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Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Tes)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

At Three, a First Haircut – and a New Beginning

the Everett Herald

Mendel (center), 3, seems oblivious to his new haircut after it was cut for the first time by his father, Rabbi Zevi Goldberg (left), Sunday evening in Edmonds. Mom Leeba looks on.

EDMONDS — In Judaism, a child’s third birthday signifies the beginning of a new chapter in life. For boys, this milestone often comes with the first haircut.

PSA: Extraordinary Amount of Clothing to be Distributed

Over 200 massive bags of great quality donated clothing is currently being sorted and folded at the Mr. Clean dry cleaners in preparation for a mega distribution, available for anyone that wants. The distribution will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Mimulo Flower Shop on Albany Avenue starting at 8:00am and will conclude when all the items are gone.

Major Swedish TV Network Turns a Lens onto Chabad

by Mendy Rimler – Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Alex and Leah Namdar

By the hundreds of thousands, Swedes tuned into SVT2, Sweden’s biggest TV network last Wednesday to watch a new TV series, From Sweden to Heaven. Its second installment turned the cameras to the Chabad family in Gothenburg, and gave viewers a close-up of life in the religiously observant, lively Chasidic home of Rabbi Alexander and Leah Namdar.

Friendship Circle Teaches Passover Lessons

Stamford Advocate

Daniel Radin works on his dough asDoron Feller, 13, helps out as the Friendship Circle of Fairfield County hosts a Passover Pesach for special needs children to learn how to bake matzah in Stamford, Conn., April 10, 2011.

STAMFORD — After Rabbi Chezy Deren mixed some matzo dough, Daniel Radin, 16, and his friends rolled it and used the edges of the pins to make signature perforations in the unleavened bread.