Mazal Tov Mendlowitz! – Its A Girl!
Yosef and Sima (nee Ostrov) Mendlowitz (Crown Heights)
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Photos: Beis Rivkah Blesses the Trees
A special mitzvah, which can be fulfilled only once a year, is to recite the berachah made upon seeing a fruit tree in bloom. A group of Beis Rivkah 4-year-old went out to make the blessing on an apple and cherry tree!
Swastikas in… A 770 Siddur?!
A Siddur in 770 is one of the last places one would expect to find anti-Semitism, but this was not the case for one mispalel, who was shocked when he found a number of pages in the Siddur littered with swastikas and crosses.
“Time Capsule” Placed in Foundation of New Chabad Campus
AGOURA HILLS, CA [CHI] — In a unique ceremony on Tuesday morning, March 23rd, friends and supporters of Chabad of the Conejo gathered at the construction site of the organization’s future community campus on Canwood Street to celebrate the completion of the historic project’s foundation. While groundbreaking ceremonies and dedication celebrations are more commonplace, a “Foundation Celebration” is a bit of an anomaly. But then again, Chabad of the Conejo – an educational, outreach and social service organization serving the greater Conejo Valley Jewish Community – has a long history of doing things in an unconventional and innovative manner.
MANCHESTER, NY — The back end of a dump truck hit an overpass on the state Thruway in western New York early Wednesday and two vehicles crashed into the wreckage, injuring five adults and 12 children, three of them seriously, authorities said.
Brooklyn Family Hurt in Thruway Crash Injuring 17 Total
MANCHESTER, NY — The back end of a dump truck hit an overpass on the state Thruway in western New York early Wednesday and two vehicles crashed into the wreckage, injuring five adults and 12 children, three of them seriously, authorities said.
Mazal Tov Wenger’s! – Its A Girl!
Simcha (Simi) and Chana (nee Kestecher) Wenger (Montreal, Canada)
Yesterdays Shooting – Gang Related
Crown Heights was on edge Wednesday night after a group of teens were left bloodied by gunfire. Police believe the shooter took aim from a rooftop above the victims.
Only moments after I had finished digesting my delicious post-Pesach pizza, my Blackberry buzzed, indicating that I had received an email. I wiped my palms, greasy from the cheesy delight I had just enjoyed, and read the email. My jaw dropped as I read the article my friend had forwarded to me. A “Yid from England” had written to a site frequented by members of the Chabad community, expressing wonder about why observant Jews find it so necessary to make a mad dash for the pizza stores and bakeries the very moment that they are once again permitted to eat Chametz at the conclusion Pesach.
Op-Ed: The Post-Pesach Pizza Rush – A Response
Only moments after I had finished digesting my delicious post-Pesach pizza, my Blackberry buzzed, indicating that I had received an email. I wiped my palms, greasy from the cheesy delight I had just enjoyed, and read the email. My jaw dropped as I read the article my friend had forwarded to me. A “Yid from England” had written to a site frequented by members of the Chabad community, expressing wonder about why observant Jews find it so necessary to make a mad dash for the pizza stores and bakeries the very moment that they are once again permitted to eat Chametz at the conclusion Pesach.
Op-Ed: Lag Baomer – Achdus?!
Lag B’omer we will be organizing a parade that will be a great Kidush Hashem and surely bring the Rebbe nachas. The parade’s central theme will be a tremendous display of achdus.
Unfortunately the display of achdus isn’t carried through internally. An exuberant amount of money and energy will be spent and will result in a kidush hashem of epic proportions. However if a very important point isn’t internalized, we Lubavitcher Chasidim – the gate keepers of Toras haBa’al ShemTov, purveyors of achdus Yisroel – will leave the parade unchanged and as internally fragmented as the day before lag be’omer.
Two Youth Seriously Wounded in Franklin Ave Shootout
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — 1010Wins is reporting that two or possibly three youths were shot on Franklin Avenue and President Street.
Brenham state schools in singing Dayenu during the Friendship
Circle Model Seder at Chabad Outreach Center in Houston.
