For 30th Year in a Row U.S. President Declares ‘Education Day’

For the 30st year in a row, the U.S. President George W. Bush is declaring Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’s birthday – a Day of Education and Sharing. Today (Tuesday) President George Bush signed the declaration which was subsequently released to the media. “Education and Sharing Day honors the legacy of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and emphasizes our commitment to teach the next generation of Americans the values that make our country strong”.

Every year the White House inserts slight alterations in the text but in general, calls upon the American people to increase good deeds in honor of this auspicious day.

To view the full text of the declaration click the Extended Article!

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Another Wonderful Initiative

Bochurim have been immersed in Limud HaTorah for the past six months. To assist a Bochur in properly maintaining that Yeshiva atmosphere until he returns after Yom-Tov, Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim once again published a beautiful booklet loaded with material in Niglah, Halacha, Chassidus, Moshiach, Chassidishe stories etc. to be studied over Pesach.

Many Roshei-Yeshivah have applauded this project and were instrumental in compiling the material in the Kovetz. The material is split up in to three weekly segments each having a selection of relevant and interesting topics.

More in the Extended Article.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Stock Family

The family of Matel (Martha) Stock, (the wife of R’ Shimshon Stock), R. Benjy Stock (Crown Heights) her two daughters Mrs. Chanie Perlmutter (Long Beach, CA) and Mrs. Faigy Moscovits (Crown Heights).

They are sitting Shiva at her house at 593 Montgomery St [between Brooklyn and Kingston ave].

Shachris 9:00 am
Mincha 7:00 pm
Maariv Bezmana

Email: baisrivkah310@yahoo.com

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Boruch Dayan Haemes – R. Nochum Yosef Benjaminson OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Nochum Yosef Benjaminson of Montreal Canada at the age of 82. He is survived by his wife Zlata and his children R. Yehuda (Crown Heights), R. Mottel (Israel), R. Yerachmiel (Crown Heights) and R. Sholom Ber (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will take place tomorrow, Wednesday at 10:00am in the Chapel of Montreal

Baruch Dayan HoEmes

Boruch Dayan HaEmes – Martha Stock OBM

Mattel (Martha) Stock OBM pictured with her husband R. Shimshon Stock OBM

With profound grief and sadness we inform you of the passing of Mattel (Martha) Stock of Crown Heights. (Wife of R. Shimshon Stock OBM)

She is survived by Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim her son R. Benjy Stock (Crown Heights) her two daughters Mrs. Chanie Perlmutter (Long Beach, CA) and Mrs. Faigy Moscovits (Crown Heights).

The Levaya is today leaving Shomrei Hadas at 12:00 pm and will be passing 770 at 12:30 PM sharp.

Baruch Dayan HoEmes

Motzoai Shabbos Attempted Car Break-in

This past Motzoai Shabbos Shomrim received a call for a car that had just been broken into in a garage in the back yard of a resident. The incident took place on Lefferts Ave between Albany and Troy at around 9:30pm when a resident heard his neighbors car alarm go off in the garage behind the house, he quickly went outside to take a look and found that a stick had been used to break the car window and attempt and gain entry into the car.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Info to be Menachem Avel R. Avrohom Flint

Rabbi Avrohom Flint is sitting Shiva after the passing of his sister Esther Malka Flint. He is sitting Monday through Sunday morning in his home located at 1603 Carroll St. between Schenectady and Utica Aves.

Shachris will be in Boro Park with his nephew. Mincha Mariv will be at the Flint’s residence at 7:00pm

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

New Song from Avraham Fried

Shlager.net

5 new songs were compiled and recorded for the organization ‘Oorah’, from the performers; Avraham Fried, Shloime Daskal, Boruch Levin, Yisroel Williger and Dovid Gabay.

You can listen to the song by clicking them or you can download them by right clicking on them and saving it.

