New Engagement!
Schneur Zalman Yarmush (Montreal, Canada) and Miriam Kestecher (London, UK)
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Food Assistance Provided Throughout Israel
When Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi founded Colel Chabad in 1788 to help the needy in the land of Israel, Passover assistance was one of the first priorities. With the holiday rapidly approaching, the charity is working hard again this year to provide assistance to more than 17,000 families and individuals throughout the country.
New Engagement!
Dovi (ben Bezalel) Lesches (Crown Heights) and Chana (bas Shlomo) Cohen (Crown Heights)
Hundreds Attend the Levaya of Reb Itche Springer OBM
Hundreds of Anash and Bochurim partook in the Levaya of Reb Itche Springer, Mashpia in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim 770. The Yeshiva arranged for buses to take Bochurim to the beis hachayim to participate in the kevurah.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Yitzchok Shpringer OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yitzchok Shpringer, Mashpiah and member of Hanahala in Tomchei Temimim 770.
BDH: Rabbi Eliyahu Tzion Niasoff, 74, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Eliyahu Tzion Niasoff longtime resident of Boro Park. He was 74.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Itzhak Schier, 47, OBM
It is with great sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Itzhak Schier OBM, a Lubavitcher entrepreneur who last resided in Ukraine. He was 47.
London Holds Pesach Kinus Torah
Lubavitch of London held their 42nd annual Kinnus Torah on Thursday Chol Hamoed. The Chairman, Reb Ephrayim Potash, began the evening by pointing out that 42 is the numerical value of “(Vedibarto) Bam”, befitting a Kinus Torah.
GQ Rates Lubavitcher as ‘Best Dressed’ at Awards Event
Jewish religious teachers are better known for their disapproval of contemporary fashions — but Rabbi Yosel Tiefenbrun is at the cutting edge of London’s sartorial scene.
Maimonides’ Seminal Work Receives New Translation
Maimonides’ Sefer Hamitzvos, the seminal work of Jewish law that details each of Judaism’s 613 commandments, just received a scholarly but easily readable complete English translation from its Judeo-Arabic original. The two-volume set completes a decade-long project by Sichos-in-English, a Brooklyn-based Chabad-Lubavitch publishing house.
Bar Mitzvah Boy in Serious Condition – UPDATE
This morning a boy was hit by a car on Eastern Parkway as he was coming out of the Mikvah. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital where he is undergoing surgery. Please say tehillim for Menachem Mendel ben Nechama.
Shabbos at the Besht: Last Days of Pesach by the Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic of Shevii and Achron Shel Pesach by the Rebbe.
New Engagment!
Mula Schechter (Crown Heights) and Mushky Spritzer (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Sunday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Weekly Living Torah: Sefiras HaOmer
The Rebbe leads the Counting of the Omer after Evening Prayers at his home on President Street. 23 Nissan, 5748 · April 10, 1988.
Photos: Benny and YBC Rock Queens College
Eli Gerstner presented the Yeshiva Boys Choir, Benny Friedman and The Chevra at YBC LIVE ’13. The Pesach concert, held at the sold out Colden Center at Queens College left audiences singing and dancing all night long.
5 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Shmuly and Chani Rosenzweig (Crown Heights)
365 Crown St, [between Brooklyn and New York Avenues]
Sharon and Michal (nee Rezonzew) Weiss (Crown Heights)
35 Balfour Pl, [between Empire and Lefferts Avenues]
Noach and Rochel Merenfeld (Crown Heights)
1516 Union St, Apt #3c [between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Shloime and Chayale (nee Friedman) Coleman (Los Angeles, CA)
Moshe and Taliah (nee Parks) Langer (S. Francisco, CA)
The Elusive Pursuit Of Spirituality
The Torah attributes Nadav and Avihus’ tragic fall from grace to the fact that they took a foreign fire and incense and brought them into the Sanctuary before G-d: “And Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aharon, each took his censer, and put fire in them, and put incense on each, and brought before G-d a strange fire, which He had not commanded them. And a fire went out from before G-d and consumed them, and they died before G-d,” (Lev. 10:1-2).
