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By Lindsay Melvin for the Memphis Commercial Appeal

MEMPHIS, TN — Its only ingredients are water and flour, and it is referred to in the Bible as the “Bread of Affliction.”

But for the dozens of kids who came to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life on Thursday, matzoh wasn't a hard sell.

Youngsters Heed Lesson in Passover’s Bread of Life

By Lindsay Melvin for the Memphis Commercial Appeal

MEMPHIS, TN — Its only ingredients are water and flour, and it is referred to in the Bible as the “Bread of Affliction.”

But for the dozens of kids who came to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life on Thursday, matzoh wasn’t a hard sell.

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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)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day's passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Tes)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!

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By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

BOCA RATON, FL — Next Wednesday, 100 recovering addicts will celebrate the holiday of freedom in Boca Raton, Florida. Like Jews everywhere, they’ll raise their glasses four times in the course of the evening.

Sober Seder – Chabad Seders For Recovering Addicts

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

BOCA RATON, FL — Next Wednesday, 100 recovering addicts will celebrate the holiday of freedom in Boca Raton, Florida. Like Jews everywhere, they’ll raise their glasses four times in the course of the evening.

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Mazal Tov! – 11 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Yaakov and Mushky (nee Lifshitz) Flint.
IYH at 1603 Carroll St [between Schenectady and Utica Ave].

Moshe and Chaya Sima (nee Vorst) Benjaminson.
IYH at Shain Shul, 390 Kingston Ave [between Crown and Montgomery St].

Moishy and Rivky Goldman
IYH at Getzel’s Shul on Kingston Ave [between Carroll and President St].

Levi and Chaya (nee Thaler) Nejar.
IYH at Getzel’s Shul on Kingston Ave [between Carroll and President St].

Mendy and Shternie Matusof.
IYH at 1505 President St [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Arieh and Dvorah Leah (nee Zagury) Raichman (Crown Heights)

Mendy and Rochel (nee Freidman) Breier.
IYH at Kahal Chasidim, 17150 NE 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33162.

Nosson Meir and Sarah Ita Meretsky (Shluchim to Penn State University)

Akiva and Ruti (nee York) Danzinger (Toronto, Canada)

Mendy and Ruth (nee Gilbert) Brackman (Shluchim to Belfast, UK)

Dovid and Chevie (nee Avtzon) Treger (Jerusalem, Israel)

Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.

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59 Mitzvah Tanks Commemorate the Rebbes 107th Birthday!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Thursday Morning Bochurim and Children were seen milling around President and Kingston, where they were looking for their ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ and the group they will be sharing it with. The 59 Tanks, corresponding to the number of years of the Rebbes Nesius, were all lined up and ‘armed’ with Pesach Guides, Matzos, Neshe”K and Tefillin, to set off on the annual Mitzvah Tank Parade commemorating the Rebbes birthday which takes place on Sunday, Yud Aleph Nissan.

Many more pictures in the Extended Article!

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Ten Jewish snowboarders try to set a world record at Jackson Hole Ski resort. Shliach to Jackson, Wyoming, Rabbi Zalman Mendelson and nine other men attached themselves together on the “Minyan Snowboard” in an attempt to set a Guiness world record for the longest snowboard. KIFI's Danielle Grant reports.

CNN Video – A Minyan Snowboarding

Ten Jewish snowboarders try to set a world record at Jackson Hole Ski resort. Shliach to Jackson, Wyoming, Rabbi Zalman Mendelson and nine other men attached themselves together on the “Minyan Snowboard” in an attempt to set a Guiness world record for the longest snowboard. KIFI’s Danielle Grant reports.

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Five Brisim in Rostov

ROSTOV, Russia [CHI] — Five Jewish men took upon themselves to fulfill the great mitzvah of a Bris Milah yesterday. The idea of inviting a mohel just before Pesach was initiated by a local graduate of the Or Avner Jewish School of Rostov.

