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Chanukah from the eyes of a “Tankist”:

Chanukah is marvelous; it’s that time of year when Chabad is in the news all across the globe. From Fox News to your local paper, any newspaper, news station, radio talk show, everyone is talking about Chabad and Chanukah.

There is one thing however that does not make it into the media, you won’t even find it on the Chabad websites and it happens every day of Chanukah across the Tri-state-area.

As the children finish their studies each afternoon in Crown Heights, hundreds of Yeshiva boys of all ages line President Street, with Menorahs in hand and board Mitzvah Tanks to fight the darkness of exile on the filthy street corners of Manhattan and shopping centers throughout the Tri-state-area.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

“Just yesterday” says one of the Mitzvah Tank Drivers, “We, by total Hashgocha Protis [Devine Providence], ended up near Elizabeth, New Jersey. We received lots of praise for coming to a place where Judaism is closing up shop and bringing it into the streets. The people loved it, they came onto the tank, ate latkes, lit the Menorah and watched a Chanukah video.”

This is what goes on all over New York on a nightly basis.

“On the first 2 nights of Chanukah, we’ve already distributed more than 200 Menorah sets” continues the driver. “More than 500 Dreidel’s, doughnuts, latkes, ‘The gift of Chanukah’ DVDs and a variety of brochures.”

“We know we’ll never be in the press, but for the lives that are touched, it is well worth it. We already have 6 commitments to spend a Shabbos in Crown Heights and the connection only grows from there.”

The Chanukah Mitzvah Tanks is a project of the Mitzvah Tank Organization – under the auspices of Tzach

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9 Comments

  • To Shmuli

    I must agree with you that this is another piece of amazing work that webby put together for us. B"H he’s been keeping us up to par with all the going ons around CH and around the world. He does a great job at it (with the help of the other contributors) and deserves full credit for the stories HE WRITES for us and the pictures he puts up along with them. Any story that doesn’t have a credit to the top right in grey is written by whoever posted it, usually webby.

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    WEBBY THANKS — KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
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    Happy Chanukah to all. And to all those volunteering to do this wonderful job with the Mitzvah Tanks as well all these public menorah lightings…….YASHER KOACH, Yailchu Maichayil El Choyil!!!

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  • thank you to all the TANKISIM

    Thank you Mordy Hirsch Shmul Turk Levi Cohen & to all involed in this awsome work.
    Happy Chanukah to all. And to all those volunteering to do this wonderful job with the Mitzvah Tanks as well all these public menorah lightings…….YASHER KOACH, Yailchu Maichayil El Choyil!!!
    MOSHIACH NOW !!!

  • thank you NYPD

    We must also extend our graditude to the NYPD for helping to arange parking, provide security and arranging permits and support for…

    The Mitzvah Tank PARADE which will IY"H be held this motzoei shabbos.

  • mendy

    more bochurim should get involved you will get a tramendous nachas from your work it will also make things easyer for the ones running the show

  • mendy

    thanx to yossi and moshie serabrasky, zalmy sandhouse and shnear cohen for doing everything while the regulars are away

  • chaim

    a special thanx to Yitzchok Yarmush & Mendy Cohen for aranging this project and for all ther help