Guests from all sectors have been arriving at the recently opened children's museum of Tsivos Hashem, which is located on the corner of Kingston and Eastern Parkway.

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Just before Pesach, a group of 30, 3rd grade students from Hebrew Academy in Long Island were treated to a grand tour Crown Heights, including the brand new Jewish Childrens' Museum and the Albany Matza Bakery.

The kids especially liked the interactive fun games in the JCM.

The students were amazed by all the Lubavitchers they saw; in the words of one boy, "this is Rabbi city!"

Everyone thouroughly enjoyed the trip, except the bus-driver, who was annoyed by the delays at the Matza bakery.

Fire caused by stovetop burners left on for Pesach killed three boys as it whipped through a Brooklyn apartment at 5:30am, a few hours after the family had gone to bed at the end of their Seder.

Ten other people were injured in the fire and were treated by Hatzoloh and Shomrim, including two sisters who jumped out a second-story window and three firefighters. The boys who died were two brothers, Shyia and Yidal Matyas, 15 and 13, and their 7-year-old nephew, Shlomi Falkowitz.

A fire official said that the Halacha of leaving a flame burning during Shabbos and Yom tov has caused 35 kitchen fires at Bedford Gardens, the 600-unit apartment complex in Williamsburg, in the last several months.

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Alternate side parking regulations are suspended on Monday, April 25 and Thursday April 26 and on Saturday, April 28-30 for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.

A meeting of Jewish public figures in New York was held on Wednesday in Manhattan in the New York Police headquarters office. The meeting was attended by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. The authorities reassured the Jewish delegates that the police would increase patrol during Pesach around all shuls, including 770.

Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, member of Crown Heights' Beis Din sold the Chomets of all Crown Heights' residents.

Passover, 5765

I send greetings to those observing Passover, beginning at sundown on April 23.

This celebration marks the historic exodus of the Israelites from Pharaoh's oppression more than 3,000 years ago. During Passover, Jews around the world gather with family and friends to share the story of G-d's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery to freedom. Through songs and prayers, they remember the blessings and mercy of a just and loving G-d. By passing this story from generation to generation, they teach the triumph of faith over tyranny and celebrate God's promise of freedom.

The lesson of this story is timeless and reminds us that even in the face of struggle, hope endures. As we work to bring hope to the oppressed, we recall the words of the Psalmist, which are read at the Seder meal: "This is the day the L-rd has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Laura and I send our best wishes for a joyous Passover.

GEORGE W. BUSH

Families and Chabad Houses around the world are being urged to gather their children on Chai Nissan, Reb Levik’s birthday, Wednesday of Chol HaMoed, to say the Twelve Psukim and give Tzedakah in honor of Shlaimos HaAretz.

In Crown Heights the children will be participating in the rally at 770 hosted by the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education.

The Rebbe said that giving away land is to put ‘Kol Beis V’Beis B’Eretz Yisroel’ each and every home in Eretz Yisroel in ‘Sekonos Nefoshos’ dire danger.

The Rebbe also said that Jewish children possess the ability to positively affect the entire Jewish people, based on the Posuk in Tehillim 8:3, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have established strength to vanquish Your enemies, to silence foe and avenger.’

Now is the time for us to mobilize our powerful troops, to call into the line of duty the pure voices of Jewish children. As the Sharon government threatens to put Jewish children in danger, we call upon Jewish children around the world to come to the rescue.

Participants in this campaign are asked to please send photos to: kids2therescue@yahoo.com. The pictures will be compiled and sent to the children in the endangered communities; to show them that children around the world are thinking of them and doing what they can.

Surely this show of Achdus will show Hashem that we are truly worthy of Moshiach Now!

This project was initiated by Blumah Wineberg of Kansas City and Aliza Karp of Crown Heights.

Put your name on the list of communities that are already participating: Crown Heights; Monsey; Kansas; Duluth; Costa Rica; Milwaukee; Moshav Yonaton, Golan Heights Omaha; Plettenberg Bay, South Africa; Johannesburg; Jacksonville, Florida; Baltimore and Manalapan, New Jersey.

On Wednesday 11 Nissan 5765, Lubavitchers worldwide celebrated the Rebbe's 103rd birthday.


On Tuesday night, in locations around the globe, Anash and Temimim gathered to Farbreng. In Crown Heights hundreds attended the Farbrengens held in 770 and @ Bais Rivka Campus Chomesh.

Minyonim that were held in the Rebbe's house were also packed.

On Wednesday morning, a couple thousand children participated in a rally in front of 770.

Also on Wednesday morning, the annual Mitzvah Tank parade left from Crown Heights for Mivtzoim around New York. This years parade had 55 tanks.

Throughout the day a steady stream of visitors were at the Ohel.

