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58 Tanks Spread Light and Good Deeds in NY!

New York, NY [CHI] — This morning, Wednesday Bochurim and Children were seen milling around President Street, where they were all looking for their ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ and the group they will be sharing it with. The 58 Tanks, which correspond to the number of years of the Rebbes Nesius, were all lined up and ‘armed’ with Pesach Guides, Matzos, Neshe”K and pairs of Tefillin, to set off on the annual Mitzvah Tank Parade commemorating the Rebbes birthday which takes place today, Wednesday, Yud Alef Nissan.

Over 120 Gorgeous pictures of the Parade and Mivtzoim for your viewing pleasure, in the Extended Article!

At around 11:15am the parade set off, escorted by officers of the NYPD’s Highway Division, on its way to Manhattan where the biggest Kiddush Hashem was displayed down Eastern Parkway, through Grand Army Plaza, then across Flatbush Avenue and over the Manhatten Bridge, and up 6th Avenue then down 5th Avenue.
The parade concluded at 24th St. and 5th Ave. and from where each tank set out to its designated location to do Mivtzoim around the city.

Organizers called the parade a “major success and Kishush Hashem and Kishush Shem Lubavitch”, saying that “countless tourists and New Yorkers were exposed to a phenomenal sight which prompted the question ‘what is going on?’ which were answered by the Bochurim and children while out on mivtzoim”.

R. Mordy Hirsch told CrownHeights.info “30 years ago the Rebbe started the ‘Mitzvah Tank’ concept, what better gift can we give the Rebbe then 58 tanks spreading good deeds and Mivtziom in a display such as a parade through Manhattan”.

Special thanks goes to the Community Patrol Unit in the 71st Precinct for providing parking and protection for the tanks, and to Highway Division 1 for the escort on the parade, and to all the Bochurim who gave hundreds of ours organizing and fundraising for the parade!

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40 Comments

  • Sheppin Nachas

    Yey Chaim, Mendel and Moshe Perl (PIC #6).

    Always good to see you make it on the web!!

  • Lubav shepping Nachas

    What a beautiful parade – a real Kiddush Lubavitch and a wonderful gift to the Rebbe bringing much yom tovdik Simcha to the participants and the onlookers.

  • Proud to be a Lubavitcher

    It’s beautiful. i’m sure the Rebbe has Nachas! Makes you proud to be a Lubavitcher!

  • chaya franklin

    This was the most beautiful, fabulous and soul stirring event that I have been to in a long time. Surrounded by the beautiful kinderlach, and hearing the heart felt pan that R. Hecht read brought tears to my eyes. May we only give Ha Kodesh Baruch hu nachas, and may the Rebbe immediately intercede on our behalf, look with joy and pride at his magnificent children and bring moshiach now!
    Yashar Koach, and may our children (shyichu) go from strength to strength in Torah, mitzvos, mitvzoyim, simcha and yiras shamayim! A kosher and freilichin pesach to all Klal Yisroel.

  • Head van Driver

    B”H
    great pictures of the van drivers!!
    It looks like the parade was great this year,
    what a shame that i couldn’t be there.
    keep it up.
    DLD, in St. Maarten

  • Head van Driver

    B”H
    great pictures of the van drivers!!
    It looks like the parade was great this year,
    what a shame that i couldn’t be there.
    keep it up.
    DLD, in St. Maarten

  • Stop the hate

    We always complain about the COPS, so lets give them credit when credit is due.
    Thank you for a job well done.
    thanks to the Parade organizers for a job very well done, nnice Mini cooper.

  • ah vus?

    Tzviki, Great job! keep it up,

    please tell us, is it hard to run a project? glad i asked?

  • Pekar brothers ?!?!?

    After all your hard work your not on the parade itself ?!!?!?
    anyways , you guys did a job well done.

    Hatzlocho

  • Parade Organizers

    We would like to thank The 71 Prec., And Sgt. Troise and with his department,Highway 1,2 & 3 for a superb job. Because of their extra efforts the Parade runs so smoothly every year.
    THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.
    Mordy & Moishe

  • Parade Organizers

    A THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSERS FOR MAKING THE PARADE POSSIBLE. THE REBBE SHEPPED MUCH NACHAS.
    MAY WE MERIT “V’HU YOLICHAINU B’TANKIM L’ARTZEINU TOKEIF UMIYAD MAMMOSH!”

  • a kid on tank #23 wrote

    oh boy what a good parade check out crownheights.info and col and others go shiki s.
    tzvik v.

    here are the pepole who rocked the house mordi and smukler and there cool car you have very nice

    good job i hope to come next year

  • Freidy, Chaim and Sholom

    Great job, Sruly!!! Your the best.

    Really beautiful parade!!

  • a kid on tank #23

    oh boy what a good parade
    look at all those smileing faces of those kids.
    thank you
    mordi hirsh & moshe scumukler

    and check out there car very cool

    i hope to come next year

  • a kid on tank #23

    lets go tzviki valvavski
    and shiki sagalac

    keep up your good work

  • tour bus competitor.... a mitzvah tank

    I think that parade was the best thing they saw on that tourbus

  • leibel h.

    58 tanks that is a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    a lot of must have been put in to putting
    on all the sines on all the takes

  • The shvig, shver and the rest

    Mordy! It gets better and better each year. We’re so proud!

  • Zylbernagel / Saunders Family

    WOW! Rabbi Chayim Yehoshuah Zylbernagel and Rabbi Adam Reiss, U make us proud! (picture 41)

  • SZ and DL

    WOW! This was an incredible kidush Hashem! Nice job Mordy! Yanky Gitlin did a gr8 job on the new Mitzvah Tank Logo…very impressive!