Photo Gallery: A Peek Inside the Mitzvah Tank
Wall Street Journal
Rabbi Levi Baumgarten, center, leads prayers inside the in the mitzvah tank earlier this month.
The ‘Mitzvah Tank’ RV, run by the Chabad Lubavitch, travels the streets in search of Jewish people who will agree to join in a brief religious activity. ‘The purpose,’ said Rabbi Levi Baumgarten, ‘is to bring your heritage to your doorstep.’
Rabbi Israel Stone, center, speaks to passersby outside the in the tank, parked at 37th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. His first question: ‘Are you Jewish?’ If he gets an affirmative answer, he invites the pedestrian inside to observe a mitzvah, or religious commandment.
Tefillin inside the in the tank. The rituals observed within the mobile home change with the seasons. During the eight-day celebration of Hannukah, the rabbis invite people to light candles.
Rabbi Levi Baumgarten greets a visitor.
Barry Fruchtman, left, with Rabbi Baumgarten. There are other mitzvah tanks that appear in the city once a week or on holidays, but Rabbi Baumgarten claims his is the only one on the streets four days a week throughout the year. He has been doing it since 1988, he said.
A carving commemorating the teachings of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the spiritual leader of the Chabad Lubavitch movement.
Men pray the mincha, or afternoon prayer, inside the mitzvah tank. Under religious law, 10 Jewish men must be present for the prayers.
mitzva tank
they should make tank for women to give out neshek
To #1
Hopefully women can pick up Neshek in this and other Mitzvah tanks!
Additionally. women have other venues where they can distribute Neshek.
And do.
womens rights
women should speak up why cant we go to