55 Mivtsa Tanks corresponding the 55 years of the Rebbe's leadership are parked near 770 waiting for instructions to set out to their destinations.

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Shul to close after Tuesday night Farbrengen - will reopen @ Licht Bentchen on Erev Shabbos

Workers have been busy all week with initial preparations to get 770 cleaned for Pesach.

Those preparations included cleaning all the light fixtures and painting of the beams throughout the Shul.

The painting took place late Monday afternoon and evening and while the workers did hang up "caution" tape and some signs indicating wet paint that still did not stop a number of people from accidentally brushing by the beams and being left with white paint on their jackets and clothes.

Following Tuesday nights 11 Nissan Farbrengen, the Shul downstairs will be in total "lockdown" till Licht Bentchen on Erev Shabbos so that the final cleaning, including the shining and waxing of the floors can be done.

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EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY, U.S.A., 2005

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

As we enjoy the great freedoms of our country, we are mindful of our obligation to pass on to our children the values that sustain our liberty and our democracy. On Education and Sharing Day, we reaffirm our commitment to teach young people the lessons they need to preserve and strengthen our Nation, and to reach as far as their vision and character can take them.

Education and Sharing Day honors the memory of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who established education and outreach centers that offer social services and humanitarian aid around the world. Commemorating his life and legacy teaches the next generation that a single life of conscience and purpose can touch and lift up many lives. By helping to heal a broken heart, surrounding a friend with love, feeding the hungry, or providing shelter for the homeless, we can change America for the better, one heart, one soul, and one conscience at a time.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 20, 2005, as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. I call upon all our citizens to dedicate their time and talents to help our rising generation grow into caring and responsible adults.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of April, in the year of our L-rd two thousand five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty‑ninth.

GEORGE W. BUSH

On Wednesday morning @ 10:15am, a grand rally is being organized outside 770 for the children of the Moisdos in Crown Heights and beyond.

For those who cannot participate in person, you can join us via conference call:

Just call: 605.990.0001
Access Code: 903013#
After you join please put your phone on mute by pressing 6

On the background of the Rebbe's picture, Rabbi Binyomin Klein, former secretary of the Rebbe, is seen delivering a speech at the traditional bar mitzvah of Colel Chabad today at the Western Wall

A prominent Brooklyn rabbi is suing the Fire Department because the firehouse closest to his home was unmanned that day, which he claims caused his wife to die in a raging blaze.
It is a situation that one fire union official says happens between 20 and 25 times a day all around the city — leaving firehouses unmanned for hours at a time.

"Lives can be lost by that type of foolish decision-making," said Rabbi Abraham Hecht's lawyer, Harry Rothenberg.

Hecht's wife, Lillian, an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor, was killed when a fire ripped through their Ocean Parkway home in Gravesend on Jan. 15, 2004.

The closest firehouse was Ladder 153 — on Avenue U and East Eighth Street, just blocks from where the rabbi lived — but they didn't show up because everyone working that day was out getting department-mandated physicals, according to the suit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

Instead, a different company was forced to leave another fire in order to race to put out the flames at Hecht's home — which started when a portable heater was left too close to a chair, Rothenberg said.

Engine 254 — which is housed in the same building as Ladder 153 — arrived just three minutes after the first call to 911, said Fire Department spokesman Frank Gribbon.

"It took an incredibly long time for them to get there," Rothenberg insisted. "That engine apologized to family members because they were at another fire."

Now, Hecht — a prominent Lubavitcher rabbi — wants the Fire Department to be called to task for leaving an entire firehouse unmanned.

According to the court documents, Hecht, 83, claims the FDNY's gross negligence contributed to his wife's death.

He is seeking an undisclosed amount in damages, but more importantly, he wants to make sure something like this doesn't happen to anyone else.

Gribbon said that only about a dozen firehouses are left unmanned on any given day and that the department has been doing this for decades.

"We move the pieces around. The chiefs try not to strip any area of coverage," he said. "They move resources around to provide the best coverage possible."

Gribbon, who called the rabbi's wife's death a "terrible tragedy," pointed out that last year's number of fire fatalities, 82, was the lowest since 1919 when 77 people died

Members of the Crown Heights Council were hosted by leaders of the Democratic Party in New York. The participating council members from Crown Heights were, Reb Chanina Sperlin, Dr. Zvi Lang, and a resident from Crown Heights, Reb Eliyahu Slavin.

On Monday, 10th of Nissan, a farbreingen will be held in memory of Rabbi Yaacov Moshe HaCohen Freedman ob'm. Many Anash who cherish his memory and his blessed deeds will gather for the first yortseit in the Uforatsto Hall, at 305 Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. The farbreingen will begin at 8:00 pm.

