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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].

Special Gallery: The Rebbe Watching the Mitzvah Tanks, 1990

hassidout.org

We are happy to present our viewers a very special and rare photo gallery of the Rebbe, taken on Yud Shvat 5750.

The Rebbe was on his way to the Ohel stopped for a few minutes and watched the Mitzvah Tanks, who were leaving on their way to Manhattan to do Mivtzoim. The Rebbe approached the curb and stood for a significant amount of time watching.

This special gallery contains 18 pictures from the French photographer M. Eisenberg.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Poll: Best Deli Sandwich in Town?

Lubavitch of Iowa operates the “Maccabee Kosher Deli” which is the only Kosher restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa. A local newspaper, the Des Moines Register, is hosting a poll asking which deli in town makes the best deli sandwich, and included in its list of options is the Kosher deli.

Currently the Maccabee Kosher Deli’s “The Megillah” sandwich, which is composed of corned beef, roast beef and choice of toppings, including sauerkraut and schug, an Israeli red pepper spread, served on rye bread, commands just 2% of the vote.

Click Here to view the poll!

Hundreds Attend the Levaya of Reb Mordechai Rivkin OBM

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Hundreds of men, woman and children took part in escorting Reb Mordechai Rivkin OBM this morning. The Levaya left from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel in Boro Park on its way to Crown Heights, where its first stop was in front of his house on Crown Street then on to Bais Rivkah on Crown Street where hundreds of students came out to escort him.

The Levaya then proceeded to 770 where members of Anash along with woman and more students took part in the Levaya as well.

750 Attend Friendship Circle Annual Banquet at NJPAC!

NEWARK, NJ [CHI] — One could immediately feel the energy and excitement of the more than 750 guests who packed the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Tuesday, March 25 for Friendship Circle’s Annual Banquet. The evening’s event, held in honor of Friendships Circle volunteers, included a lavish dinner buffet along with a moving presentation and several tributes.

More pictures and videos in the Extended Article!

Siyum and Hachnosas Sefer Torah in Memory of Harav Sholom Gordon

TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Hundreds of people gathered at Chabad of Encino in the SF Valley, California to complete and dedicate a new Sefer Torah donated in tribute to Rabbi Sholom B. Gordon, ob’m. The campaign was launched by Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, Shliach of the Rebbe in the Valley in conjunction with the upcoming 7th Yahrzeit of his father, on Achron Shel Pesach.

More pictures in the Extended Article!