Mazal Tov! – 5 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Michoel and Rivky (nee Glassner) Goldin.
IYH at 836 Montgomery St, Apt B17, [corner Troy Ave].

Yuda and Henya (nee Mochkin) Holtzberg.
IYH at 1404 Union St, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].

Yisroel and Chanie (nee Benjaminson) Altein.
IYH at Shain Shul, 390 Kingston Ave [bet Crown and Montgomery].

Zalman and Chana Wolowik (Shluchim to the Five Towns) .
IYH at 748 Central Ave, Woodmere NY 11598.

Shmuly and Bassi (nee Minkowitz) Druin.
IYH at 1062 NE 179th Terrace, North Miami Beach, FL.

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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Author of New Popular Haggadah Lectures in Chicago

CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — “Even if we were all scholars, all experts, all fluent in the Torah it is a mitzvah incumbent upon us all to discuss the Exodus at length”

As Pesach preparations reach fever pitch everyone is scrambling to find new insights and inspiring ideas to share with their guests at the seder.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Announcment from CSSY

Dear Friends,

On behalf of Chevra Simchas Shabbos V’yom Tov we are calling out to the Crown Heights community to “Open up your eyes” and pay attention to your neighbors and friends if they are in need of assistance for the upcoming Yom Tov of Pesach!!!

Please call us at: 718 774-5270 and leave message- if no answer or Email c.s.s.y.593@gmail.com asap. Please give the following information: Name- Address- Amount of children

All information is kept strictly confidential

Rabbis Assisting in New Zealand Search for Missing Israeli Backpacker

By Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

The TV broadcast from New Zealand’s TV3 news station.

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — Authorities in Queenstown, New Zealand, and a pair of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis are scouring the surrounding countryside in the search for Israeli backpacker Liat Tess-Okin.

Jewish Communities Support Family of Slain American Soldier

By Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Maj. Stuart Wolfer, a 36-year-old Jewish Army reservist from Idaho, died in an April 6 rocket attack in Baghdad’s Green Zone. (Photos: Courtesy Wolfer family)

DES MOINES, IA — The body of Maj. Stuart Wolfer, one of two soldiers felled by an April 6 rocket attack inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, made its way back home Tuesday as Jewish communities thousands of miles apart mobilized to give comfort to his loved ones.

Meet Rabbi Avi & Mina Richler…

Jewish Community Voice

The following is a feature done in the local newspaper on a the Richlers who have recently moved out on Shlichus in Gloucester County, New Jersey.

STATUS: Married two years and two months

MOTTO: “No Jew left behind,” because Rabbi Shneerson believed in caring for every Jew. His legacy lives and he lives through his message.

HOBBY: Making music with whoever wants to join them. Avi plays guitar, Mina, piano.

Continued in the Extended Article!

First Upsherin in Beijing!

BEIJING, China [CHI] — Beijing, China recently experienced its first Upsherin. Levi Raskin, the son of Rabbi Mendy and Chani Raskin, Directors of Chabad of Downtown Beijing, was given his first haircut on his 3rd birthday in a communal event attended by over 150 members of the Jewish Community.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Y. Lewis)

Rabbi’s Bakery Blends Families, Bread

Dean Shalhoup – Nashua Telegraph

Rabbi Levi Krinsky puts rolled matzo dough into an oven in the gym of the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire on Sunday. The Chabad Lubavitch of New Hampshire-sponsored event was aimed at teaching the process of making matzo before Passover, which is next Sunday. “The simplicity of matzo represents the simplicity of man,” Krinsky said.

MANCHESTER, NH — Scott Schaeffer and his family buy their matzo bread at the store, he says, only because “we don’t have the (utensils) to make it at home.”

London Yeshiva Distributes Over 2,000 Matzos!

LONDON, England [CHI] — Amid an unusually snowy Sunday morning, Yeshiva Gedola London was abuzz with activity when fifty Bochurim worked for over six hours packing and distributing matzos to over two thousand families living in the neighborhood of the yeshiva – Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. Each box was carefully packed with two full Shmura Matzos and a Passover guide.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Schechtman (Milwaukee, WI) and Chanie Gurevitz (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Tonight, Wednesday at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].