These men, between the ages of 18 and 47, chose their own Jewish names with great pride. The names chosen were: Refoel, Dovid, Ehud, Asher and Raziel.

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So 59 ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ rolled through Manhattan and paralyzed traffic, albeit for a short few minutes at a time, and people got to see the ‘Winnebago’s’ with the big signs that said ‘Happy Birthday’ and ‘Mitzvah Tank’ and young energetic Bochurim and children calling out ‘Happy Passover’, one may be tempted to dismissively ask ‘what’s the point?’ or ‘how many people even noticed it?’ all valid questions, for a pessimist, but the answer is quite surprising.

According to Google Trends one of today’s most popular searches is ‘mitzvah tank’ coming in at 55th from the top, and its peak was during the parade itself! Geographic data also showed that over 80% of the searches were made from New York.

How do you Measure the Magnitude of Impact from a Mitzvah Tank Parade?

So 59 ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ rolled through Manhattan and paralyzed traffic, albeit for a short few minutes at a time, and people got to see the ‘Winnebago’s’ with the big signs that said ‘Happy Birthday’ and ‘Mitzvah Tank’ and young energetic Bochurim and children calling out ‘Happy Passover’, one may be tempted to dismissively ask ‘what’s the point?’ or ‘how many people even noticed it?’ all valid questions, for a pessimist, but the answer is quite surprising.

According to Google Trends one of today’s most popular searches is ‘mitzvah tank’ coming in at 55th from the top, and its peak was during the parade itself! Geographic data also showed that over 80% of the searches were made from New York.

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JERUSALEM [JTA] — An axe-wielding Palestinian worker killed an Israeli boy and injured another in the West Bank.

The worker began attacking the boys, aged 13 and 7, as he ran with the axe through the community of Bat Ayin, located in the Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem, shortly after noon Thursday.

Terrorist Murders Israeli Teen With Axe

JERUSALEM [JTA] — An axe-wielding Palestinian worker killed an Israeli boy and injured another in the West Bank.

The worker began attacking the boys, aged 13 and 7, as he ran with the axe through the community of Bat Ayin, located in the Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem, shortly after noon Thursday.

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CROWN HEIGHTS [WPIX] — A paroled rapist who served 15 years in jail for attacking two 12 year old girls is in police custody at Montefiore Medical Center, arrested and charged in connection with last week's double murder in a Crown Heights bodega.

Police say 50 year old Charles Judd of The Bronx has been charged with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon. Reports say he admitted that he was involved in the fatal armed robbery, but did not do the shooting.

Video – Arrest in Utica Ave Bodega Killing

CROWN HEIGHTS [WPIX] — A paroled rapist who served 15 years in jail for attacking two 12 year old girls is in police custody at Montefiore Medical Center, arrested and charged in connection with last week’s double murder in a Crown Heights bodega.

Police say 50 year old Charles Judd of The Bronx has been charged with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon. Reports say he admitted that he was involved in the fatal armed robbery, but did not do the shooting.

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UZHGOROD, Ukraine [FJC] — The Jewish community in the Carpathian Region of Ukraine is celebrating a victory this week, with the completion of construction of the home for the local Chabad Lubavitch emissary, Chief Rabbi of Uzhgorod Menachem Taichman, and his wife Chaya Moussia. Last year, their home was torched by neo-Nazis and they all lost all their possessions. As Chassidim, they decided that when they rebuild it, it would be bigger and better and so they added another story in their building plan.

Carpathian Jewish Life Abounds

UZHGOROD, Ukraine [FJC] — The Jewish community in the Carpathian Region of Ukraine is celebrating a victory this week, with the completion of construction of the home for the local Chabad Lubavitch emissary, Chief Rabbi of Uzhgorod Menachem Taichman, and his wife Chaya Moussia. Last year, their home was torched by neo-Nazis and they all lost all their possessions. As Chassidim, they decided that when they rebuild it, it would be bigger and better and so they added another story in their building plan.

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