Photos: Buying Back the Chometz
After having sold the Chometz before Pesach, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky and Rabbi Shimon Hecht got together with Winston, the gentile who purchased the Chometz, and bought back the Chometz.
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Photos: Seudas Moshiach in 770
Acharon Shel Pesach is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking of a “Seudas Moshiach” on the afternoon of the last day of Passover; in addition to the Matzah eaten at “ Seudas Moshiach”, the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the Seder held on Passover’s first days.
Pesach Farbrengen and Kinus Torah in CH
Chai Nissan marked the birthday of the Reb Levi Yitzchok, the Rebbes father, and the day of the Rebbes Bris. Following the Rebbes Horaah a special Farbrengen and Kinus Torah was held in Crown Heights.
Photos: Thousands Enjoy Chol Hamoed Circus
Over 20,000 people packed the Brooklyn Barclays Center on the first day of Chol Hamoed Pesach for the Ringling Brothers Circus, along with performances by Uncle Moishy and the Yeshiva Boys Choir.
Video: New Jersey Shliach Gives Pesach Glimpse
Rabbi Eliezer and Chanie Zaklikovsky, Shluchim in Monroe NJ were featured on News12 TV, on Erev Pesach, as they prepared to host more than 100 local residents for the Pesach Seder, sponsored by Chabad Jewish Center.
LYA Students Return From Israel
Exploring, discovering, hiking, connecting and inspiring. These are verbs that describe the LYA Israel Experience, 2013. Eight 7th-grade and 8th-grade students spent ten amazing days in Israel at the end of February with chaperones Rabbi Chaim and Rochel Leah Kosofsky.
Baby Girl!
Eli and Rachel (nee Schechter) Tsvik (Crown Heights)
Video: 93-Year-Olds’ Harmonica Rendition of Dayenu
93 year old Holocaust Survivor “Sinai from Lodz” is back, playing Dayenu on his harmonica on Chol Hamoed. Sinai also entertained at the the Public Sedarim in Hallandale Beach, attended by over 200 people. He sang Ono Hashem from Hallel. Chabad of South Broward distributed Shmurah Matzos to over 300 families, and provided Pesach food and money to over 50 families.
For Download: Maamar “Hayom Ro’ah Vayanos”
Following the Minhag to study the Rebbes Maamar Hayom Ro’ah Vayanos on Shvii Shel Pesach, the Maamar has been made available for download thanks to the work of ‘Di Chassidishe Parasha’.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday and Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, April 1-2 for Passover. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Our Heroes: Reb Yaakov Moshe Friedman (1924-2004)
Reb Yaakov Moshe Friedman was born in 1924 to Horav Hagan Hachossid Reb Meir Yisroel Isser Hakohen, the Krynitzer Rebbe and Rebbetzin Feiga. Reb Meir Yisroel was the son of the Gaon and kabbalist Reb Ben Zion, who was the Dayan and Rav in Dubetsk, Galicia, and a member of the Kabbalists in the entourage of Horav Hakodosh Reb Tzvi Elimelech of Blozuv, the author of “Tzvi Lazadik”. Rebbetzin Feiga stemmed from the well known Gaon and Kodosh, Reb Chaim Hakohen Rappaport, who was one of the Baal Shem Tov’s students.
by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
Picture of the Day: Came for Matzah, Got Tefillin
Daily News photographer David Handschu wanted to visit a Matzah bakery, so he contact Chabad.org’s Rabbi Motti Seligson who brought him to the one in Crown Heights. While there David put on tefillin and asked for his picture to be taken. A passerby shared a photo with us as well.
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Levi and Miriam Feigelstock (Asuncion, Paraguay)
2 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Yerucham and Sarah (nee Karp) Katz
1373 Union St, [between New York and Brooklyn Avenues]
Berel and Brocha (nee Katz) Lerman
1373 Union St, [between New York and Brooklyn Avenues]
Police Arrest 61-Year-Old in Stabbing Death of 21-Year-Old
Police say they’ve arrested a 61-year-old woman in connection with the brutal stabbing death of a 21-year-old man in Crown Heights.
News12
Weekly Unique Picture of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a photo of The Rebbe receiving an Aliyah.
Shluchim in the Mountain Time States
The Jerusalem Post featured the story of 4 Shluchim and their families who live in the ‘mountain time’ states and are among few Jews and face many challenges.
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