New Engagement!
Dovi Kazilsky (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Devorah Storger (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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Campus Shliach Featured on BBC
A new BBC documentary focuses on Rabbi Shmuli Brown, Chabad on campus’ Shliach at Liverpool universities in the UK, after following him and his students since the beginning of the semester in September.
An attempt by a Lubavitcher bochur to keep children in the learning loop during the vacation days of Pesach has been gathering a following.
Pesach Hotline Keeps Kids Learning During Vacation
An attempt by a Lubavitcher bochur to keep children in the learning loop during the vacation days of Pesach has been gathering a following.
Agoura Hills Greeted by Unfamiliar Sight
A group of about a dozen Shluchim and Anash from the Conejo Valley, California, organized a Mitzvah Tank in honor of Yud Aleph Nissan. The tank travelled to every shopping center in the region, as well as throughout the streets of Agoura Hills and Oak Park.
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.
Crown Heights Culinarians Introduce Pesach Sausages
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
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
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?
