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The Rebbe says:

1. We find many explanations as to why we are supposed to have special happiness on Lag B’Omer. Here are two of the reasons:

1) The students of Rebbi Akiva, who began dying on the second day of Pesach (Passover), stopped dying on Lag B’Omer.

A Sicha from the Rebbe – Lag BaOmer

The Rebbe says:

1. We find many explanations as to why we are supposed to have special happiness on Lag B’Omer. Here are two of the reasons:

1) The students of Rebbi Akiva, who began dying on the second day of Pesach (Passover), stopped dying on Lag B’Omer.

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By Celeste Katz for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — Welcome to the Statue of Liberty, and enjoy the view - quick.

A new safety report obtained by the Daily News recommends once Lady Liberty's crown reopens on July 4 that only up to eight people enter at a time and that they shuffle out after spending no more than five minutes admiring the vista.

Don’t Linger in Statue of Liberty’s Crown

By Celeste Katz for the NY Daily News

NEW YORK — Welcome to the Statue of Liberty, and enjoy the view – quick.

A new safety report obtained by the Daily News recommends once Lady Liberty’s crown reopens on July 4 that only up to eight people enter at a time and that they shuffle out after spending no more than five minutes admiring the vista.

NYC News
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By Carolyn Sackariason for the Aspen Times

ASPEN, CO — Aspen transportation officials, weighing in on the anticipated traffic increase along Ute Avenue if a new Jewish community center is placed there, say it’s unreasonable to expect that all of the parents using the daily preschool will use a shuttle to take children there.

Officials: Shuttle Service at Chabad House is Key to Operation

By Carolyn Sackariason for the Aspen Times

ASPEN, CO — Aspen transportation officials, weighing in on the anticipated traffic increase along Ute Avenue if a new Jewish community center is placed there, say it’s unreasonable to expect that all of the parents using the daily preschool will use a shuttle to take children there.

Shlichus
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By Zalman Nelson for Lubavitch.com

JERUSALEM — More than 150 French Jews filled the Chabad Center for French Speakers in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday night to celebrate the Second Passover and its message of “It’s never too late” with Rabbi Yitzchok Chaviv.

Israel’s French Jews: Making the Most of A Second Chance

By Zalman Nelson for Lubavitch.com

JERUSALEM — More than 150 French Jews filled the Chabad Center for French Speakers in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday night to celebrate the Second Passover and its message of “It’s never too late” with Rabbi Yitzchok Chaviv.

Shlichus

NEW YORK [ABC] — Rising operation costs are forcing the U.S. Postal Service to raise the price of postage once again. Postal Service officials say the price for a one-ounce First Class Mail stamp goes up two cents from 42 to 44 cents May 11th. Customers can continue to use the Forever stamps.

Stamp Prices go up Again – From 42¢ to 44¢

NEW YORK [ABC] — Rising operation costs are forcing the U.S. Postal Service to raise the price of postage once again. Postal Service officials say the price for a one-ounce First Class Mail stamp goes up two cents from 42 to 44 cents May 11th. Customers can continue to use the Forever stamps.

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What is your IQ? Don't worry, no one will measure. This Monday, in honor of Lag B'Omer, Yagdil Torah's Beis Midrash will host a Meivin Dovor M'toch Dovor program, which allows you to challenge your brain (and avoid rusting) while benefiting from superior learning. The program puts you in the seat of the Rov where you get a question which you need to find the answer to. Carefully selected texts from Shas, Rishonim and Acharonim will be available for your learning, analysis and descision. Next week iy"h there will be a short shiur which will wrap it up with a positive answer to the questions.

Yagdil Torah … What Is Your IQ?

What is your IQ? Don’t worry, no one will measure. This Monday, in honor of Lag B’Omer, Yagdil Torah’s Beis Midrash will host a Meivin Dovor M’toch Dovor program, which allows you to challenge your brain (and avoid rusting) while benefiting from superior learning. The program puts you in the seat of the Rov where you get a question which you need to find the answer to. Carefully selected texts from Shas, Rishonim and Acharonim will be available for your learning, analysis and descision. Next week iy”h there will be a short shiur which will wrap it up with a positive answer to the questions.

PSA
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S. PETERSBURG, Russia [FJC] — In Russia’s northern capital, the Jewish community of S. Petersburg is completing a massive internet project through which visitors will be able to find the graves of their relatives in the Preobrazhenskiy Jewish Cemetery, one of the main Jewish cemeteries in the area.

Internet Project Aids in Honoring the Departed

S. PETERSBURG, Russia [FJC] — In Russia’s northern capital, the Jewish community of S. Petersburg is completing a massive internet project through which visitors will be able to find the graves of their relatives in the Preobrazhenskiy Jewish Cemetery, one of the main Jewish cemeteries in the area.

Shlichus
The Australian News

A hotel in Serfaus, Tyrol

AUSTRIA — A hotel in Austria has outraged local tourism and fellow hotel owners by banning Jewish guests.

The Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel in the village of Serfaus, Tyrol, is said to have turned away a Jewish family because of “bad experiences” in the past, the daily Tiroler Tageszeitung reports.

Austrian Hotel Bans Jews

The Australian News

A hotel in Serfaus, Tyrol

AUSTRIA — A hotel in Austria has outraged local tourism and fellow hotel owners by banning Jewish guests.

The Haus Sonnenhof apartment hotel in the village of Serfaus, Tyrol, is said to have turned away a Jewish family because of “bad experiences” in the past, the daily Tiroler Tageszeitung reports.

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NEW YORK [CBS] — Sen. Charles Schumer is asking for an investigation into the scam phone calls pitching bogus car warranties that many Americans receive several times a day.

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Sen. Schumer Asks For Probe Into Cell-Phone Scam

NEW YORK [CBS] — Sen. Charles Schumer is asking for an investigation into the scam phone calls pitching bogus car warranties that many Americans receive several times a day.

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NYC News
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A panicked mother called Shomrim after she noticed that her 5 year old son wandered out of an Albany Avenue store, and went missing. Many Shomrim units responded to the scene and quickly spread out in search of the child.

Missing Child B”H Found

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By Janice Arnold

Guy Bouthillier, left, has been studying the Tanya at classes taught by Rabbi Yossi Shanowitz.

Guy Bouthillier, a Quebec nationalist, is a student of Jewish mysticism.

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Out of the Spotlight, Quebec Nationalist Now Studies Jewish Thought

By Janice Arnold

Guy Bouthillier, left, has been studying the Tanya at classes taught by Rabbi Yossi Shanowitz.

Guy Bouthillier, a Quebec nationalist, is a student of Jewish mysticism.

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Shlichus
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By Angela Montefinise for the NY Post

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War Against Black Market of Cigarettes Burned Out

By Angela Montefinise for the NY Post

NEW YORK — Despite its having been touted as a way to close budget gaps, city and state officials have backed off plans to crack down on the $1.6 billion black market for cigarettes.

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Communal Matters
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TALLAHASSEE, FL [CHI] — Shliach to Florida's capitol, Rabbi Schneur Zalman Oirechman delivered a prayer at the Florida House of Representatives this past Thursday, May 7th. He was invited by representative Franklin Sands.

Video – Shliach Opens Florida House Session with Prayer

TALLAHASSEE, FL [CHI] — Shliach to Florida’s capitol, Rabbi Schneur Zalman Oirechman delivered a prayer at the Florida House of Representatives this past Thursday, May 7th. He was invited by representative Franklin Sands.

Videos
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