MANCHESTER, England — Sukkos is the Yom Tov of achdus, of unity, symbolized by the Sukkah. Dwelling in the Sukkah is the one mitzah that involves a person’s whole body. In the sukkah we are surrounded by the mitzvah.
In a distance typically associated with that of a marathon, a group of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students walked more than 23 miles – closer to 24 to be exact – last week to bring an additional measure of joy to the Simchat Torah celebrations in Merrick, N.Y.
The young men, all in their late teens and early 20s, began their journey the evening of Oct. 4 at the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in Queens. They walked 12 miles to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in the Long Island community of Merrick, arriving just before 6:30 p.m. After a little refreshment, they then set out for the town’s other synagogues. At the end of the night, they returned to Queens.
LONDON, England [CHI] — Boys from the Lubavitch Boys School in London set out with their sets of Lulavim and Esrogim on their Sukkah Mobile and did Mivtzah Lulav on the streets of London, meriting lots of Yidden with the Mitzva. They also went to King Solomon High school which is one of the largest Jewish schools in the UK where they shook Lulav with hundreds of students!
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CLEVELAND, OH [CHI] — Last Sunday, September 30, Tzivos Hashem in conjunction with the Joseph Winer Children’s Jewish Center, held a communal cruise on board the Majestic cruise liner in honor of Chol HaMoed Sukkos.
For the first time in Cleveland history, a Sukkah sailed down Lake Erie with amazing juggling feats with musical entertainment by Mosher Pekar and a children’s rally lead by Rabbi Eli Jacobs aboard the boat.
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The Florida St. Petersburg Times on Sukkos Mivtzoim.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The Chayolei Beis Dovid of the Lubavitcher Yeshivah (Crown Heights) 8th grade put together its very own Sukkah Mobile for Mivtzoim.
Each day of Chol Hamoed Sukkos a group of eighth graders armed with Lulav and Esrog went to shake up the whole New York, one Lulav shake at a time. In all, hundreds bentched Lulav, ate in the Sukkah and learnt more about yiddishkeit.
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Army Pfc. Gavin Ellman, expecting a delivery of a lulav and etrog just before Sukkot, found herself Tuesday without a set of the biblically-mandated Four Species waved at specific points during the holiday’s prayer services. From Forward Operating Base Kalsu in Iraq, Ellman then quickly e-mailed Capt. Shlomo Shulman, a chaplain stationed at Camp Striker in Baghdad, to see if he could rush a delivery by helicopter.
Lucky for the servicewoman, Shulman had an extra set, delivered earlier by the Chabad-Lubavitch Aleph Institute.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – As we have previously reported, Enterprise Rent-A-Car opened a special lot for the Mitzva Tank Office for Bochurim and Yungerman to rent the pickup trucks that will be converted into Sukkah Mobiles, then fan out across New York City on Mivtzoim.
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Australia — Cairns artist Shem’s depiction of Rabbi Dov Oliver of Chabad of RARA doing Mivtzoim at the Great Barrier Reef.
What do you get when you cross an 18 wheeler truck and a Sukkah Mobile?
The Biggest Sukkah Mobile ever!!!
It may sound unbelievable but it’s true; we have just learned from sources that this year Mitzvah Tank Org., will be arranging 2 18-wheeler, 50 foot long, Sukkah Mobiles. These Sukkah Mobiles are to be the biggest ever, but, are just 2 of more than 40 Sukkah Mobiles to hit the roads this Sukkos, in the New York area.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As Sukkos is quickly approaching, dozens of Bochurim and Shluchim have already confirmed their Sukkah Mobiles for this coming Chol Hamo’ed. After tremendous efforts, by Bochurim and Yungerleit, the Sukkah’s are ready to be assembled, rental contracts are already confirmed and much more has already been done in advance of the biggest Sukkah Mobile Season yet.
Last Year alone, close to 40 Sukkah Mobiles, including 3 20′ flat bed trucks, have been organized through Mitzvah Tank Org. “This year”, the organizers say, “it will be much bigger!”
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Forest Hills, NY — With close to 150 kids enrolled in Released time in Forest Hills alone, the program has been doing wonders for it’s participants.
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New York, NY — Lag BaOmer — Over a hundred people put on Tefillin this Sunday at the Israel Day Parade thanks to a group of bochrim with help of the Mitzvah Tank Office. Thousands of brochures on Shovuos, Neshek Etc were given out.
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Chicago, IL –A few seconds before the vehicle turns the corner of Rush and Oak streets in the heart of the ritzy Gold Coast, the unsuspecting pedestrian hears loud music. But this isn’t the thumping bass one usually hears.
Miami Beach, FL — On Thursday, in honor of the Rebbe’s 105th birthday, and the holiday of Pesach, the birthday of the Jewish people, the local Miami Bochurim who are currently learning in the Yeshivah Lubavitch Toronto organized an impressive parade.
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Toronto, ON — During the week of Yud Alef Nissan, in honor of the Rebbe’s 105th Birthday, A Mitzvah Tank went out into the streets of Toronto to spread Torah and Mitzvohs and the Spirit of the Holiday of Pesach to the Jewish Community at large.
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Chicago, IL — 18 Mitzvah tanks took part in the traditional Mitzvah Tank procession held in Chicago in honor of the 11th of Nissan the 105th birthday of the Rebbe. This year, the 11th year since the first tank parade has taken place in Chicago, 77 members of Anash and Tmimim manned the tanks and distributed Matzohs and informative brochures on Pesach, laid Tefillin with the men and handed out Shabbos candles – complete with candle lighting times to women. After stopping at several of the Chabad operated schools in the city, the parade, escorted by a police honor guard, arrived at the Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago and then individual tanks, decorated with Pesach theme signs and large pictures of the Rebbe, dispersed from there to 18 prearranged locations in the city.
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