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Video of Shliach to Honolulu Rabbi Rabbi Itchel Krasnjansky during Brichas Hachama

HONOLULU [KGMB9] — Scores of Hawaii residents from all walks of life gather this morning at Ala Moana Beach Park, to perform the rarest event on the Jewish calendar: They will gather together, peer upward toward the sun, and recite a blessing known as “the Blessing of the Sun.”

Local participants join millions of others across the globe who perform the outdoor blessing ritual at synagogues, schools, beaches, public parks and private homes.

Video – Hawaii TV Broadcasted Birchas HaChama Live

Video of Shliach to Honolulu Rabbi Rabbi Itchel Krasnjansky during Brichas Hachama

HONOLULU [KGMB9] — Scores of Hawaii residents from all walks of life gather this morning at Ala Moana Beach Park, to perform the rarest event on the Jewish calendar: They will gather together, peer upward toward the sun, and recite a blessing known as “the Blessing of the Sun.”

Local participants join millions of others across the globe who perform the outdoor blessing ritual at synagogues, schools, beaches, public parks and private homes.

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Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
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Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
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Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
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Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
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Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
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Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
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Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
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Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave

Birchas Hachamah in Vineland New Jersey

Shliach, Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport officiated at Shacharis services, followed by a Birchas Hachamah ceremony with over 60 participants of all ages. To everyone’s delight the sun came out and shined brightly. Afterwards everyone was invited to a full course breakfast. Matzahs were distributed and chametz was burnt.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein in front of his vandalized Shul in Vladivostok.

BROOKLYN, NY — Following their recent expulsion from Russia, several rabbis have been working across phone lines and emails guiding their communities in Passover preparations.

Chabad representatives Rabbi Yisroel and Aliza Silberstein were living in Vladivostok, a port city on the Pacific Ocean, until they were forced to leave in February. Now, from their temporary residence in Brooklyn, the dedicated couple is still taking care of their community’s needs.

Expelled From Russia, Chabad Rabbis Lead By Remote

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein in front of his vandalized Shul in Vladivostok.

BROOKLYN, NY — Following their recent expulsion from Russia, several rabbis have been working across phone lines and emails guiding their communities in Passover preparations.

Chabad representatives Rabbi Yisroel and Aliza Silberstein were living in Vladivostok, a port city on the Pacific Ocean, until they were forced to leave in February. Now, from their temporary residence in Brooklyn, the dedicated couple is still taking care of their community’s needs.

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Chabad Students and Parents Enjoy Creative Model Seder

Rabbi Pesach Burston, who co-directs Chabad Hebrew School with his wife, Chana, leads the Chabad Hebrew School model Seder. With student Ben Horowitz, 9, he recites the special blessing recited on matza at the Passover Seder.

GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — The students at the Chabad Hebrew School, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston held an interactive “Model Seder” for both students and parents in Chabad’s Goshen location. “The Seder is full of traditions, stories and observances and it’s important for parents to learn how to conduct a Seder in their own home” says Chana Burston. Her husband, Rabbi Pesach, led the model Seder wearing a “matzo pattered tie!”

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WASHINGTON [AP] — President Barack Obama hosted close friends and staff at a private White House meal Thursday evening to mark Passover. It's part of the new president's effort to reach out to Jewish voters.

The White House said the Seder meal was traditional, including matzo, bitter herbs, a roasted egg and greens in the family dining room in the executive mansion. The evening also featured the reading of the Haggadah, the religious text of the holiday.

Obama Makes History with First Seder at White House

WASHINGTON [AP] — President Barack Obama hosted close friends and staff at a private White House meal Thursday evening to mark Passover. It’s part of the new president’s effort to reach out to Jewish voters.

The White House said the Seder meal was traditional, including matzo, bitter herbs, a roasted egg and greens in the family dining room in the executive mansion. The evening also featured the reading of the Haggadah, the religious text of the holiday.

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Borough President Celebrates Birchas Hachama with Chabad

Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin and BP Markowitz lead Birkat Hachamah observance outside Borough Hall

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On Wednesday Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined community leaders and children in song and celebration for a Birkat Hachamah ceremony led by Shliach Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin. The Talmud teaches that every 28 years the Sun returns to the same position, at the same time of day as that of the beginning of creation. A special blessing—Birkat Hachamah (“the sun blessing”)—is recited to mark this moment in time. Wednesday’s gathering was a project of Congregation Bnai Avraham and Chabad of Brooklyn Heights.

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Agency warns consumers to avoid eating product

NEW YORK [FDA] — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers not to eat Strubs Norwegian Style Sliced Smoked Steelhead Salmon in 300 gram packages because of potential contamination with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. L. monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can cause serious illness and death.

Distributed by West Side Foods Inc. of Bronx, N.Y., the smoked steelhead salmon was imported from Canada, and 13 cartons were sold to three kosher retail stores in New York and Maryland.

FDA: Tests Uncover Listeria Contamination in Kosher Salmon

Agency warns consumers to avoid eating product

NEW YORK [FDA] — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers not to eat Strubs Norwegian Style Sliced Smoked Steelhead Salmon in 300 gram packages because of potential contamination with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. L. monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can cause serious illness and death.

Distributed by West Side Foods Inc. of Bronx, N.Y., the smoked steelhead salmon was imported from Canada, and 13 cartons were sold to three kosher retail stores in New York and Maryland.

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By Itamar Eichner for YNetNews

IRAN — Members of the Chabad organization smuggled a huge quantity of matzot into Iran last week in order to enable local Jews in the Islamic Republic to celebrate the Passover according to tradition.

Some 20,000 Jews currently live in Iran. The authorities allow them freedom to practice their religion, but forbid the import of Israel-made products to the country, an act that could cost a person three years imprisonment or the revoking of his passport for five years.

Chabad Smuggle Matzah Into Iran

By Itamar Eichner for YNetNews

IRAN — Members of the Chabad organization smuggled a huge quantity of matzot into Iran last week in order to enable local Jews in the Islamic Republic to celebrate the Passover according to tradition.

Some 20,000 Jews currently live in Iran. The authorities allow them freedom to practice their religion, but forbid the import of Israel-made products to the country, an act that could cost a person three years imprisonment or the revoking of his passport for five years.

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Senator Lieberman Birchas Hachama with Chabad

Hundreds including Senator Joseph Lieberman joined in the Birchat Hachamah in Stamford this morning. The gathering in a Cove Park on the shore of Long Island Sound began with a Vasikin Minyan – as the gathering waited for the sun to appear from behind the clouds Rabbi Yisrael Deren addressed the assembled with a Sicha from the Rebbe on the significance of the day followed by a siyum delivered by Rabbi Levi Mendelow.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Meredith Moss for the Dayton Daily News

KETTERING, OH — For Rochel Simon, Passover always brings a “sparkling, clean feeling” that comes from both physical and spiritual renewal. It also brings a lot of hard work.

Tonight, April 8, the Kettering mom, her husband and their two children join friends and family at a seder meal to retell the story of their people's exodus from Egyptian bondage. The 3,000-year-old Jewish holiday celebrates religious freedom.

Holiday Requires Many Advance Preparations

By Meredith Moss for the Dayton Daily News

KETTERING, OH — For Rochel Simon, Passover always brings a “sparkling, clean feeling” that comes from both physical and spiritual renewal. It also brings a lot of hard work.

Tonight, April 8, the Kettering mom, her husband and their two children join friends and family at a seder meal to retell the story of their people’s exodus from Egyptian bondage. The 3,000-year-old Jewish holiday celebrates religious freedom.

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