On Monday April 6, Mrs. Devora Caytak was among 46 Canadians who received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award for reaching out to others. Established in 1995 by then governor general Roméo LeBlanc, the award celebrates ordinary Canadians who do extraordinary things helping those in need.
A notice was posted on the door of the main Synagogue of Donetsk, Ukraine, and similar flyers appeared elsewhere in the city, demanding that all Jews appear at the pro-Russian-rebel-controlled municipal headquarters to ‘register’ and pay a fee, or else they would be forcibly deported.
The familiar Pesach Seder melody ‘Danyenu’ gets a Far-East twist in this video, which was recently uploaded to YouTube.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe Davening Shachris on Chol Hamoed Pesach, 1962.
About 120 men, women and children attended a Pesach Seder arranged by Chabad in Glasgow, Scotland. Running a Seder in Scotland is challenging, as the earliest time to start the Seder this year was 9:20pm! In light of this, the Seder schedule was adjusted to accommodate the late hour.
The Jewish community of Chevron celebrated ecstatically with 500 visitors, led by 60 Shluchim in a program organized by the JLI, as they welcomed a new Sefer Torah at the local Chabad Center.
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