this difficult time. Full Story
Funds Partner With CTeen to Make 2023 Israel Trips Affordable
Mosaic United and the Meromim Foundation partnered with Chabad's CTeen organization to make the 22-day summer trips to the Holy Land of Israel drastically affordable. One Shliach called it "an amazing opportunity." Full Story, Photos
Lubavitch Mesivta Chicago: Maximizing the Potential of Every Student
Year after year, Yeshivas Ohr Eliyahu Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago sets the standard as a mesivta that fine-tunes phenomenal Torah education to build happy, healthy, grounded, high-achieving temimim. Today, help them reach their goal of $500,000. Full Story
Achei Tmimim: A Bigger, Better, Brotherhood
A Brotherhood means nobody gets left behind. This year's fundraising event, entitled a “Bigger Better Brotherhood”, will serve to fuel the continued growth of Achei Tmimim Yeshiva in Crown Heights. Full Story, Video
Levaya Held for Rabbi Yona Pruss
The Levaya of Rabbi Yona Pruss obm, a father and grandfather who was a pillar of the Golders Green, London, Chabad community, passed by 770 Eastern Parkway on the way to burial in Montefiore Cemetery on Monday. Photos
Family Begins Unity Torah in Merit of 3-Year-Old Boy
The family of 3-year-old Raphael Chaim Meir Diamont gathered at his hospital bed to begin the writing of a Unity Sefer Torah in the merit of his miraculous recovery. Full Story
‘You Count on Rabbi Lesches. Can We Count on You’
Throughout the year, you turn to Rabbi Boruch Lesches of Monsey to listen patiently to your questions and to respond with clarity and precision. Can we count on your Hakaras Hatov? Full Story, Video
Eli Turned a World of Darkness into a Realm of Kindness
Rabbi Eli Friedman writes about his cousin, Eli Baitelman obm: "Those who knew him know that there was nobody like him. Long before he gained a legacy with his sudden passing, Eli was a legend." Full Story
To His Family, He Was Everything
As the family of R' Eli Baitelman obm gets up from Shiva today, help secure the financial stability of his wife and 7 children. Full Story
My ‘Altercation’ With Eli Baitelman Before His Sudden Passing
"This past Friday morning, I was approaching our shul in Los Angeles when I saw R' Eli Baitelman coming from the opposite direction. The little 'altercation' we had can tell you a lot about him." Full Story
Emergency Surgery for Sarah Ethel
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Joy and Sorrow Little Saraleh lives in Israel and is born to proud parents who waited years for their beautiful gift, but she was born with an internal growth in Full Story
My Brother Rabbi Akiva Wagner Lived to Uplift
Rabbi Dov Wagner, Shliach at USC, writes about his brother Rabbi Akiva Wagner obm: "My brother was by nature a very private person. Yet, you wouldn't know it from the last few years. He shared openly details of his diagnosis, of his treatments, his challenges and ultimate emunah." Full Story
7 years of trying to have a child
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7 years plus 6 weeks of waiting They pledged a name to R’Shimon, but right now the baby, future Shimons life is in danger…. 7 endless years. 7 years of achingly Full Story
