Mrs. Laureen Harper, wife of Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, visited Chabad’s Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool to participate in a Matzah Bakery Factory, organized by Co-directors Dr. Yosef and Devora Caytak.
Rabbi Shimon and Michal Pelman, directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Dominican Republic, have held community Passover Seders for years. Jewish residents, business travelers and tourists alike have participated in the festive meals and their surrounding traditions, but this year, they’re trying something new. In addition to the community celebrations, the couple is helping people take it into their own homes.
Only four months after settling in Columbia, Missouri, Shluchim to MU Rabbi Avremi and Chana Lapine‘s Chabad House is the preferred campus destination for Jewish students looking for a meaningful experience.
Is a Mosser’s Matzos Kosher? Well, technically they probably are, but would you want to use Matzos at your Sader that were made by a person who attempted to have six Jews imprisoned through an elaborate and vicious Messira?
Without help, many Jewish families in New York could not afford to properly observe Passover. With that in mind, about 15,000 homes will be issued pre-paid debit cards — worth $50 to $300 depending on family size — to defray the cost of special holiday preparations that center around avoiding leavened foods.
Today, 11 Nisaan 5772, marks the 110th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. As every year, Chassidim gave the Rebbe a birthday present: 62 Mitzvah tank rolling through New York City, in honor of his 62 years at the helm of the Chabad movement.
After traveling home from the Yeshiva in Brunoy (near Paris) for Pesach ‘vacation,’ Bochurim from the city of Lyon in central France gathered in the local Shul to continue learning in their spare time.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano marked the upcoming beginning of Passover by hosting the first model Seder at the County’s Headquarters. The Seder was led by Mineola Shliach Rabbi Anchelle Perl.
On Sunday, April 1, Chabad of Orange County, New York hosted a Gala Torah Celebration – completing, dedicating and welcoming their first and very own Torah Scroll. The historic event was held at the Chabad Center in Chester.
The Holocaust shattered both their spirit and any sense of spirituality. Even though their bodies made it alive out of the German murderous ashes of death, any visible connection to Judaism or the Creator did not survive the war. Instead, their hearts turned cold and they were left with an anti-religious sentiment of ice.
U.S. President Barack H. Obama issued a proclamation declaring today, April 3rd / 11 Nissan, the Birthday of the Lubavicther Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, to be hitherto known as ‘National Education and Sharing Day, USA.’
In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute Present this unique photo collection of Political figures from New York visiting the Rebbe for Yechidus over the years.
Josh and Avigail Wonder (Melbourne, Australia)
Mendy Gniwisch (Montreal, Canada) and Devorah Leah Brafman (Miami Beach, FL)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
The central Yud Alef Nissan Farbrengen, marking the Rebbes 110th birthday, was held last night in the ballroom of Beis Rivkah on Lefferts Avenue with the attendance of Anash and Bochrim.
Financially, Pesach is difficult on many people in our community – but one entrepreneurial individual has found a way to make a difference. Their answer is a pop up wine shop, offering wine by case at prices at 20% – 50% off retail.
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