Matzah Man to Kids: ‘ShopRite in the Desert?’

The Jewish Exponent
Rabbi Eli Strasberg

Media, PA — Most of the year, Rabbi Eli Strasberg, director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Delaware County, looks like your typical Lubavitcher: black hat, black coat, long beard, tzitzit out.

But during the weeks leading up to Passover, Strasberg, 29, also outfits himself in a crisp white apron and puffy chef’s hat.

That’s because the Philadelphia native and father of three runs matzah-making demonstrations — or “model matzah bakeries” — for Jewish children all over the region.

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Pesach – Freedom Of The Soul

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

More than 3,000 years ago the Hebrew people were freed from Egyptian bondage by the mighty hand of G-d. The event served as the corner stone and birth of the Jewish nation and religion.

Throughout history Jews have observed G-d’s command to commemorate this event with the celebration of Passover. What is the message however, of this important holiday?

Our sages tell us, and we recite it every Passover in the Haggadah, “In every generation one must view him-self as though he him-self has gone out of Egypt”. The Hebrew word for Egypt is “Mitzrayim” which means “constraints”.

Video of the Day – Parade 57!

Commemorating Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbes 105th birthday, the ‘Mitzva Tank Parade Office’ arranges a parade of ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ that start from 770 and on over the Manhattan Bridge then to 6th Avenue all the way to 59th Street and back down 5th Avenue to 23rd Street from where the tanks disperse all across the city to their designated locations to do Mivtzoim!

A full gallery of pictures will soon follow!

If you would like to share any pictures or videos of the Parade please email us at News@CrownHeights.info!

Matzah to Mongolia

Federation of Jewish Communities CIS

Irkutsk, Russia – Rabbi Aharon Wagner, chief Rabbi of Irkutsk and Chabad Lubavitch representative to the region, sent the Jewish Community of Mongolia full provisions for Passover including, Matzah, Kosher chickens wine and grape juice.

Rabbi Wagner upholds good relationship with the local Mongolian consulate and with their help the boxes of food were sent on the Mongolian national airline. Irkutsk is the closest city to Ulan baator, a mere hour flight away.

350-Year-Old Synagogue To Become Krakow’s Chabad Center

R.C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

Krakow, Poland — Amonumental 350-year-old synagogue, ransacked by the Nazis, will become Chabad of Krakow’s headquarters during the Passover holiday. Synagogue of Isaac, a baroque-style building situated in the Kazimierz, the old Jewish quarter, is an imposing grand space with ample room for Chabad’s growing menu of community and tourist services.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Tzav – Shabbos Hagadol

The Rebbe says:

1. Our Sages tell us that the Shabbos before Pesach is called “Shabbos Hagadol – The Great Shabbos”.

Almost every year we read the Torah portion of Tzav on the Shabbos before Pesach, on “Shabbos Hagadol”.

The Shelah Hakodesh (lit. The Holy Shelah, Rabbi Yishaya Halevi Howrowitz) says that that every Torah portion which we read on Shabbos has a connection to the time of year in which we read it. In our case this would mean that the portion of Tzav has a connection to Shabbos Hagadol – The Great Shabbos”.

A taste of Tradition

Naperville Sun
Rabbi Mendy Goldstein of Naperville explains the process of real matzah making by having Elise Titiner, 9, of Aurora work in the flour booth at the “Model Matzah Bakery”.

Naperville, IL — It’s a simple recipe that has been passed down through generations of Jews for thousands of years.

Still, matzah isn’t something people usually bake themselves.

More than Matzo

TimesDispatch

For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove the leaven from your homes … you shall guard the unleavened bread, because on this very day I will take you out of the land of Egypt; you shall observe this day for your generations as an eternal decree.
-- Exodus 12:15-17

Richmond, VA — Passover begins at sunset Monday. Jewish households are preparing by cleaning, cooking and clearing homes of any vestiges of leavened products.

The holiday, one of the most sacred on the Jewish calendar, commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.