Overview
- Moscow’s Marina Roscha Central Synagogue was filled with thousands for Yom Kippur on Tuesday, where Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar delivered a roughly 45‑minute pre‑Yizkor address and led Neilah with traditional Chabad singing.
- Rav Dov Landau of Slabodka conducted deeply emotional services in his home and the yeshiva, holding a Sefer Torah with Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch and privately praying over tens of thousands of donor names placed before him.
- Grodno Rosh Yeshiva Rav Yitzchok Hacker, reported to be in very serious condition, remained at home for the day and led prayers with a small minyan of family and close talmidim.
- Hundreds of bochurim at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens ended Yom Kippur with a communal break‑fast and an extended Chassidishe farbrengen led by community figures, continuing into the early morning.
- Communities navigated heavy turnout and logistical pressure at Kapparot and services, then quickly shifted to post‑fast life with communal break‑fasts, spirited singing and the rapid erection of sukkot in synagogues’ courtyards.