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11th Mitzvah Tank Parade in Chicago

Chicago, IL — 18 Mitzvah tanks took part in the traditional Mitzvah Tank procession held in Chicago in honor of the 11th of Nissan the 105th birthday of the Rebbe. This year, the 11th year since the first tank parade has taken place in Chicago, 77 members of Anash and Tmimim manned the tanks and distributed Matzohs and informative brochures on Pesach, laid Tefillin with the men and handed out Shabbos candles – complete with candle lighting times to women. After stopping at several of the Chabad operated schools in the city, the parade, escorted by a police honor guard, arrived at the Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago and then individual tanks, decorated with Pesach theme signs and large pictures of the Rebbe, dispersed from there to 18 prearranged locations in the city.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

This year’s innovation was a raffle for all ‘Tankists’ for a ticket to New York. The raffle was won by Nissan Weil, a student of ‘Cheder Lubavitch’.

The tank parade, held under the auspices of the Central Chabad Lubavitch of Illinois, was coordinated by the Tomim, Leibel Moskowitz, student of the Chabad Rostov Yeshiva, Yehudah Glaser student of the Chabad Mesifta of Chicago and Mendy Lubin student of Oholei Torah.

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