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Have you given any thought to where the poor and unfortunate will get their Passover needs for the upcoming Holiday? The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) has.

The past few weeks have been very busy ones for the staff of the Poor and Sick Fund at NCFJE. More than 1,000 pounds of Matzah, hundreds of cases of wine and grape juice, more than 120 cases of chicken and meat have been delivered to and picked up by the needy of the Jewish community.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Poor and Sick Fund

Have you given any thought to where the poor and unfortunate will get their Passover needs for the upcoming Holiday? The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) has.

The past few weeks have been very busy ones for the staff of the Poor and Sick Fund at NCFJE. More than 1,000 pounds of Matzah, hundreds of cases of wine and grape juice, more than 120 cases of chicken and meat have been delivered to and picked up by the needy of the Jewish community.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Shainy (nee Lerman) Raichik (Shluchim to Boyton Beach, FL) on the birth of their son.

May the newborns be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!

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The news spread around the world like a cold shiver, leaving everyone in a state of shock. We cried, and said tehillim, it was something unreal, impossible to have occurred.

A month after her parents, Zev and Rochel Simons A"H, were tragically taken from this world on 11 Tevet 5768, Mushkie returned to seminary, and we began thinking of something we can do to honor her dear parents. After hours of daydreaming and brainstorming, the 'All You Have To Do -Moshiach Campaign' was created.

Continued in the Extended Article.

Moshiach Campaign Launched in Memory of Zev and Rochel Simons

The news spread around the world like a cold shiver, leaving everyone in a state of shock. We cried, and said tehillim, it was something unreal, impossible to have occurred.

A month after her parents, Zev and Rochel Simons A”H, were tragically taken from this world on 11 Tevet 5768, Mushkie returned to seminary, and we began thinking of something we can do to honor her dear parents. After hours of daydreaming and brainstorming, the ‘All You Have To Do -Moshiach Campaign’ was created.

Continued in the Extended Article.

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The bochurim of the Yeshiva Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL, were tested on hilchos taaruvos by Rabbi D. Shochet and Rabbi Gavriel Tzinner this past weekend. These farhers followed the farhers which took place in NY on the prior Motzei Shabbos, with Rabbi Yochanan Gurary and Rabbi Yisroel Friedman. All the Rabonim reported that they were highly impressed with the bochurims' results.

Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL Tested on Taaruvos

The bochurim of the Yeshiva Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL, were tested on hilchos taaruvos by Rabbi D. Shochet and Rabbi Gavriel Tzinner this past weekend. These farhers followed the farhers which took place in NY on the prior Motzei Shabbos, with Rabbi Yochanan Gurary and Rabbi Yisroel Friedman. All the Rabonim reported that they were highly impressed with the bochurims’ results.

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By Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Chef Linda Bergh greets people at the 10th anniversary dinner of the Chabad Jewish Center in S. Fe., N.M., directed by Rabbi Berel and Devorah Levertov.

Hardly a cook will say that cooking for a Passover Seder, with its multitude of strictures, is easy, let alone when doing it for the first time.

Caterer Learned Dietary Laws From Scratch

By Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Chef Linda Bergh greets people at the 10th anniversary dinner of the Chabad Jewish Center in S. Fe., N.M., directed by Rabbi Berel and Devorah Levertov.

Hardly a cook will say that cooking for a Passover Seder, with its multitude of strictures, is easy, let alone when doing it for the first time.

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By Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Passover Seder tables are ready for the holiday in Moscow.

Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the globe will host communal Passover Seders this Saturday night and Sunday night for anyone who wants to come. All told, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of Jewish life are expected at the feasts, which commemorate the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt 3,321 years ago. A handful of Chabad Houses reported on the special preparations involved this year due to the fact that Shabbat immediately precedes Passover.

Thousands of Jewish Centers Worldwide Gear-Up for Passover

By Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Passover Seder tables are ready for the holiday in Moscow.

Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the globe will host communal Passover Seders this Saturday night and Sunday night for anyone who wants to come. All told, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of Jewish life are expected at the feasts, which commemorate the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt 3,321 years ago. A handful of Chabad Houses reported on the special preparations involved this year due to the fact that Shabbat immediately precedes Passover.

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58 Tanks Spread Light and Good Deeds in NY!

New York, NY [CHI] — This morning, Wednesday Bochurim and Children were seen milling around President Street, where they were all looking for their ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ and the group they will be sharing it with. The 58 Tanks, which correspond to the number of years of the Rebbes Nesius, were all lined up and ‘armed’ with Pesach Guides, Matzos, Neshe”K and pairs of Tefillin, to set off on the annual Mitzvah Tank Parade commemorating the Rebbes birthday which takes place today, Wednesday, Yud Alef Nissan.

Over 120 Gorgeous pictures of the Parade and Mivtzoim for your viewing pleasure, in the Extended Article!

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R. Moshe Schmukler and R. Mordy Hirsch riding in their Mini Cooper and coordinating the 58th Mitzvah Tank Parade!

Photo gallery now online!

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R. Moshe Schmukler and R. Mordy Hirsch riding in their Mini Cooper and coordinating the 58th Mitzvah Tank Parade!

Photo gallery now online!

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News 12 Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A black man is calling for justice after he says he was attacked in Crown Heights.

Andrew Charles claims he was walking down Carroll Street with his friend, Kevin Evans, on Monday evening when he was attacked. Charles says a group of Jewish men drove up in a black SUV and got out of the car. After an exchange of words, Charles says he was beaten with a wooden object and maced.

Victim calls for justice in Crown Heights attack

News 12 Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A black man is calling for justice after he says he was attacked in Crown Heights.

Andrew Charles claims he was walking down Carroll Street with his friend, Kevin Evans, on Monday evening when he was attacked. Charles says a group of Jewish men drove up in a black SUV and got out of the car. After an exchange of words, Charles says he was beaten with a wooden object and maced.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Esty (nee Lieberman) Majesky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborns be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!

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By Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in his early 30s, around the time of his move to Paris. (Photo: Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library)

The Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Miami Beach, Fla., received a routine call in the days before Purim in 1993. An elderly man phoned that he couldn't go to synagogue to hear the reading of the Scroll of Esther (megillah) and requested someone to come to his residence to read the scroll for him.

Rebbe’s Parisian Friend Sheds Light on Scientific Experience

By Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in his early 30s, around the time of his move to Paris. (Photo: Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library)

The Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Miami Beach, Fla., received a routine call in the days before Purim in 1993. An elderly man phoned that he couldn’t go to synagogue to hear the reading of the Scroll of Esther (megillah) and requested someone to come to his residence to read the scroll for him.

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Michelle Coleman - The Australian Jewish News

Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch in New Zealand, heads off to search for missing Israeli backpacker Liat Tess-Okin.

The search for missing Israeli backpacker Liat Tess-Okin was boosted late last week by the addition of a search helicopter underwritten by Chabad-Lubavitch of Sydney.

The 35-year-old Israeli woman has been missing for almost three weeks, after failing to return from a three-day trek on the Routeburn Track near Queenstown, which she started on March 25.

Sydney Chabad Funds Search Helicopter for Missing Israeli Backpacker

Michelle Coleman – The Australian Jewish News

Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch in New Zealand, heads off to search for missing Israeli backpacker Liat Tess-Okin.

The search for missing Israeli backpacker Liat Tess-Okin was boosted late last week by the addition of a search helicopter underwritten by Chabad-Lubavitch of Sydney.

The 35-year-old Israeli woman has been missing for almost three weeks, after failing to return from a three-day trek on the Routeburn Track near Queenstown, which she started on March 25.

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