A team effort of locals, bochurim and Anash brought together created this amazing Yud Aleph Nissan Tank Parade. Four Mitzvah Tank,s a video truck, and horses paraded through the streets of Montreal this past Wednesday, marking the Rebbe’s birthday.
Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin, Rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham and Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights, sells the chometz to Captain Adeel Rana of the 84th NYPD Police Precinct.
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile. Also at the sale was Rabbonim Rabbi Zirkind, Rabbi Wolvovsky, Rabbi Shuchat and Rabbi Holtzman.
Rabbi Moshe Havlin, the Chabad Rav of Kiryat Kat, sells the chametz in Israel.
See in photos as the last Peasch preparations are completed, the Chametz is burned, and the rest sold.
For many hours they sat and listened. Close to 70 students of Moscow’s Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim attended a special orientation where they heard the practical and halachic nuances that will guide them in leading public seders in various cities throughout Russia on the first two nights of Pesach.
It’s been around 10 days since the last citywide electricity outage in Caracas, Venezuela, and the lights are back on … for now. Intermittent electricity outages have recently become a part of daily life in the South American country, but some last longer than others, including a multi-day blackout that began March 7. Electricity does not only affect lights; it also means losing cell-phone service and Internet access, subway transportation, and perhaps most importantly, water.
A Police vehicle was t-boned at the intersection of President St and Troy Ave Wednesday evening. The police vehicle involved allegedly crossed President St on a red light, and was hit by a vehicle coming up Troy Ave. Miraculously, no major injuries were reported in the incident.
Mr. Dror Levinger is JEM’s cameraman in Israel, in charge of videoing and recording the My Encounter interviews. Although regularly behind the scenes recording others’ stories, his own is remarkable in its own right, one which highlights the impact of JEM’s holy work. He was recently interviewed by Kfar Chabad Magazine, who published his story.
Although not a first, a historical moment quietly passed when a Unites States Army Chaplain printed a Tanya in Bagram Afghanistan.
A Yud Aleph Nissan farbrengen was held in Yerre, France located on the outskirts of Paris. The farbrengen was hosted by the Chabad of Yerre Rav Attal, with guests Rav Mendi Azimov and Rav Yaccov Zerbib.
In what can only be described as unprecedented, over five hundred doctors representing numerous Jewish communities across North America have signed a letter confirming the need for all children and healthy adults to get immunized, according to the CDC schedule.
Celebrations marking the Rebbe’s birthday were opened in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Monday, which symbolizes, perhaps more than anything, the revolution that the Rebbe initiated for this event occurred in a place where there is no more Tel Aviv than could be: on the 12th floor of the Tel Aviv municipality, near the office of Mayor Ron Huldai.
Deputy Inspector Francis Giordano, the boss of the NYPD’s 71st Precinct that covers Crown Heights, made a pre-Pesach visit to the true heart of Crown Heights, 770. He was accompanied by community affairs officers including Detective Vincent Martinos.
As hundreds of children gathered in front of 770 on the Eastern Parkway for a rally in honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, drone operator Yisroel Teitelbaum took unique shots of the event.
With 50 boys participating in the Hilichos Olom Chidon, the audience of parents, melamdim, community members and fellow students were astounded at the ability of the participants to quote the Halochos asked of them almost verbatim. The winners of the Chidon acn be found in the extended article.
A special celebration was held in the New York State Capitol in honor of the 117th Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson.
