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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

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

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New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

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
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

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
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
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.

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.

Shlichus

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

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

PSA

WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — In a list of fifty most influential Rabbis compiled by Newsweek, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky was named as the fourth most influential Rabbi. Rabbi Krinsky was the Rebbe's secretary for some forty years and more recently, he is the chairman of educational and social services arms of Chabad.

Yehuda Krinsky Fourth Most Influential Rabbi

WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — In a list of fifty most influential Rabbis compiled by Newsweek, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky was named as the fourth most influential Rabbi. Rabbi Krinsky was the Rebbe’s secretary for some forty years and more recently, he is the chairman of educational and social services arms of Chabad.

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The well-developed, insightful shiurim given recently on the topic of Birchas Hachama are now available online viewing and audio download. Delivered by Rabbi Zalman Abraham, and boasting an attendance of 150 Anash, the shiurim covered background and sources of the Mitzvah and practical application.

More video and the audio Shiurim at YagdilTorah.org

Video Shiur – Intro and Background of Birchas HaChama

The well-developed, insightful shiurim given recently on the topic of Birchas Hachama are now available online viewing and audio download. Delivered by Rabbi Zalman Abraham, and boasting an attendance of 150 Anash, the shiurim covered background and sources of the Mitzvah and practical application.

More video and the audio Shiurim at YagdilTorah.org

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WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — The United States President Barack H Obama declared Education and Sharing Day in honor of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's birthday. Thus keeping a tradition of former President George W Bush. The proclomation can be viewed in the Extended Article!

Obama Marks Rebbe’s Birthday Education & Sharing Day

WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — The United States President Barack H Obama declared Education and Sharing Day in honor of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birthday. Thus keeping a tradition of former President George W Bush. The proclomation can be viewed in the Extended Article!

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By Janice Arnold for the Canadian Jewish News

MONTREAL — Guy Bouthillier, a past Montreal president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, is a student of Jewish mysticism.

Guy Bouthillier, centre, past president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, converses with his teacher Rabbi Yossi Shanowitz, left, and friend Aaron Pollack.

Past Baptiste Society President Studies at Chabad

By Janice Arnold for the Canadian Jewish News

MONTREAL — Guy Bouthillier, a past Montreal president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, is a student of Jewish mysticism.

Guy Bouthillier, centre, past president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, converses with his teacher Rabbi Yossi Shanowitz, left, and friend Aaron Pollack.

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Children bake Matzah for Pesach at the model Matzah Bakery at the Chabad House in Margate. Hebrew school and preschool kids are baking traditional matzah, “We have them rolling the dough, making holes in the dough and learning how to make matzah how they made matzah 3,300 years ago when the Jewish people left Egypt,” said Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport. The children also learned about the significance of the matzah and were able to take it home along with a matzah baker's hat.

Video – Kids Bake Matzah with Chabad of Ventnor City

Children bake Matzah for Pesach at the model Matzah Bakery at the Chabad House in Margate. Hebrew school and preschool kids are baking traditional matzah, “We have them rolling the dough, making holes in the dough and learning how to make matzah how they made matzah 3,300 years ago when the Jewish people left Egypt,” said Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport. The children also learned about the significance of the matzah and were able to take it home along with a matzah baker’s hat.

Videos

NEW YORK, NY [JTA] — New York City police reportedly are preparing to increase security at Jewish sites because of Israel-Iran tensions.

The Associated Press reported Friday that NYPD intelligence analysts fear attacks on synagogues and other Jewish centers should Israel take military action to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Israeli officials have said that they believe that Iran is just months away from acquiring such a weapon.

NYPD to Protect Jewish Targets Citing Iran Tensions

NEW YORK, NY [JTA] — New York City police reportedly are preparing to increase security at Jewish sites because of Israel-Iran tensions.

The Associated Press reported Friday that NYPD intelligence analysts fear attacks on synagogues and other Jewish centers should Israel take military action to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Israeli officials have said that they believe that Iran is just months away from acquiring such a weapon.

Jewish News
Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
The story is told of a mystic who once said to his friend the philosopher: "You know, I think I finally figured out what lies at the heart of our disparity.

“How do you mean?” asked the philosopher.

“Well,” continued the mystic, “While I am forever thinking about myself, you are constantly thinking about G-d.”

Though not too sure about the precise meaning of the mystic’s remarks, the philosopher could not help but feel somewhat flattered by what seemed like a generous compliment. Upon further reflection, however, it dawned on him that his good friend may not have been quite that generous after all.

It occurred to him that in the mind of the mystic G-d is, no doubt, the very essence of reality. The Divine truth a given, the mystic ponders his own subjective reality: “Do I exist? What significance, if any, is there to my existence? What possible legitimacy can a finite and transitory existence have within the all-transcending, all-pervading reality of G-d?”

The Mystic and the Philosopher – Chassidism VS Secular Psychology

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

The story is told of a mystic who once said to his friend the philosopher: “You know, I think I finally figured out what lies at the heart of our disparity.

“How do you mean?” asked the philosopher.

“Well,” continued the mystic, “While I am forever thinking about myself, you are constantly thinking about G-d.”

Though not too sure about the precise meaning of the mystic’s remarks, the philosopher could not help but feel somewhat flattered by what seemed like a generous compliment. Upon further reflection, however, it dawned on him that his good friend may not have been quite that generous after all.

It occurred to him that in the mind of the mystic G-d is, no doubt, the very essence of reality. The Divine truth a given, the mystic ponders his own subjective reality: “Do I exist? What significance, if any, is there to my existence? What possible legitimacy can a finite and transitory existence have within the all-transcending, all-pervading reality of G-d?”

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Cheder Chabad of Monsey Science Fair

by Mrs. Chaya Webb

I was asked by Mrs Shusterman to be one of several people from the community to be a judge for the Cheder Chabad student science fair. One can only imagine my enthusiasm at the prospect of doing this Thursday night less than two weeks before Pesach, but in retroscpect that is just what I feel.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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