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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovi and Yael (nee Steiner) Rabin (Johannesburg, South Africa) on the birth of their son.

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

Tanya Printed in Chalkida, Greece!

CHALKIDA, Greece [CHI] — In a country known for its contribution of paganism and hellinism to the world; just got an added dose of real G-dliness. Today being the holy and auspicious day of Yud-Aleph Nissan ; giving a gift to the Rebbe is on every Chossid’s mind.

More in the Extended Article!

Video of the Day! – Some Passover Humor!

The following is a piece from a TV show that airs in the UK called “are you smarter than a 10 year old”, challenging adult contestants with questions from the early grade school curriculum. In this piece the question was, “what is the name of the flat unleavened bread Jews eat on passover?”. For your viewing pleasure.

Chabad Emissaries Celebrate The Lubavitcher Rebbe!

36 years ago, at a special Farbrengen gathering to celebrate his 70th birthday, The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, asked his followers to establish 71 new Chabad educational and outreach institutions. At the Farbrengen, West Coast Chabad-Lubavitch immediately made a commitment to The Rebbe to open at least 10 percent of the new centers.

The very next day, the first of these new institutions — the Chabad House in Berkley, CA — was launched in The Rebbe’s office at 770 Eastern Parkway in a private audience with his emissaries on the West Coast, Rabbi Shmuel Dovid haLevi Raichik OBM, and Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Eliyohu Cunin, Director of West Coast Chabad-Lubavitch.

Picture of the Day!

The Rebbe walking out of a bunk house during one of his visits to Gan Yisroel. The picture is from the new book on the Rebbe “The Rebbe inspiring a Generation” to see more visit www.inspiringageneration.com

This picture is presented in honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, a new picture will be displayed each day.

The Rebbe Corresponds with World Leaders

World leaders; statesmen; great rabbis; artists; business leaders: the roster of well-known personalities who interacted with the Rebbe is a veritable Who’s Who. To some the Rebbe corresponded in writing, others came to the Rebbe for a private audience; still others received the Rebbe’s blessing and advice at a brief encounter on Sundays when the Rebbe distributed dollars to be given to charity. In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’s Birthday, I am happy to present a few glimpses into these interactions. It’s an excerpt from the new book on the Rebbe “The Rebbe Inspiring a Generation” to see more about the book Visit www.inspiringageneration.com

President Proclaims Education Day

By Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

As a delegation of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries looks on, President George W. Bush signs a proclamation declaring April 16, 2008, the 106th anniversary of the birth of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, as Education and Sharing Day USA. (Photo: The White House/Joyce N. Boghosian)

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush signed a proclamation marking April 16, 2008 as the 106th anniversary of the birth of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, and declaring it Education and Sharing Day USA.

Chabad Denied Passover Funds Due to Wine

Arizona Daily Wildcat

Chabad at the University of Arizona

TUCSON, AZ — An Appropriations Board decision yesterday left a UA campus club with cases of grape juice and almost $2,000 to raise.

A UA Jewish club was denied $1,900 in funding for its Passover celebration because of the presence of alcohol at the annual event.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona Appropriations Board voted unanimously to leave UA Chabad Jewish Student Association’s event unfunded because of a bylaw.

Online Yud Alef Nissan Farbrengen!

Taking place tonight will be a special Farbrengen in honor of Yud Alef Nissan. It will take place in Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown Street (entrance from Albany Ave) and it will broadcasted live over the internet.

The Farbrengen will start at 8:00pm Eastern Standard Time and you can tune in online, by clicking the link below, or by phone, by calling (616) 597-8000 Access Code: 930459#

Click Here to watch live

Full flyer in the Extended Article!

Poland Marks Ghetto Uprising Anniversary

The Associated Press

Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, and his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski listen are seen during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

WARSAW, Poland — The Jewish prayer for the dead echoed Tuesday across what was once the heart of the Warsaw ghetto as Polish and Israeli leaders marked the 65th anniversary of a doomed battle waged by young Jews against Nazi troops.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

President of the RVFD Attends Model Seder

From Right to Left: Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum of Chabad of Upper Montgomery County with Eric Bernard, President of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department with his children Jacob Bernard, 8 and Max Bernard, 6 holding their Shmurah Matzoh that was given out at the Chabad of Upper Montgomery County’s Hebrew School Model Seder.

ROCKVILLE, MD [CHI] — Eric Bernard, President of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department attended the Chabad of Upper Montgomery County’s Hebrew School Model Seder, where his children are students. He participated in the Model Seder events reading one of the ten plaques during the Makos game.

Library Makes 1,000 Rare Haggadahs Available Online

By Dovid Zaklikowski

An illustration of King David praising G-d in a rare Haggadah published in 1710 in Frankfurt am Maine, Germany

NEW YORK, NY — The central Chabad-Lubavitch library in New York made 1,000 Passover Haggadahs, many of them rare, available on the Internet for browsing by the public. The Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library has one of the largest collections of the Passover orders of service in the world.