Photos: ‘Matzah Factory’ Travels Throughout Florida
Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick of the Chabad Youth Network traveled around Florida and brought the Pesach experience to life to thousands of Jewish children in the days leading up to the holiday.
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Melbourne’s Yud Alef Nissan Mitzvah Tank Parade
This past Tuesday, Yud Aleph Nissan, Melbourne saw its fourth consecutive (in recent years) Mitzvah Tank parade travel throughout its south-eastern suburbs, celebrating the 113th birthday of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, distributing much needed Passover provisions, and bringing the message of the upcoming Passover festival to Jews of all types.
Photos: Mitzvah Tank Parade Rolls into Manhattan
Today, Yud Alef Nisaan 5775, marks the 113th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. As every year, Chassidim gave the Rebbe a birthday present: 65 Mitzvah tanks rolling through New York City, in honor of his 65 years of The Rebbe’s Nesius.
First Ever ‘Mitzvah Tank’ Rolls Through Berlin
For the first time in Germany, a ‘Mitzvah tank’ is bringing the joy and warmth of Judaism to the streets of Berlin. In honor of the 113th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Mitzvah tank is standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate and other central places in the German capital, reaching out to Jews and bringing them closer to their roots.
Montreal Parade Marks The Rebbe’s 113th Birthday
Four Mitzvah Tanks paraded through the streets of Montreal this past Thursday, in honor of Yud Alef Nissan, marking the Rebbe’s 113th birthday.
100 European Teens Celebrate Bar and Bat Mitzvah
100 Jewish teens from around Europe returned home from a coming-of-age trip to Israel in honor of their Bar and Bas Mitzvahs.
Picture of the Day: Former NYS Gov. Receives Matzos
Three term New York State Governor George Pataki received a box of Shmurah Matzah from Rabbi Levi Krinsky, Shliach to the State of New Hampshire.
Chabad Heads to the Polls with Tefilin Campaign
Today, as the nation of Israel heads to the polls to elect a new Prime Minister and Knesset, Chabad Chassidim have panned out across the country on a campaign of their own – to help Jews put on Tefilin and pray for the security of Eretz Yisroel.
Foli Paris, left, a student at Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College of Sydney, recently spent a week in Tasmania, where he met resident Dirk Evenhuis on the far northwest coast, otherwise known as “The Edge of the World.”
At ‘The Edge of the World,’ a Man Discovers a Hidden Identity
Dirk Evenhuis had come to northwestern Tasmania as a 5-year-old in 1951. His family was among 35 Dutch families who had emigrated together. It wasnt until a pair of Bochurim on Merkos Shlichus ‘found’ him that he redicovered his Jewish roots, literally at ‘the edge of the world’.
Bochurim Visit Survivor of the Hyper Cacher Terror Attack
On the night of Purim, Bochurim studying in the Chabad Yeshiva in Brunoy, France, went to bring the joy of Purim to Yonatan Louk, the manager of Hyper Cacher Kosher supermarket, the site of a terror attack in which four Jewish people were killed and he was held hostage.
Video: “I Knew I was Never Alone”
After being diagnosed with a brain tumor in the beginning of last year, 16-year-old Phillip Yurchenko knew he wasn’t alone. He was connected to the hundreds of teens who had pledged to do mitzvot in his merit at last year’s International CTeen Shabbaton, on March 1, 2014.
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Chabad Plans Massive Election Day Tefilin Campaign
While Israel prepares for elections for 20th Knesset, Tze’ieri Agudas Chabad in Eretz Yisrael is planning in a different sense – with a major nationwide Tefilin campaign.
Writing for the Jewish Press, columnist Mordechai Bulua, a member of Monsey’s Orthodox Jewish Community, describes his experience encouraging non-observant Jews to put on Tefilin, after being challenged to do so by a Lubavitcher friend this past summer as part of the ALS ‘Tefillin challenge.’
‘You’re Now a Full-Fledged Lubavitcher’
Writing for the Jewish Press, columnist Mordechai Bulua, a member of Monsey’s Orthodox Jewish Community, describes his experience encouraging non-observant Jews to put on Tefilin, after being challenged to do so by a Lubavitcher friend this past summer as part of the ALS ‘Tefillin challenge.’
Rabbi Yisroel and his wife Sara Bernath.
Shliach Learns the Effects of an Encounter Years Later
An encounter from over three years ago closed a circle on Shabbos afternoon for Rabbi Yisroel Bernath, a campus Shliach at the NDG & Loyola Campus in Montreal, Canada. Following Davening a women shared a story about a chance encounter she had with the Shliach which prevented her from intermarriage.
New Mezuzah Leads to Bar Mitzvah in Ukraine
Twice a year, brothers Nechemya and Yair Ledaiev, members of the Lubavitch community in France, travel to far-flung places across the globe to help isolated Jews fulfill the Mitzvah of Mezuzah. This week, while in the western Ukrainian city of Vinnitza, they were helping a Jewish family affix a Mezuzah when they learned that their son would be celebrating his 13th birthday the following day.
Yards from Hostage Crisis, Jews Put on Tefilin, Pray
On Friday afternoon, just a few yards away from the Hyper Chacher supermarket in Paris where almost two dozen people were being held hostage by an Islamic terrorist, a Lubavitcher Chosid was standing with a pair of Tefilin, offering worried and tense Jews the opportunity to pray for those trapped inside.
Bnos Chomesh Spreads Light Throughout Chanukah
This Chanukah, the students of Bnos Chomesh Academy were very busy, spreading the light and warmth of the holiday almost non-stop from beginning to end.
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