As thousands of Chassidim poured into the New York area for Gimmel Tammuz, the members of the Kinus Hashluchim committee, chaired by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, met to plan the upcoming Kinus of 5772.

In 228 days, 17 hours, and 41 minutes, on the 26th of Cheshvan (November 23, 2011) the 28th International Conference of Shluchim will begin.

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Some 200 Chabad emissaries of The Rebbe gathered this week for the 39th Annual West Coast Chabad Kinus Hashluchim. In 1972 West Coast Chabad launched the very first Kinus Hashluchim with the blessing and encouragement of The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, and subsequently inspired the creation of the worldwide Kinus Hashluchim in New York. In fact the world’s first Kinus Hashluchim was held at the world’s first “Chabad House”, founded in 1969 at the UCLA university campus in Los Angeles.

Every event has its pinnacle - high point - and for the Shluchos that is when they all get recognized in the annual roll call where each continent, country, state, and city gets an honorary mention. Capping that moment is when the Shluchos join hands and break out in a lively dance.

Producing an event like the Kinus Hashluchos Gala Banquet is no small feat. A crew of over 200 waiters and chefs. Lighting, sound and video along with broadcasting live over the internet make up another 50. This gallery is in recognition of them.

As the banquet reached its midpoint Shluchos got to enjoy a delicious dinner, which they did not need to prepare, and in the interim they posed for our photographer.

Once again CrownHeights.info is featuring live posts from the Gala Banquet of the Kinus Hashluchos, this in addition to the live feed hosted here.

So you want a chance to see how your child’s class is doing. So you visit her classroom and peek through the window, right? You want to see what clothing the store sells, so you do a little window shopping, right?

Despite stormy weather and numerous delayed or canceled flights, the opening session of the 23rd International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchos took place Thursday night in the main ballroom of Oholei Torah in Crown Heights.

With major airports, schools and businesses all closed due to the third major snow storm of the season, hundreds of shluchos boldly packed buses on the main thoroughfare of Eastern Parkway Thursday morning to take them to the Rebbe’s Ohel.