Erev Pesach: Burning the Chometz
One designated spot to burn chometz was in front of 770, but many residents lit small fires in alleyways around Crown Heights. Our photographer went for a walk.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Community Rabbis met today with their gentile business partners and negotiated the sale of chometz ahead of Pesach.
Erev Pesach: Selling the Chometz
Community Rabbis met today with their gentile business partners and negotiated the sale of chometz ahead of Pesach.
Rabbi Pinchas Feldman, head of the Chabad-Lubavitch Sydney Yeshiva Centre, sells chometz to David Clarke, the New South Wales Parliamentary Secretary for Justice and Liberal Member of the Legislative Council.
Video: Australian Member Parliament Buys Chometz
Rabbi Pinchas Feldman, head of the Chabad-Lubavitch Sydney Yeshiva Centre, sells chometz to David Clarke, the New South Wales Parliamentary Secretary for Justice and Liberal Member of the Legislative Council.
Lone Soldiers Celebrate Rebbe’s Birthday
A group of fifteen American Lubavitchers in the Israeli Army were hosted for a Farbrengen in honor of Yud Aleph Nissan at the home of Mordechai Botnick. They call themselves ‘the Rebbe’s infantry.’
Another Accident on Empire – Liquor Store Unharmed
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A few weeks ago an accident in the intersection of Empire and Albany sent a pickup truck smashing through the storefront of the liquor store on that corner. It nearly happened again, and surveillance video captured the incident.
New Engagement!
Meir Shlomo Butman (Lud, Israel) and Chaya Kot (Jerusalem, Israel)
Rabbi Bukiet’s Advice and Vertlach on Hagadah
Rabbi Chaim Meir Bukiet
I will never forget the scene. My grandfather, Rabbi Chaim Meir Bukiet, a Talmudic scholar, was speaking in Lexington, Mass., where my uncle Rabbi Alter Bukiet is rabbi. The invitation for the event told of an entertainer and the guest speaker, my grandfather, a Polish immigrant who’s English was on the rocky side. However, it was clear that many came just to hear him speak. He was beloved in the community, to many serving as fatherly figure. They loved his honesty, his sincerity and his words of wisdom.
Interview with Rabbi Boruch S. Ezagui, La Jolla, CA
San Diego Reader
Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ezagui: “Everyone, everything, and every moment must be embraced in its absolute potential.”
Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ezagui, 34, is the director of Chabad Lubavitch of La Jolla, San Diego County, California. born in Montreal, Canada, he studied at the Rabbinical College of Montreal, Canada; Yeshiva Geloda Lubavitch, London, England; Educational Institute Oholei Torah, Brooklyn, NY; Yeshiva Gedola of New Haven, Conn., Rabbinical College of Detroit, Mich., and Rabbinical Institute of Melbourne, Australia. His Congregation has 120 members.
Northwest Florida Daily News
In a beach store crowded with shoppers in flip-flops, shorts and bathing suits, Levi Mentz and Hershy Lasry stand out.
‘Excuse Me, Are You Jewish?’
Northwest Florida Daily News
In a beach store crowded with shoppers in flip-flops, shorts and bathing suits, Levi Mentz and Hershy Lasry stand out.
Following what has become its yearly tradition, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street and the Small Wonder Puppet Theater put on an afternoon show for children - complete with lunch - giving some parents a much needed break and a chance to finish up with Pesach preparations.
Parents Enjoy a Break as Kids Enjoy a Puppet Show
Following what has become its yearly tradition, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street and the Small Wonder Puppet Theater put on an afternoon show for children – complete with lunch – giving some parents a much needed break and a chance to finish up with Pesach preparations.
Yud Aleph Nissan Treats for the ‘Tankistim’
Gombo’s bakery provided complimentary baked goods and coffee to all the Mitzvah Tank parade volunteers, referred to by the Rebbe as “Tankistim.” They also baked Special cupcakes with the number 110 on top, In honor of the Rebbe’s 110th birthday.
We present to our readers two chapters from the about-to-be-published 550 page biography on the life of the Tzemach Tzedek by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon.
New Book Published on Life of Tzemach Tzedek
We present to our readers two chapters from the about-to-be-published 550 page biography on the life of the Tzemach Tzedek by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon.
Tank Parade Braves Toronto Weather
As 11 tanks rolled out of Chabad Lubavitch of Toronto’s parking lot and made their way down Bathurst St., the 680 news room was flooded with calls about a mobile parade making its way down south in the pouring rain.
Produce and Clothes Distributed by ‘Mr.’ Stores
Mr. Greens and Mr. Clean, both Albany Avenue merchants, helped ease some of the Pesach burden by distributing donated and unclaimed clothes and shoes, as well as cases of quality produce.
Op-Ed: Tornadoes in Hebron
by David Haivri
Hebron
Some Jews bought a house and moved in. “So what?” you might ask. If it were anywhere else in the world, little notice would be taken. But in this case, the home is in Hevron, and the last owner was an Arab.
Fundraising Seminars Enlighten Future Shluchim
by Daniela Feldman
Merkos Suite 302’s Machon L’Shlichus launched a new seminar series last week to bring fundraising training to kollel yungeleit. Attended by about 20 participants, the pilot program, which was held in four parts last Sunday through Wednesday, aimed to give participants early preparations for fundraising tactics and challenges before going out on shlichus.
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