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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!

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!

Chabad News
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New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
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
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.

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.

Notices
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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.

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.

Op-Ed
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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

Picture of the Day
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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.

Chabad News
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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

Videos
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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!

Chabad News
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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.

Shlichus
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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