On the night of the ninth of Nissan in 5699 (1939), Rabbi Levi Yitschak Schneerson was arrested at his home on 13 Borigodna street in Dnepropetrovsk. Four NKVD agents conducted a search in their apartment they ordered Rabbi Levi Yitschak to follow them.
Rabbi Levi Yitschak was taken for investigation and was imprisoned in extremely difficult conditions. He was transferred from one prison to another until he was finally sent to the far off Kazakhstan where he passed away on the 20th of Av in 5700. (Kitsur Toldos Chabad)

A rare video strip has been released by JEM, of the Bedikas Chomets night in 5748, the year of the Rebbetzin's passing.
The Rebbe is seen after Maariv in the large room on the first floor of his home, and after Maariv the Rebbe turns to the inner room where the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Pikarski, ob'm presents him with the 'sale of chomets' bill. The Rebbe puts on his glasses, engrosses in reading the document and then signs it.

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By Yitzchok Wagshul - Crown Heights Chronicle

The annual melave malka of Congregation Ahavas Moische, better known as the Maple Street Shul, was held last Motzoei Shabbos, April 9 at the shul.

Because it is situated on what, until recently, had been the southernmost border of our neighborhood, the Maple Street Shul has long been considered a “community shul,” rather than merely of significance to local mispallelim. Its annual melave malka is traditionally attended by a wide spectrum of residents from all areas of Crown Heights.

The event drew around 200 people throughout the evening, including the Rov and Mara D’Asra, Rabbi Aharon Yaakov Schwei shlita, and the internationally noted activist and lecturer Rabbi Dovid Hollander shlita.

Rav Schwei reminisced about the fact that in his youth, the Maple Street shul was “his shul,” because he used to regularly review a maamar of Chassidus there for the congregants. He expressed great satisfaction at the growth that portion of the neighborhood is experiencing B”H, and urged that more homes in the area be purchased, so that before long, there will again be many shuls there, a mikveh, and so on.

Rabbi Hollander spoke movingly about Jewish issues and the need to stand firm in support of the Torah way of life. Referring to the current crisis the Maple Street Shul is undergoing, arising from the collapse of its retaining wall and the need to raise funds for its repair, Rabbi Hollander likened the shul itself, which has remained steadfast at the border and never let up in its activities, to a retaining wall. It symbolizes the need of all of us to remain at our posts and faithfully guard the boundaries of the Torah outlook.

“The Maple Street Shul,” the Rabbi proclaimed, “is the ‘retaining wall’ of Am Yisroel.”

Contributions to the emergency repair campaign can be made payable to Congregation Ahavas Moische and sent to the shul’s president, Eli Blachman, at 682 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203.

Dear Community Members,

In recent weeks there have been a number of vehicles broken into, especially SUV's.
"WE URGE THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING OF VALUE VISIBLE IN YOUR CARS".
A Hatzoloh member’s car got broken into and all his equipment was removed from the car.

PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR VALUABLES FROM YOUR CAR UNLESS YOU WANT THEM STOLEN.

IF ANYONE SEE'S SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO VEHICLES PLEASE CONTACT SHOMRIM ON 718 774 3333 WHO ARE HERE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH THESE SITUATIONS

Beryl Zucker was chosen as the winner by illustrious panel of judges that included, Cantor Joseph Malovany, Cantor Bentzion Miller, Cantor Yaakov Motzen, and Cantor Noach Schall.

Winner of the 2005 Cantors World Cantorial Talent Search, Berel Zucker Berel Zucker was born in Detroit in 1981. Berel's father, a Lubavitcher Chassid and chazzan, instilled in Berel and his brothers the rich Chassidic legacy of neginah and chazzanus, and would often play the recordings of Yossele Rosenblatt, who Berel maintains had a major impact on him growing up. While still a child, Berel's family made aliyah, settling in Jerusalem.

On shabbos, Berel and his father would walk to hear Chazzan Naftali Herstik and the choir of the Great Synagogue, and then walk to the Kosel (Western Wall) to hear Reb Shlomo Carlebach's late Friday night davening. While still a child, Berel and his brothers officiated as a choir on the High Holidays, often accompanying their father. Berel also sang with other choirs in Jerusalem, often appearing as soloist on recordings.

As a teenager, Berel sang with bands for weddings and Simchas in and around Jerusalem, before returning to the United States to learn in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva at Chabad Headquarters in Brooklyn. Berel currently studies at the Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University, where his courses include Nusah, Music Theory, Voice and piano. He is also a member and featured soloist in the Belz School Choral Ensemble. Berel also sings with the choir of Young Israel Beth-El in Boro Park (Cantor Ben Zion Miller).

For the last ten years, Berel has officiated as Chazzan for shabbos and high holidays in communities all over the world. Berel will be joining other top cantors in an upcoming Cantors World concert.

