Public School Children Get Handmade Shmura Matza
On Wednesday, Jewish public school students who attend the Released Time program were given a taste of Pesach. They learned hands-on the ins and outs of the upcoming holiday.
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Crown Heights Culinarians Introduce Pesach Sausages
NY Daily News
Founders of Jack’s Gourmet kosher sausage Jack Silberstein (R) and Alan Broner (L).
Sausage is a sin no more – even for Passover. Two Crown Heights foodies who started a kosher meat and deli business 18 months ago are adding specially-made sausage for the holiday which starts Friday at sundown.
New State-of-the-Art Mikvah in Jerusalem’s 770
Shturem
Yesterday, Yud Aleph Nissan, 5772, a state-of-the-art men’s mikvah was dedicated in Ramat Shlomo, Yerushalayim. The mikvah, named Ohr Meir, is situated in the 770 of Jerusalem, which has become a landmark in the city and part of the Yerushalayim landscape.
An Online Version of the Deep-Freeze for Passover
NY Times
Forget the Lottery. The biggest windfall in the country this Passover season might well be coming to an otherwise anonymous man named Glade who works at a Jewish funeral monument company in St. Louis.
New Engagement!
Sholom Ber Morris (Crown Heights) and Chaya Kessler (Morristown, NJ)
Los Angeles Mitzvah Tank Parade First in 16 Years
Last Tuesday a few LA bochrim sat down, having just returned from their yeshivas abroad for Pesach break. Together they decided to make a mitzvah tank parade in their hometown. It would to be the first mitzvah tank parade in over 16 years to hit the streets of Los Angeles.
Mitzvah Tank Slapped with $115 Ticket Before Parade
The 71st precinct managed to reach a new low yesterday: just as the Mitzva Take Parade was getting ready to set off, one police officer – who was assigned to watch the tanks – found the time to offer his own birthday gift to Rebbe: an expensive parking ticket.
Thursday: Erev Pesach Puppet Show For Kids
Lubavitcher Yeshiva and the Small Wonder Puppet Theater are hosting their annual pre-Pesach puppet show for children at 1:00pm on Thursday in Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street. All are welcome.
Picture of the Day: Never Too Old to Do Mivtzoim
A Crownheights.info reader, who participated in yesterday’s Yud Aleph Nissan Mitzvah Tank parade, sent us this photo he captured of Reb Pinye Korf doing Mivtzoim on the streets of Manhattan.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Thursday, Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Thurday, April 5th, and Friday, April 6th. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Arizona Shliach Featured on Magazine Cover
Rabbi Berel Zaklikofsky, director of Chabad of Goodyear, was featured on the cover of this month’s Hamlet Magazine celebrating Passover with his wife Chana Rivkah and members of the Chabad House.
Rov Being Systematically Excluded and Marginalized
Eight years of selfless service to the Crown Heights Beis Din, as well as a Psak Din upholding it, is not enough to keep Rabbi Sholom Segal’s name in the phone directory when calling the offices of the Beis Din. Neither is the fact that he is selling chometz allowed to be posted on the Beis Din’s front door.
New Moshiach Haggadah Brings Geula to the Seder
Why does the Pesach seder conclude with “L’shana haba b’Yerushalayim”? Is it simply the end of 15 seemingly unconnected stages describing Yetzias Mitzrayim? Or is it the start of a transformation that takes us from the First Redemption to the Final Redemption?
Blog: Yahrzeit in Mitzpe Ramon
by Adam Dickter – Jewish Week
The Mitzpe Ramon Chabad House, a replica of 770 Eastern Parkway.
When it came time to observe my mother’s first yahrzeit last week, I was in Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev. A fitting place since my mother, Sondra, was an avid traveler and particularly enjoyed her many visits to Israel.
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Devorah Leah Angyalfi (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel (ben Yechezkel) Neparstek (Paris, France) and Mushky (bas Ytzchak) Wilhem (Crown Heights)
Jewish Community OK in Aftermath of Texas Tornado
While parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area remain under a tornado watch until 8 PM CDT, the Jewish community of Dallas seems to have fared well despite two confirmed tornadoes which caused massive damage with winds in excess of sixty five miles per hour and sightings of hailstones the size of baseballs.
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