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Moishy and Rivka Korf (Sunny Isles Beach, FL)
A First for Jamaica: Governor-General Declares Education and Sharing Day
For the first-time ever, the tiny Carribean island Jamaica at just over 4,000 sq. miles, declared April 16, 2019 as Education and Sharing Day. “This is incredibly historic,” says Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, Chabad rabbi and emissary to the island, of this first.
2019 MyLife: Essay Contest Winners
The winners of this year’s MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest were announced live during the special Yud Alef Nissan Edition of the MyLife: Chassidus Applied Webcast. In the extended article is a full list of all the winners, with links to their essays.
Picture of the Day
In 1905, during the times of the Pogroms in Russia, a story is told of the Rebbe as a child. At the time, the Jews would hide in silence in a cellar, fearing for their lives. When one of the children would start to cry, the Rebbe, as a three year old, would approach each one in their own way to calm them down. These photos are allegedly from that cellar in Russia.
Israeli Researchers Succeed in 3-D Printing an Artificial Heart
In a potentially a paradigm-shifting breakthrough, researchers at Tel Aviv University have succeeded in creating an artificial heart using a 3-D printer. According to Hebrew news site Mako, the experiment was the first of its kind to work.
Minding the Mission: Jewish Education
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky penned an article focusing on the mission the Rebbe stressed so hard, Jewish Education. Not only in education others, but also educating ourselves.
A Combat Officer’s Passover in the Sands of Kuwait
Aleph Institute helps military lay leaders and chaplains at bases around the world. The Aleph Institute sends religious materials throughout the year—Torah scrolls, menorahs, hamantashen, military camouflage siddurim (prayer books) and other Jewish books.
Chernobler Rebbe Visits Schneerson Library in Moscow
The Chernobler Rebbe, who spent two days in Moscow in order to strengthen Russia’s Jewish community, requested to visit the Shneerson Library which is housed today in the Jewish Tolerance Museum located in the Marina Roscha neighborhood.
Travel Advisory: Get Extra MMR Before Traveling Abroad
As Pesach approaches and many families prepare to fly from one Jewish community to another, Doctors are advising for any person aged six months and older to receive an extra MMR vaccination.
BDE: Mrs. Raya Rivkin, 92, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Raya Rivkin obm, a long time resident of Crown Heights, who passed away on 9 Nissan, 5779. She was 92 years old.
Eli Cohen, Spy for Israel who was Killed in Syria, Might be Returning Home
Syrian opposition websites reported on Sunday evening that a Russian delegation had left Syrian territory with an Israeli coffin containing the body of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
Video of the Day
Rabbi Yossi and Suri Marazov Shluchim in Ulyanovsk, Russia, spent twelve years bringing the spark of Judaism alight in the city. Suddenly, after all these the years, they were deported back to the United States. Watch their Journey through those years.
8:00pm: Announcing the Winners of the MyLife Essay Contest 2019
The topics in this week’s 257th episode of the highly acclaimed popular MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Announcing the Winners of the MyLife Essay Contest 2019! Chassidus Applied to Yud Alef Nissan, Yud Gimmel Nissan and Pesach; Why Does One Forfeit Their Share in the World-To-Come for Not Respecting Chol Hamoed? Background on the Rebbe’s Mivtza Sefer Torah; Internet Addictions; How to Explain Koros and That Some People Will Be Not Have a Share in the Olam Habo When Every Soul Is Immortal?
JEM: Early Years Timeline
Early Years timeline contains the weekday, recorded talks of the Rebbe regarding his own life, in an interactive, easy to navigate, timeline format. The user can scroll up and down, going through the different years and periods in the Rebbe’s life, and listen to the Rebbe speak about them. The timeline encompasses the years between 1902, the year of the Rebbe’s birth, all the way until 1950.
L’chaim: Shmuel Eagle (California) to Rebecca Howard (California)
The L’chaim of Shmuel Eagle and Rebecca Howard both of California took place at 1349 President St in Crown Heights Thursday night.
Mi Li, A Single by Chaim Dovid Berson
A new upbeat and energetic song to the famous words of Hillel the elder in Pirkei Avot has been released by Chaim Dovid Berson. If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am “I”? And if not now, when?
Russia: Preparations for Passover Holiday are Complete
In anticipation of the upcoming holiday of Pesach, preparations are being completed throughout Russia in general and more specifically in the capital city of Moscow, by hundreds of Rabbis and Chabad Shluchim who are scattered throughout the world’s largest country. The successful results of months of diligent work and effort can now be seen as Jews will gather to celebrate Pesach appropriately wherever they may be.
