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Ahrele and Chanie (nee Gansburg) Loschak (Crown Heights)

Russian Jews Assisted with Passover Needs
400 Jewish families in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk received food packages to help them meet their needs for the holiday of Passover. The packages were prepared and delivered by the local Chabad Center, directed by Rabbi Yossi Marozov.

Sefira Music Video: Tzemach Tzedek’s Nigun
Israeli a cappella group Armon-Ya sings the popular tune known as the Tzemach Tzedek’s Niggun instrument-free for Sefiras Ha’omer, set to a video depicting touching scenes of kindness from one Jew to the next.
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Mendy and Vivi (nee Kendal) Levertov (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 645 Lefferts Ave. [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. #1E

Letter and Spirit: In Defense of the Rebbe and Chabad
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter sent – not from the Rebbe, but – from Rabbi Nissan Mindel on his own accord, in which he responds to certain criticisms aimed at the Rebbe and Chabad. The letter was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
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Menachem and Devorah Leah Amitay (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1365 Carroll St. [corner Kingston Ave.] Apt. #1C
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Abba and Raizel (nee Glick) Rubin (Saratoga Springs, NY)
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Shraga and Fraydee (nee Boyarsky) Putter (Montreal, Canada)
Sholom Zochor will be at 4842 Carlton Ave. in Montreal, Canada

Fraternity Brothers Take Judaism on the Road
A group of half-a-dozen Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brothers from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta in upstate New York went on the road for eight days to promote Jewish identity and pride.

Packages Aid Needy Families on Outskirts of Jerusalem
In anticipation of Passover, the Chabad center of Castel-Mevaseret Tzion, a suburb of Jerusalem, distributed thousands of food packages to needy families in the area.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Winter Family
The Winter Family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Chana, OBM, at 426 Brooklyn Ave. [between Montgomery St. and Empire Boulevard]. Shachris – 8:00 and 9:00. Mincha – 7:00. Maariv – Tzeis. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei […]

7,000 Montreal Children Experience Pesach Hands-On
Over 7,000 children from the Montreal area experienced Passover this year, thanks to two programs organized by the Living Legacy.

Congregation Prays for End of Opposition to Expansion
A Jewish community, with a desire to expand its facility, hopes than past and present opposition to such plans is not associated with religious discrimination.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Zalman Posner, 87, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Zalman Posner, OBM, Head Shliach to the state of Tennessee for 65 years, spiritual leader of congregation Sherith Israel in Nashville for over 50 years and noted author and lecturer. He was 87 years old. Update: Levaya information added.

Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Kedoshim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true love?

A Mother’s Long Journey for a Boy’s First Seder
Khalil Elijah Burn went to his first seder this Passover. He and his mother, Naomi, who live in Belize, were guests of Rabbi Mendel and Rachel Druk, co-directors of Chabad Jewish Center of Cancun in Mexico.
NYC Water Rates to Go Up This Summer
Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a 3.35 percent increase in water and sewage rates paid by homeowners and landlords across the five boroughs, in a proposal submitted to the New York City Water Board.