A massive Medura lit up the sky in Kiryas Joel on Wednesday evening, as tens of thousands of Satmar Chassidim joined their Rebbe, HaRav Aharon Teitelbaum, as they celebrated Lag Baomer. The event in Kiryas Joel is the largest individual Lag Baomer event and celebration in the United States. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The largest hadlakah on Lag B’Omer took place in Ramat Beit Shemesh Daled under the leadership of the renowned mashpiah HaGaon HaRav Elimelech Biderman due to the closure of Meron for security reasons. The hadlakah began close to midnight on Motzei Shabbos, with tens of thousands streaming into the area, many on chartered buses from […]

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Thanks to Boro Park Shomrim, a man armed with a loaded gun and a multiple knives was arrested moments ago on 13th Avenue and 54th Street, in the heart of Boro Park. The incident unfolded when a Shomrim member heading to his parents’ home in the neighborhood noticed a suspicious group of loitering individuals with […]

The Bris for a son of the Sadigur Rebbe was held on Sunday at the Sadigur Bais Bedrash in Bnei Brak. The Sandek was the uncle of the Rebbe, Hagaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch.