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Boston Seeks Calm in Midst of Mayhem
As Shabbat draws nearer on America’s East Coast, Boston and its environs — still reeling from Monday’s explosions during the finish of the annual marathon — remain in lockdown mode. City and state officials have ordered residents to stay home, mass transit has been suspended and sports games canceled.

Suspicious Package Causes Bomb Scare on Kingston
An innocent looking backpack caused an entire busy Kingston Avenue block to be cleared in the midst of the busy Erev Shabbos rush. B”H it turned out to be safe.

Parade Organizers Taking Extra Safety Precautions
Following the Boston Bombing organizers of this year’s Lag BaOmer Parade are taking extra safety precautions, and are asking for assistance from the public in making this year’s parade safe and enjoyable for all.
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Sruli and Dina (nee Shpigelman) Krasnianski
1465 Carroll St, [between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Shloime and Shoshi (nee Lerman) Eichler
1540 Union St, [between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Chochi and Shoshi Tawil
466 Albany #7A [between Montgomery and Empire Blvd]
Dovi and Chanale Saul (Pittsburgh, PA)

Weekly Unique Picture of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a photo of The Rebbe attending a Lag Beomer Parade in the 1950’s.

Shabbos at the Besht: Kibud Av Va’em
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg will lead a discussion of Kibud Av Va’em.

Suspect No. 1 is Dead, Suspect 2 is on the Run
One of the men suspected in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings is dead, and the other remains at large this morning as authorities have surrounded a Watertown home.
Holier Than Thou – How Religious Is Too Religious?
Can you be too religious? Ought one to deprecate a person whose religious observance seems “Over the top?” Are the terms “Ultra-Kosher,” or “Ultra-Orthodox,” really objective?

‘Humans of CH’ Riffs on Popular Street Photo Project
It’s Humans, hyper-local. Shmuel Hellinger, a 20-year-old Crown Heightser earned 800 ‘likes’ on his project Humans of Crown Heights – a hyper local take on the popular Humans of New York.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Chayale (nee Schapiro) Edelman (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Nuchie and Chavie (nee Rosenthal) Schapiro (Los Angeles, CA)

Video: Secrets of a Kosher Supervisor
In this week’s Torah Café weekly Video: Rabbi Norman Schloss shares his experiences as a traveling kosher supervisor and answers many questions regarding his work.
Baby Girl!
Yisroel and Hadassah (nee Bogomilsky) Cohen (Crown Heights)

A Father Reflects on the Tragedy in Boston
I am sitting with my laptop as the older boys bounce a ball back and forth safely between themselves, and my heart is finally beginning to stop racing.

Chabad Strikes Gold in Canadian Frontier
“This is the answer to my prayers.” Fred Curtis, a professor and engineer, can’t wait for the new Chabad center to open this summer in Regina, Saskatchewan, where he has lived for 30 years. In fact, he feels he’s waited long enough.

Video: Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Acharei Mos-Kedoshim.