Erev Pesach: Selling the Chometz
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile.
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Peretz and Chevie (nee Kulek) Lazaroff (Crown Heights)
Video: Your Stress-Free Pesach Seder
Tips for Your Pesach Seder from Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson, who delivered this lecture on April 6, 2017 at Yeshiva Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
Berlin Jews Receive Special Assistance for Pesach
This year, in the framework of its annual efforts to provide for disadvantaged members of the Jewish community of Berlin, over 1,000 welfare-supported Jewish families received generous food baskets in honor of the upcoming holiday of Pesach.
Video: Pre Pesach Mivtzoim in Detroit
Bochurim of the Lubavitch Mesivta Of Detroit visited people in their offices to deliver handmade shmurah matza before Pesach.
Photos: Burning the Chometz in Crown Heights
Crown Heights residents set out this morning to fulfill the custom of Biur Chometz – the burning of the leavened bread before Passover. As in previous years, an area in front of 770 was designated as the main location for this purpose.
Photos: Burning the Chometz in Montreal
Biur Chametz in Montreal was coordinated by Rabbi Dovid Cohen with the Police and Fire Departments, who took the necessary safety measures to allow Lubavitchers to burn their chometz on Erev Pesach in front of the Yeshiva.
622 Bochurim Prepare to Host Thousands for Seder
Hatomim Naftali Hertz Pawzner and his chavrusa Hatomim Menachem Sassonkin arrived last weekend in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland and the northernmost capital of the world, to prepare for the public seder they will hosting for the Jewish residents of the city as well as for the Jewish tourists. This pair is one of 310 additional chavrusas who arrived in hundreds of locations around the world in order to prepare for the public Sedorim, as part of Merkos Shlichus program.
Western Wall Bar Mitzvah Held for 115 Orphans
A group of 115 orphaned boys celebrated their bar mitzvah together in Jerusalem on Thursday, marking the occasion at the Western Wall in an effort coordinated by Colel Chabad, a veteran social services organization in Israel.
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtel with German Foreign Minister, Dr. Frank Walter Steinmeier
Berlin to See First Jewish Campus After the Holocaust
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal doesn’t get much sleep these days, but says it’s well worth it. The community rabbi and head of the Jewish outreach group Chabad in Berlin has been campaigning relentlessly to turn his dream of creating a Jewish campus in Germany into a reality.
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Tuesday-Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday through Friday, April 11-14, for Passover and other holidays. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Is Chabad the Missing Link Between Trump and Putin?
Responding to an anti-Semitic, speculation-filled article, published by Politico on the eve of Passover, claiming that the Chabad movement is the alleged missing link that ties Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, The Federalist writer Bethany Mandel takes the liberal news outlet to task for their ignorance and hypocrisy in a piece titled “Who Needs Alt-Right Conspiracy Theories About Jews When You Have Politico?”
The dining room table in the Previous Rebbe's Apartment on the top floor of 770, where the Seders would take place until 1971.
‘And It Was in the Middle of the Night..’
Beginning in 1951, just a few months after he accepted the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch, the Rebbe would Farbreng for his Chasidim on the second night of Pesach after finishing his Seder, usually until around 4:00am. Rabbi Michoel Seligson was privileged to be present at many of these unique Farbrengens, and shares his fascinating recollections with our readers.
8:00pm: How Important Are Minhagim?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 158, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Pesach; How Important are Minhagim? Do Alcoholics Belong at the Seder? Should Spouses Be Impassive to Each Other in Public? What is the Cornerstone of a Jewish Education?
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mr. Henry Abramowitz, 97, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Henry (Chanoch) Abramowitz OBM, a devoted father and grandfather, and a holocaust survivor. He was 97 years old.
El-Al Leadership Visits the Rebbe’s Ohel
The senior staff of New York’s division of El-Al paid a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebb’s Ohel from their offices at the nearby JFK Airport in honor of Yud Aleph Nissan.
Video: Passover Celebrated at National Guard Air Base
Baltimore Shliach Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum hosted for the first time ever a Pre-Passover service for members of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Maryland.
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