1. Galeh – Avraham Fried
2. Boneh – Shloime Daskal
3. Hatov – Dovid Gabay
4. Ma Ashiv- Yisroel Williger
5. Dovid Melech – Boruch Levin

To listen to a demo of all the songs click the link below
Demo of the CD

A Jewish Astronaut to Touch Down in Santa Fe

By Kate McGraw – The ABQ Journal
Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman

Santa Fe, NM — “My support for the Chabad Jewish Center, comes from my desire to help Jews in Santa Fe connect with their culture and heritage,” Larry Goldstone, president of Thornburg Mortgages, said recently.

“For the past 10 years, Chabad has provided a different and more traditional opportunity to make that connection and it speaks to me on a spiritual level,” Goldstone continued. “So I believe that Chabad’s presence is good for our community and I am proud to support them.”

More in the Extended Article!

Spring Valley Cops Find Something Isn’t Kosher in Bus

NEWS12

Spring Valley, NY — Police in Spring Valley busted a family who they say converted a school bus into a matzoh making factory.

Police say a neighbor on Wilshire Drive complained of smoke Friday morning. According to police, they found a school bus equipped with an oven, fans, an exhaust pipe and supplies. Police say the bus had been operating as an oven for almost three years. The house where the school bus is parked is owned by the congregation Midtzar Hatorah.

More in the Extended Article!

A Community of Successful Malcontents

Rabbi Mendy Herson – Lubavitch.com
Rabbi Herson Shliach to Somerset County, NJ

Passover is one of the most involved, consuming holidays on the Jewish calendar. The list of don’ts is long, preparations are arduous, and it’s eight days long. A challenge for any individual, and yet it seems to be one of the most widely observed holidays. What gives?

Some time ago, a group of people appeared in our Chabad Center on a Friday night; they were new faces, always a nice surprise. Together with a friend—one of our regulars—I approached to welcome them.

University Refuses to Grant Chabad Chaplaincy

The Daily Princetonian

Princeton, NJ — Following the University’s denial of a request from the Jewish organization Chabad for a chaplaincy position in the Office of Religious Life, a group of students has started a petition asking President Tilghman to reconsider the decision.

“Chabad will continue to be on campus, regardless of what the University decides,” Chabad student board president Arthur Ewenczyk ’09 said. The University cited its policy to recognize only one Jewish chaplain under the Center for Jewish Life (CJL).

Passover Makes Rabbi into Kosher Cop

Florida Trend
Rabbi Shalom Adler visited
Tropicana’s plant in Bradenton
to ensure the juice is kosher.

Bradenton, FL — Rabbi Shalom Adler slips a thin net over his short red hair and black yarmulke. Another over his bushy beard. He pops in bright orange earplugs. A pair of bulky protective goggles cover his wire-framed spectacles.

Inspector Rabbi is now in service.

For the past several weeks, Adler, co-director of the Chabad of Pinellas County, has brought his rabbinical knowledge of Jewish dietary law to the Tropicana plant in Bradenton.

Adler, who works for the Organized Kosher certification company, inspects the production of a special run of kosher-for-Passover orange juice.

B’klyn Developers Fear Exclusionary Zones & Tax Abatement Changes

By Helen Klein – Courier-Life Publications

Will boom-town Brooklyn see some relief from development in the near future?

At a recent round table focusing on real estate topics, developers expressed concern about changes to the city’s tax abatement policy for new construction, contending that proposed restrictions and the extension of the borough’s exclusionary zone will make it harder for them to do business, despite the hot real estate market across the borough.

Indeed, Sara Mirski, of Boymelgreen Developers, acknowledged to the group gathered at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, that her company, concerned about the enlarged exclusionary zone in Brooklyn, had not purchased property for development for about two years.

Time to Bake the Matzah

HOI 19 Online News

Peoria, IL — The start of Passover is just about a week away, and to get ready, some Peoria kids learned how to make one of the holiday’s traditional foods — matzah.

They also practiced having a seder, which is the Passover meal.

Both are traditions the rabbi says are important for kids to learn.