Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Tzvi Lewis OBM

With sadness we inform our reader of the passing of Tzvi Lewis OBM of Jerusalem, Israel.

Passing Moitzei Shabbos in Jerusalem.

He survived by his wife Etlle, his sons Yonason (Crown Heights), Shmuel (Kfar Chabad, Israel), and his daughter, Chaya Rapporport (Jerusalem, Israel)

The levaya was in Jerusalem Sunday evening.

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Picture of the Day! – Bochurim Leaving for Pesach Shlichus!

As Pesach draws nearer and the streets are abuzz with an entire community preparing for the holiday, 570 Bochurim are leaving the comfort of their homes and families for the Seder nights to fly all over the world and conduct Sedorim for Jews who otherwise wouldn’t be celebrating Pesach at all.

This group left earlier in the afternoon and are all heading to Ukraine to conduct the Sedorim across the country.

The Story of the Model Matzah Bakery that was a Failure

By Dovid Zaklikowski for Chabad.org

They were amongst hundreds of students traveling across the globe—some to places like Connecticut, California and England, but others to more remote locations like Chile and Russia. The Chabad-Lubavitch students, who recently completed three years of post-high school learning, were tasked with assisting local schools and nurturing the Jewish community in their given locations for a year, and sometimes two.

The six students who were assigned to S. Petersburg, Russia, in 1994 originally came from Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Canada, France and New York, and were all students at the Lubavitch School in Morristown, NJ.

Mayor Bloomberg – An Al ‘Sharpton Fan’?

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — In effort to win Black votes in the coming city elections for mayor, Mike Bloomberg said that he was a fan of controversial activist and politician Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton is known in the Crown Heights Jewish community circles, as the force who riled up residents in Crown Heights during the 1991 riot. The following is a piece by Eizabeth Benjamin for the NY Daily News Blog.

Appearing at the National Action Network’s annual meeting at the Sheraton New York in midtown this afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg was full of praise for the organization’s founder, the Rev. Al Sharpton.

New Website – Birchas Hachama for Kids


You can make a beracha shehakol bajillions of times a day. You have a chance to say “Baruch… Mechadesh Chadashim” only once a month. We say “Al Biur Chametz” just once a year. But Birchas Hachama comes only once every twenty-eight years. Nobody—not even your old grandfather—has done this mitzvah more than three times. When Birchas Hachama comes around again, you might be as old as your parents are now!

Baruch Dayan Haemes – Moshe Freundlich OBM

With sadness we inform you of the the passing of Moshe Freundlich, a member of Anash in London, England. He passed away on Shabbos. Reb Freundlich is survived by his wife, his sons: Shloime (CH), Binyomin Mordechai (Shliach in Moscow), Yakov Daniel (CH), Eliezer Chaim (CH) and his daughter, Rus Brocho Rivkin (London).

The family will be sitting Shiva at 26 Elm Park Ave, Stamford Hill, London. They can be reached via telphone at 011-44-208-442-8674, or via email at bundyfreundlich@gmail.com.

Shloime will be sitting shiva in Crown Heights on Tuesday evening from 5:30pm and then on Wednesday till chatzos at 645 Lefferts Ave, Apt 2D [corner Albany Ave].

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Shmuley Boteach Op-Ed – The Rebbe & the Remedy for Greed

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

This week the G-20 leaders met in London and pronounced a stirring indictment of humanity. Our bankers can’t be trusted. Unwatched and unregulated, people plus property equals corruption. The solution: massive and stringent new government oversight and regulation.

The sad story of our shrunken investments is the corrosion of our values. Past economic downturns were blamed on cycles. What goes up must come down.

First Time Released Rebbe Picture! – Entering 770 1979!

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In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’s birthday, CrownHeights.info the Avner Institute is proud to present a first-time released photo of the Rebbe entering 770 in the winter of 1979. Special thanks to the Rebbe Archive and to Mrs. Brod. To learn More About the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

Mini Chefs Bake Matzah with Chabad of South Carolina

By Pamela Edwards for the Columbia Star

Starting from far right, Shluchim Rabbi Meir Muller (r) and Rabbi Levi Marrus mix dough for the Model Matzah Bakery. Assistant Sam Helman waits for instructions. Dane Moliterno serves as water station assistant. Adam Adler adds water to the flour. Photo edit CrownHeights.info, full images can be viewed in the Extended Article!

COLUMBIA, SC — Rabbi Levi Marrus, from the Jewish outreach organization Chabad of SC, led students at Columbia Jewish Day School in a matzah bakery Thursday, March 26. The activity was to give the students a hands- on understanding of the process used in making matzah and its role in the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Tonight! Global Live Web-Farbrengen with Rabbi Jacobson


Tonight, Yud Alef Nissan, at 8:30pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will lead a global web fabrengen, recording live from Congregation Bais Shmuel in Crown Heights, where Rabbi Jacobson serves as spiritual leader. Many dozens of communities the world over will be tuning-in to the farbrengen.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net