Renovations of Basil at 270 Kingston Avenue & Lincoln Place * chpicturesblog.com

With a wood oven as the centerpiece, 3 chefs and wine on the menu, Danny Branover tells COLlive his new dairy restaurant in Crown Heights will be "a warm and classy place." Full Story, Photos

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"Our first supporter," Costa Rica Shliach Hershel Spalter says about the country's first Vice President Luis Liberman.
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Construction for Chabad of the Conejo's new community campus in Agoura Hills, California, began on Monday.
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770 classmates and friends suprised Pinto Greenberg, an IT technician at Lubavitch Headquarters, with a birthday Farbrengen at the Crown Heights home of Menachem Gurevitch. Photos

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American film director Brett Ratner made a point to visit Chabad on Wheels during a recent visit in his native Miami. His friend Rabbi Zeev Katz greeted him and helped him put on Tefillin. More

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Shluchim and children at Abend residence in North Hollywood, Sunday

Let's not kid ourselves, Kinus Hashluchos is every Shliach's nightmare, with the kids, Shabbos cooking and housework. COLlive.com presents an exclusive diary written by a Shliach in Los Angeles about life without a wife. Full Story

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Ahead of a lecture for Chabad of the Conejo, a short video was sent out of Doron Almog's life including the Yom Kippur War, Entebbe, Operation Moses, and Aleh Negev. Full Story, Video

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Tzfas Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu cut short a visit to New York, but visited the Rebbe's Ohel to pray for his ailing father. Full Story

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JEM's staff of 15 people remained awake Sunday night to prepare a DVD of the Kinus Hashluchos banquet before participants leave New York on Monday. A COLlive correspondent documented how this feat is accomplished. Photos, Video

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Muslim hackers have been breaking into many Israeli and Jewish websites, displaying violent photos and anti-Semitic slogans. Full Story

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Hadassah Lieberman (L) and Dini Cohen (R) address the banquet * photos by Odelia S.

Broadcast ended: Women from 73 countries attended the gala banquet of the 26th annual Kinus Hashluchos Sunday at the New York Hilton. Full Story, Photos

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A company in California is developing universal genetic tests based on the successful Dor Yeshorim concept. Full Story

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Photos: Zelig Shaul/COLlive

The L'Chaim of Mendel Popack of Denver, CO and Estee Behrman of Crown Heights took place Motzei Shabbos at Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights. Photos

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At the Gem Show in Tucson, bochurim Pasi Wolosov and Sruli Edelman found themselves in a discussion with goldsmith Jot Singh Khalsa, a Boston-born Jew who learned in the Carlebach Yeshiva in San Francisco and is now a Sikh believer. More

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Photos by Odelia S. * video by Chedva Romano for COLlive

London Shlucha Goldie Junik deals with a time limit, Rabbi Yisroel Deren said to ask for shidduchim, and Philadelphia Shlucha Batsheva Shemtov read the communal Pan with tears. The Shluchos at the Rebbe's Ohel - a COLlive exclusive. Photos, Video

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Mendel Mochkin, right, at a company event

Mendel Mochkin is part of a group of investors that have acquired 70% of the rights to develop natural gas in Ukraine. Full Story

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Photo by Yoav Etiel, magazin.org.il

Two Lubavitch children were handed to their French non-Jewish father following a ruling from the Israeli High Court.
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With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sara Light of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, on Thursday Night. Full Story

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The Rebbe's room and the Aguch library were opened for hundreds of Chabad Shluchos attending the Kinus.
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Mountain Lodge Estates, summer 2009 * by Eli Reichman / COLlive

Mountain Lodge, Kozy Acres and Kol Tuv residents will be paying more for water after a major infrastructure upgrade. Full Story

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A Siyum Mishnayos and evening of inspiration was held Thursday in Crown Heights marking the Shloshim of Pesha Leah (nee Roetter) Azoulay OBM. Full Story

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A former pro-football player, Alan Veingrad may well be the only Orthodox athlete from the United States’ hugely popular team sports. Full Story

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The L'Chaim of Sender Lustig of Crown Heights and Rochel Weiser of Vienna, Austria took place Thursday at Empire Shteibel in Crown Heights. Photos

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COLlive.com presents the popular Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman. Weekly Story: An epidemic disease spreading on a U.S. army base was solved by the Rebbe. For Chof Beis Shvat: What was given out on this day in 1992 and a heartwarming story of the Rebbetzin. Video

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The L'Chaim of Shimi Ash of Melbourne, Australia and Chavie Lifshitz of Cincinnati, OH took place Thursday at Lubavitch Yeshiva Hall in Crown Heights. Photos

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In his new album "Say Asay," Chassidic singer Shloime Gertner included pictures of him at the Rebbe's Ohel.
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The Rebbetzin watching Lag B'Omer parade in 1987 from the window of her home * courtesy of The Avner Institute

Mendel Notik of Seattle, WA, who was privileged to work in the Rebbe and Rebbetzin's home in the 1970's, shares 7 stories in honor of her yahrtzeit on Shvat 22. Full Story

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Photos by Chedva Romano for COLlive and Odelia S.

In a moving talk at the Kinus, the Shlucha in Montana Chavie Bruk spoke of the adoption of a baby girl, now named Chaya. Full Story, Photos, Video

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Bochurim stand outside the Rebbe's house * archive photo by Menachem Kozlovsky

For the first time, the Rebbe's private residence at 1304 President Street in Crown Heights will be open on Shabbos. Full Story

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Paul Robeson School has been observing a moment of silence ever since Lubavitcher Avraham Frank walked in off the street and introduced the idea to the principal. Full Story, Video

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