New Engagement!
Yosef Yitchok Roston (Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel) and Meita Gonchar (Kirayat Malachi, Israel)
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Photos: Paris Prepares for 11 Nissan Parade
All over the world Lubavitch communities are preparing ‘Tank’ parades for Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbes Birthday. In Paris, France it is no different where Tanks will parade through the streets distributing Matzos, Pesach guides and giving people the opportunity to put on Tefillin.
Lubavitch Yeshiva of Monsey Welcomes New Magid Shiur
Lubavitch Yeshiva of Monsey announced this week the appointment of Rabbi Aryeh Hoffman as the new Magid Shiur for Shiur Aleph Mesivta. Rabbi Hoffman will be taking on this new position for the upcoming year.
Picture of the Day: Selling Chometz in Ellenville
As he has been doing for 22 years now, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky traveled to upstate New York to arrange the sale of Lubavitcher owned Duso Food Distributors’ chometz. Also shown in the Photo: Mr. Lefferts, Sandra Richmond and Rabbi Moshe Frank (Rabbi of local shul).
Photos: Hours Before the Mitzvah Tank Parade
This year 63 Mitzvah ‘Tanks’ will roll through the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan, in honor of the Rebbe’s 63 years of leadership and his 111th birthday. Fervent preparations are underway to have the Tanks ready for tomorrow morning.
Visiting for a Wedding, Teacher Gives Deaf Bochurim a Paris Tour
A group of Bochurim, including American, English, Belgian and Israeli, all studying in Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid in Toronto, which caters to deaf Yeshiva students and enables them to thrive, visited Paris to take part in the wedding of Isser Lubecki, their Yeshiva-mate and friend.
Video: Gan Yisroel Montreal Summer 5772
A summer to remember! A detailed glimpse through the days and activities experienced by the campers and staff of Gan Yisroel Montreal 5772.
New Engagement!
Levi (ben Yossi) Katzman (Crown Heights) and Freidy Bell (Montreal, Canada)
1st Time, Former British Chief Rabbi Visits Brazil
For his first time, the former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks made a trip to Brazil where he visited the Sephardi Community Center Beit Jaacob Safra. He was accompanied by Shliach and Cheif Rabbi Dovid Weitman.
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Tes Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Park Urges Jews to Stop Tradition the Doesn’t Exist
Prospect Park officials are urging Jews to stop throwing bread into the green space’s massive lake as a Passover rite, but religious Brooklynites insist that’s not even part of their holiday tradition.
Video: Cute Pesach Car Wash Time Lapse
The joys of Pesach! Cleaning, school vacation, shopping. Innovative Crown Heights photographer Chaim Perl seized the opportunity to entertain his four children with a Pesach car wash and compile it all into a cute 3 minute time-lapse video, t.t.t.o the 8th Day.
Nechamas Closet $100,000 Winner Annouced
Thousands participated in the mega raffle for $100,000 benefiting Nechama’s Closet and Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah, two Crown Heights organizations that help Kallahs and Chassanim for their weddings. The winner of the raffle is Mr. and Mrs. Nasser. Mazal Tov!
Baby Girl!
Gavriel and Shaina Levin (Postville, IA)
Baby Girl!
Yehuda Leib and Dassie (nee Butman) Heber (Yorktown, NY)
Duh! Manslaughter Charges Added to Killer Driver
A Brooklyn grand jury has indicted the hit-and-run driver who killed an expectant couple and their unborn child on three counts of manslaughter, the Brooklyn District Attorney said today.
Photos: Memorial for the Toulouse Massacre Victims
Just over a year ago a terrorist walked into the courtyard of the Otzar Hatorah school in Toulouse, France and murdered a teacher and three students in cold blood. Today the community got together to remember the victims.
