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UK Chabad House to Host ‘Shylock’ for Shavuos
Illustration photo: ‘Shylock’ in Shakespeare’s ‘the Merchant of Venice.’
After a pro-Palestinian boycott caused them to lose a large portion of their funding, an Israeli theater company – which is scheduled to perform Shakespeare’s ‘the Merchant of Venice’ in London – appealed to a nearby Chabad House to help by hosting the religious cast members for Yom Tov.
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Letter: 770’s Honest Cleaning Crew
by Miri Yevsa
This Shabbos a close Satmar friend of my husband and I was in Crown Heights for a visit and went to 770 for Kabolas Shabbos. While in the bathroom, he realized he had left his wallet in his pocket and immediately shook it out of his pants, hiding it behind a bottle of bleach.
In honor of the 2nd of Iyar, the birthday of Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch (the Rebbe Maharash), we present this video of his signature niggun - the L'chatchila Ariber - being sung at a children's rally in 770 in 1983.
Weekly Living Torah Video: L’chatchila Ariber
In honor of the 2nd of Iyar, the birthday of Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch (the Rebbe Maharash), we present this video of his signature niggun – the L’chatchila Ariber – being sung at a children’s rally in 770 in 1983.
Israeli Police Commanders Make Special Tree Blessing
Commanders and their staff at the Israeli Border Police’s recent graduation ceremony at its headquarters in Lod took the opportunity to make a special blessing on blossoming fruit trees at the encouragement of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yaakov Gloiberman.
New York City Top Cop Likely to Run for Mayor
NY Post
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly
Top state and city Republicans, backed by some of Manhattan’s wealthiest financiers, began last week preparing the legal paperwork, strategy documents and a fund-raising network that will enable Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to run for mayor, The Post has learned.
NJ Gov. Appoints Shliach to Holocaust Commission
Hunterdon County Democrat
Rabbi Eli Kornfeld
Rabbi Eli Kornfeld of Chabad of Hunterdon County in Annandale, NJ was appointed by Governor Chris Christie to serve on the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education with the Secretary of State’s Office.
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Zlata (nee Davidson) Margolin (Crown Heights)
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Letter: Pesach as a Lone Soldier
by Anonymous
File Photo: Farbrengen for lone soldiers at Mordy Botnick’s ‘the Rebbe’s Infantry.’
I’m a soldier, AKA I.D. # 7756395. While that’s my identity on base, this letter is to convey my appreciation of and gratitude to the people who remind me of my true identity. My story is not unique to me; it involves many of my comrades as well. Most of all it is about those who care for us. Moreover, the events that I write about are not in the past but ongoing, each week.
This video - asserting Israel's right to defend itself against Iran - has gone viral on YouTube, reaching close to a million views.
Video: Israel Must Defend Itself
This video – asserting Israel’s right to defend itself against Iran – has gone viral on YouTube, reaching close to a million views.
From Bar’s Basement to State-of-the-Art Facility
MSNBC
It all began in a bar’s basement, but now the Chabad Jewish Center is a state of the art facility. “We would joke, you go upstairs for the bar and come downstairs for the Mitzvah,” Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel said.
Chabad of Central Africa hosted a Passover children's program in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Photo: Lubavitch.com.
Picture of the Day: Pesach on Africa’s West Coast
Chabad of Central Africa hosted a Passover children’s program in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Photo: Lubavitch.com.
The siblings of R' Sholom Dovber Lipsker, OBM - Eli Lipsker, Tzivia Grossman, Batsheva Feigenson and Zehava Perlow - are sitting Shiva at 822 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.] until Thursday morning.
Shachris: 7:30
Mincha: 7:15
Maariv: 8:30
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Shachris: 7:30
Mincha: 7:15
Maariv: 8:30
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Info to Be Menachem Avel Lipsker Family
The siblings of R’ Sholom Dovber Lipsker, OBM – Eli Lipsker, Tzivia Grossman, Batsheva Feigenson and Zehava Perlow – are sitting Shiva at 822 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.] until Thursday morning.
Shachris: 7:30
Mincha: 7:15
Maariv: 8:30
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Baby Girl!
Dov and Racheli (nee Rav-Noy) Muchnik (Oxnard, CA)
Hungarian MP’s Anti-Jewish Remarks Spark Outcry
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shlomo Koves of Budapest, second from left, discusses Jewish affairs with then-opposition leader Viktor Orban of Hungary at a 2008 event attended by Israel Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, center.
A right wing Hungarian legislator’s comments apparently in support of a 130-year-old anti-Semitic blood libel has earned the rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and calls for an official investigation on charges of incitement.
It is with much shock and great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Reb Avrohom Yeshaya Schtroks, of Morristown, NJ, at the age of 55. Update: The levaya will take place tomorrow, Monday, at 9:30 AM at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park, and will pass by 770 at approximately 10:30 AM.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Reb Yeshaya Schtroks, OBM
It is with much shock and great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Reb Avrohom Yeshaya Schtroks, of Morristown, NJ, at the age of 55. Update: The levaya will take place tomorrow, Monday, at 9:30 AM at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park, and will pass by 770 at approximately 10:30 AM.
Storm to Bring Heavy Rain and Snow to Northeast
Reuters
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Heavy rains and snow will soon pound the eastern United States, possibly leading to downed trees, power outages and flight delays as a low pressure system from the Gulf of Mexico moves through the region, meteorologists said on Saturday.
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