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Yosef Chaim and Mushky (nee Rapp) Moskowitz (Crown Heights)
Video: What Is Yizkor?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the Yomtov of Pesach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What Is Yizkor?
Hoodlums Cause Explosion on Subway Tracks
A new video posted to YouTube has sparked the interest of the MTA and the NYPD. The video shows an explosion of sparks after a subway train hits something on the tracks at the Nostrand Avenue stop in Crown Heights.
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Levi and Devorah Leah (nee Schneerson) Jacobson (Crown Heights)
New ‘Omer’ App Gives Daily Reminder and More
Perhaps one of the most difficult mitzvahs to fulfill properly is the counting of the Omer, which requires that each sequential day be counted (after nightfall) without missing a day – from the second night of Passover all the way until the eve of Shavuot. In addition to remembering to count on each of 49 consecutive nights, the counter needs to verbalize that night’s count and the corresponding Kabbalistic formula—all that before daybreak, or at least before sunset the following evening.
Chabad Sends Seder to IDF Soldiers in ‘Middle of Nowhere’
A Chabad Shliach managed to provide a last-minute Passover seder to IDF soldiers in ‘the middle of nowhere,’ guarding the Jordanian border, reports The Jewish Press.
Photos: Chabad Holds 500 Seders Across Russia
From Moscow to eastern Siberia, and almost everywhere in between, Chabad Shluchim and Bochurim on Merkos Shlichus organized nearly 500 Pesach Sedorim in cities and towns across Russia, which were attended by tens of thousands of Jews hungry for a taste of authentic Judaism.
Ulyanovsk Children Learn and Play at Pre-Pesach Camp
For the first time ever, the Chabad Jewish Center of Ulyanovsk, Russia, under the leadership of Rabbi Yossi Marozov, organized a Pre-Pesach camp. During the annual spring break, the Chabad Center gave Jewish parents the opportunity to take advantage of the week off school to give their Children a Jewish education.
1 Dead, Dozens Injured at Levaya of R’ Wosner
At the funeral of Rav Shmuel Halevy Wosner, OBM, which took place Sunday in Bnei Brak, 113 people were injured due to a stampede – including a young man who died of the injuries he sustained after being crushed by the crowd.
Following Speech, Halachic Advisory Board Releases Statement
A scathing indictment of the ‘Halachic Advisory Board’ during a speech by Mrs. Sima Yarmush, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of a Rabbi in her family’s Chabad House, has lead the board to release a statement explaining their policy regarding abuse.
180 Attend Pesach Seder in the Shangri-La Hotel
Some 180 guests gathered to mark the holiday of Pesach in The Republic of China (Taiwan)’s luxurious Shangri-La hotel.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Hagon Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner OBM
Erev Yom Tov we received the tragic news of the passing of Hagon Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner OBM, a renowned Posek of our generation and the author of many important Halachic publications. He was 101 years old.
Video: Pesach with the Rebbe, 1962
In this newly-discovered film, the Rebbe can be seen distributing Matzah on Erev Pesach and davening Shachris on Chol Hamoed Pesach, 1962. Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, who was present, and whose father filmed these scenes, provides a running commentary.
Ukraine Shliach Honored With Diplomatic Title
In Kiev, Yud Alef Nissan, the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birthday, wasn’t like every other day. Between Farbrengens and other commemorations, the Chief Rabbi and Head Chabad Shliach of Kiev, Rabbi Jonathan Binyamin Markovitch, was honored with a special diplomatic title.
Picture of the Day: World’s First Chometz Sale
Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, Regional Director of Chabad NSW in Australia, sells the Sydney Jewish community’s Chametz to The Honorable David Clarke MLC, NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Justice, in the presence of Rabbi Eli Feldman, Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of NSW.
