A Unique Online Photo Contest

Yaldei hashluchim around the world are preparing a unique gift in honor of the Rebbe’s birthday on Yud Aleph Nissan.

MyShliach’s Online Photo Contest will draw together hundreds of pictures of children doing the Rebbe’s shlichus all around the world.

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Why did they have to Daven in the Hallways?

A reader sent in the following pictures from 770, they were taken at 11:00pm last night, Wednesday, when he went to Daven Maariv. He said he was quite surprised when he saw everyone Davening in the hallways, and even more surprised when he found out why.

Released Time Distributes 900 pounds of Matzos

BROOKLYN — Wednesday, Jewish public school students were given a taste of the upcoming Passover holiday. This was accomplished by learning hands-on the ins and outs of the holiday with their devoted instructors and by each child receiving a pound of hand baked Shmurah Matzos enough for his or her family.

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

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]

Boston Teens See Jewish Communal Life Up Close

Members of Chabad of the North Shore’s Jew Crew travelled from their native Boston to spend a weekend in the Jewish community in the Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood of Crown Heights.

CROWN HEIGHTS — Ask some typical suburban teenagers how they spent their weekend, and you’ll likely get a range of answers along the lines of shopping at the mall, hanging out at the beach, or maybe catching a movie.

Chabad Youth Zone Ends Winter with Snow-Tubing and Teddy Bears

GOSHEN, NY — Chabad’s Kids In Action Youth Zone recently had a fabulous afternoon snow tubing and sipping hot cocoa at Tuxedo Ridge. Afterward the twenty-five youngsters decorated teddy bears for children in local hospitals.

Toronto Wins in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — A week ago, a Project called ‘Shluchie Adoneinu’ was launched in Cheder Chabad Sydney by Mendy Bryski. The entire school was split into small groups; each group of students had to research a different country’s Shluchim.