Photo Gallery: Tanks Getting Ready for Parade 59

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Earlier this afternoon, Wednesday, bochurim were seen getting Mitzvah tanks ready for the parade tomorrow. The parade is in honor of the Rebbe’s upcoming 107th Birthday on Sunday, the 11th of Nissan. The parade will include a total of 59 Mitzvah tanks, commemorating the 59 years since the Rebbe assumed the position of the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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They’re Not Talking, but Everyone Else Is

By Linda Lombroso for LoHud

NEW SQUARE, NY — When a carp started speaking Hebrew six years ago at the New Square Fish Market, the story made headlines around the world.

The fish have since kept their mouths shut.

Behind the Scenes With Chabad on Campus

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

LOS ANGELES, CA — The refrigerator truck is winding its way north along the six-hour route from Los Angeles to Berkeley. Inside are 250 pounds of chicken, 100 pounds of meat, and 60 pounds of turkey. Flanking that are 18 cases of wine and another six of grape juice. A crunchy 70 pounds of matzah are making the trip as well.

Pesach is coming to the University of California at Berkeley.

I-Team VIdeo – Chabad House Goers Scammed by Stranger

By Carey Codd for CBS4 Miami

FT LAUDERDALE, FL — Richard Gold appeared at Chabad Ft. Lauderdale looking for a fresh start.

Gold had recently finished serving a prison sentence and wanted a place to pray. The Chabad Ft. Lauderdale community accepted him quickly.

Upstate Kosher Frozen Food Plant Closing

Poughkeepsie Journal

Illustration Picture – Food Plant

GOSHEN, NY — MilMar Food Group LLC in Goshen, a maker of frozen foods, has announced it is closing its plant, according to a notice filed with the state Department of Labor.

This affects 177 employees at the business, the notice said. The reason cited is “economic,” and the notice said the closing occurred March 26.

Picture of the Rebbe! – Summer 1984!

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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is happy to present a first time released photo of The Rebbe greets a group of Canadian guests, during the summer of 1984, on the way to his father-in-law’s grave site. to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

Rabbi Moshe Gutnick’s Case to be Decided Abroad

By Susannah Moran for the Australian

SYDNEY, Australia — A Sydney rabbi took the “extraordinary” step of asking a civil court to rule that Jewish law should govern his employment contract because he is a senior judge of Sydney’s Jewish tribunal that might have otherwise heard the dispute.

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Zayin)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!

NYPOST: Beard But True! Hasids Wow Amish Visitors

CrownHeights.info photographer Binyomin Lifshitz’s picture used for the NYposts article!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — No barns were raised when Hasidic Jews and the Amish joined together on the streets of Brooklyn yesterday, but eyebrows sure were.

The 25-strong Amish contingent made the trip by yellow school bus from Lancaster, Pa., to Crown Heights for a second annual guided tour of the life and culture of the Lubavitcher sect.

Bochurim Help Run Model Matzah Bakery

Shmuli Shapiro and David Kahanov both bochurim from Crown Heights went to Boca Raton, FL and set up Model Matzah Bakeries in every Jewsh School and Hebrew School in the city. Over 1500 Children made their own matza and learned all about pesach they had a great time. On behalf of all the local Shluchim and Balei Bartim, CrownHeights.info would like thank the bochurim for their great help.

Some more pictures in the Extended Article!

Unprecedented Campaign to Disseminate Halacha

For two converging reasons, the publishers are announcing an unprecedented campaign to disseminate the best-selling halachic book: Zemonim.

First, as announced on Israel National News and all major Jewish media, a new web-based program (www.mikvahcalendar.com) has recently been launched. This site, the initiative of a U.S.-based professional staff, led by Mrs. Rivkah Bloom (MCS, M.I.T.) is expected to ease observance of family law for millions of people.