Rabbi Dovid Goldstein of Chabad Outreach led the service for the participants from State Supported Living Centers.
Passover begins with the first Seder on Monday, but for this event, facility vehicles took five Jewish adults from the Brenham location and five more from the Richmond location, along with their caretakers, to the Chabad Outreach Center in southwest Houston.
A Seder for all
Brenham state schools in singing Dayenu during the Friendship
Circle Model Seder at Chabad Outreach Center in Houston.
The adults sitting around the festively decorated Passover Seder table listened with rapt attention as the rabbi told the story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. Not an ordinary service, this mock Seder was held for the benefit of 10 severely disabled adults, complete with a kosher meal consisting of traditional Passover foods.
Rabbi Dovid Goldstein of Chabad Outreach led the service for the participants from State Supported Living Centers.
Passover begins with the first Seder on Monday, but for this event, facility vehicles took five Jewish adults from the Brenham location and five more from the Richmond location, along with their caretakers, to the Chabad Outreach Center in southwest Houston.
Discovery Center of Clarks Summit, holds a
hand-baked “shmurah” matzah from Israel, an
unleavened wafer, one of the staples of the
upcoming Passover feast.
“As a kid, I remember Passover Seder in my home was one of the most exciting nights of the year. It was late, the entire family got together, 10 siblings, and everyone was a part of the festivities. Everyone had a role to play at the table: each of the kids had notes and tidbits about the holiday that they learned in school which was shared around the table,” said Rabbi Rapoport. He has lived in the Scranton and Abington areas with his wife and family since the fall of 2000.
He added, “Of the two Seders, one was only our family and the other was guests, tons, usually about 50 total. I really felt the richness of the Exodus. Tonight we’ve become a free people as the destiny of the Jewish people was born. And the excitement and drama of the evening was really palpable.”
Passover is celebrated in the early spring from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan, commemorating the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is celebrated March 29 through April 6.
“The Most Exciting Nights of the Year”
Discovery Center of Clarks Summit, holds a
hand-baked “shmurah” matzah from Israel, an
unleavened wafer, one of the staples of the
upcoming Passover feast.
Rabbi Benny Rapoport, Director of the Chabad’s Jewish Discovery Center in Clarks Summit, said Passover Seder was an exciting part of his childhood.
“As a kid, I remember Passover Seder in my home was one of the most exciting nights of the year. It was late, the entire family got together, 10 siblings, and everyone was a part of the festivities. Everyone had a role to play at the table: each of the kids had notes and tidbits about the holiday that they learned in school which was shared around the table,” said Rabbi Rapoport. He has lived in the Scranton and Abington areas with his wife and family since the fall of 2000.
He added, “Of the two Seders, one was only our family and the other was guests, tons, usually about 50 total. I really felt the richness of the Exodus. Tonight we’ve become a free people as the destiny of the Jewish people was born. And the excitement and drama of the evening was really palpable.”
Passover is celebrated in the early spring from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan, commemorating the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is celebrated March 29 through April 6.
The temperatures are typical of early July rather than early April.
New York City broke an 81-year-old temperature when it hit 90-degrees in Central Park on Wednesday afternoon.
Records were also broken Tuesday in the New York City region.
Record Temperatures, Fire Dangers
Unseasonably warm temperatures have spread across the eastern seaboard and extended into areas all the way to the Mississippi River.
The temperatures are typical of early July rather than early April.
New York City broke an 81-year-old temperature when it hit 90-degrees in Central Park on Wednesday afternoon.
Records were also broken Tuesday in the New York City region.
Merkos Shlichus – a Kiwi Success!
Canterbury, New Zealand [CHI] — Fourteen Rabbinical Students returned to the Chabad headquarters in Canterbury, after spending their Pesach in various cities throughout the island, organizing sedorim, distributing Matzah, Kosher wine, and other Pesach essentials. “It was a success far beyond all our expectations!” says Rabbi Shmuel Kopel; director of Chabad of Otago, who helped coordinate the island wide Shlichus.
