Today 56 ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ will be joining together in a parade in honor of the Rebbes Birth Day. The tanks will form up in front of 770 and from there down Eastern Parkway past Grand Army Plaza then Flatbush Avenue on to the Manhattan Bridge through Manhattan on Fifth Avenue, from there the tanks will spread out across the city where they will distribute Pesach guides, lay Tefillin, and spread the word of Judaism.
For those of you who will not be able to partake in the parade, stay tuned for full pictorial coverage here on CrownHeights.info!
Today: The Yud Alef Nissan Mitzvah Tank Parade!
Today 56 ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ will be joining together in a parade in honor of the Rebbes Birth Day. The tanks will form up in front of 770 and from there down Eastern Parkway past Grand Army Plaza then Flatbush Avenue on to the Manhattan Bridge through Manhattan on Fifth Avenue, from there the tanks will spread out across the city where they will distribute Pesach guides, lay Tefillin, and spread the word of Judaism.
For those of you who will not be able to partake in the parade, stay tuned for full pictorial coverage here on CrownHeights.info!
Tzach’s Official Press Release:
The United States Senate in Washington, D.C. will be opened with a prayer in honor of the 104th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson.
The opening of the United States Senate will take place on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 9:30 a.m., by Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, Director Lubavitch Youth Organization. United States Senator Charles Schumer of New York is the sponsoring Senator. “It is my pleasure and privilege to sponsor this prayer three days before the Rebbe’s birthday,” Senator Schumer said.
In his prayer Rabbi Butman will emphasize that “the Rebbe reached out to all people and inspired all people throughout the world regardless of race, religion or affiliation to reach a greater level of observance and service.”
He will also stress that “the Rebbe said that this is the last generation of exile and the first generation of redemption and that each person can bring the redemption closer by doing more deeds of goodness and kindness. The Rebbe also encouraged the observance of the Seven Noahide Laws, or the Seven Universal Laws, which are the basis of any decent and civilized society.”
Rabbi Butman will conclude that “in the merit of the Rebbe, we ask You Almighty G-d, to bestow Your blessings on the members of the United States Senate and their families and through them to all the people of the United
States of America for peace, contentment and fulfillment in all their endeavors, in joy, in happiness and in gladness of heart. Amen.”
Grand Mitzvah Tank Parade
A grand Mitzvah Tank Parade of 56 (corresponding to the Rebbe’s years of leadership) decorated RVs (recreational vehicles) will depart Lubavitch World Headquarters, on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, on Thursday, April 6, at 10:30 a.m.
The parade, with a special police escort, will go through the Manhattan Bridge, and will continue North on Avenue of the Americas to 59th Street, East to Fifth Avenue and South on Fifth Avenue to 23rd Street. From there the parade will disperse to 56 different “nerve centers” in the New York metropolitan area. The Mitzvah Tanks will be manned by Rabbis and students and will put on Tefilin with men and boys, give Shabbos candles to women and girls and disseminate material concerning the up coming festival of Passover. “This is in concert with the Rebbe’s activities of outreach,” Rabbi Butman said.
“When there is a gap, the Tank is called upon to ‘bridge the gap,’ reach out and unite.”
me
this will be so cool
its a pitty they cant do it on 11th of missan
One Hundred Five
Why only 56?
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"stay tuned for full pictorial coverage"
i am all ears, standing on tiptoe, jumping from on feet to the other
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cause one hundred and five is mad expensive!
Sorry I missed It
It would have been nice if a list of locations for the tanks had been provided.
Even on the official parade website there were no locations given.
If you care
corresponding to the Rebbe’s years of leadership)
please read the articles, thanks for the pics webby, let us here at work feel part of it
Chochom
Nessios?
DW
For the 56 yrs of the Rebbe’s nesius. It was a gorgeous parade on a gorgeous day B"H!
lm
why do they have to do this on my block. I have enough of a hard time finding parking.
56-just right
to one hundred five
they are doing only 56 for theyears that the Rebbe’s been Rebbe for
MFH
Why can’t you guys appreciate the parade? I think this is a big Kovod for the Rebbe.
c.m.
this is really nice!
Curiouse
does anyone know who arranges this like whos the staff??
TO IM
True it’s hard to park …..but it’s only 2-3 days and it’s a JEWISH parade for tor the Rebbe’s birthday i think we can give that much to the Rebbe, to lose our parking…no?? sorry for the inconveince….a kosher and freilechen peasach!!!
a lubavitcher
To curious
Mordy Hirsch and Moishe Schmukler are the main coordinaters. There are alot of more ppl. that work really hard on the whole thing but too many to mention…
to lm
hard enough to find parking?
your block is one of the easiest blocks to find parking in CH, for two days a year you can suffer like the rest of us, the cause is worth it.