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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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New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
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

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!

Picture of the Day! The Smallest Mitzva Tank!

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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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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!

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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!

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!

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