Mazel tov, Berel!

Tuesday evening, Erev Yud Aleph Nisan, the Rebbe's birthday, a big Chassidic farbrengen will take place at the Campus Chamesh building on Lefferts Ave. in Crown Heights lead by the Chairman of the International Agudas Chasidei Chabad, Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov.

Numerous Rabbis, Shluchim and Mashpiim from all over the world will attend together with hundreds of Temimim.

DES MOINES, Iowa --

An eighth-grader from Iowa made it all the way to the seventh round of the National Spelling Bee, before tripping over a "t."

Jonathan Hahn, 14, of Central Community School in Elkader, misspelled "Lubavitcher." The word that means "a member of a Hasidic sect" disqualified the student.

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An exhibition of pictures of the Rebbe will be on display at the Chabad House of Gramacy Park on Yud Aleph Nisan. The pictures were taken by N.Y. Times photographer Mark Asnin. Asnin worked in the Sunday Times and wrote an article about the Rebbe describing him as the "Urim V'Tumim of Crown Heights."

In the coming weeks a special program on the disengagement plan, on the emotional bond between the Jew and his land, will be aired on several TV channels in the U.S. among them the Russian channel RTVI.

On Wednesday a TV crew arrived in 770 in Crown Heights and interviewed people saying "despite you living in the U.S. your opinion is of value to us."

Ushpizin, the much acclaimed Israeli Charedi film will now be playing in N.Y. on Chol Hamoed Pesach. It is a rare opportunity to experience the film that won the hearts of Charedim and non-religious audiences in Israel alike. It is an authentic look in the Chassidic life in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem.

Ushpizin is the first Charedi film in Israel that is not played on Shabbos and Yom Tov and has the approval of many leading orthodox rabbis in Israel. It has even won the Israeli Critics Award for best film of 2004 and Shuli Rand won an Academy award for best actor.

The film will be shown at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place during Chol Hamoed Pesach.

Tickets are available through the Tribeca Film Festival website www.tribecafilmfestival.org or call 212-321-7400 or 866-941-FEST. Open from 10 AM - 6PM

Reserve your tickets now as availability is very limited. Call now.

On the Rebbe's birthday, 11th of Nissan, thousands of children of Chabad institutes in New York will gather in 770. Principals of the New York area and shluchim are kindly asked to transmit the lists of pa'ns (pidyon nefesh) written by children in their locations to the Tsivos Hashem organization. The rally, which will begin at 10:14 and end at 11:30, will be broadcasted live via telephone lines and the internet. This way, thousands of children will be able to participate virtually and will be able to hear the reading of the pa'n on the Ohel by one of the children.



The rally is arranged by the International Tsivos Hashem organization headed by Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson and coordinated with the NCFJE, directed by the Hecht brothers. You may download the pa'n form in the language of your choice: English, Yiddish, French and Hebrew. Please bring the signed pa'ns to the Tsivos Hashem office in the Children's museum on 792 Eastern Parkway until Tuesday, at 5:00 p.m. If you are not able to submit the pa'ns personally, you are welcome to send them by fax to 718-467-8527

A woman was killed when a mini-school bus jumped the curb and pinned the woman against a building in Brooklyn. Five others were injured in the accident, which involved the school bus and two other vehicles.

The accident occurred right across the street from the Ocean Ave. Hatzalah garage. Dozens of Flatbush Hatzalah members responded to the call.

Police say the accident which was on Ocean Avenue and Avenue N, occurred when a minivan hit a woman who was crossing the street while the light was against her. She was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.

A mini school bus rear-ended an SUV that was slowing down for the accident, and another car hit the school bus — pushing it onto the curb. When the school bus jumped the curb it hit another woman on the sidewalk, pinning her against a building. That woman died at the scene.

Police say four people were taken to Maimonides Hospital, and the bus driver was taken to Kings County Hospital. They are all listed in stable condition.

Although reports indicate that their was only one fatality, witness's reported seeing at least four bodies R"L covered by white sheets from the medical examiner.

Chabadnik.com has been informed that this year Yud Aleph Nisan, Aguch is planning to arrange for minyanim at the home of the Rebbe on President Street.

The Raksin family of Crown Heights is inviting all residents of the neighborhood and Temimim to take part in a Sefer Torah dedication tomorrow Thursday 5 Nisan on behalf of Rabbi Menachem Mendel and Chana and their family.

Conclusion of writing the letters will commence at 5 PM in their house 1410 Carroll St. and at 7 PM will proceed in a parade towards 770 where "hakofos" etc. will be held.

On Shabbos Parshas Shmini, Mesivta Oholei Torah, Hanholo and Bochurim totaling more than 120 people k”ah went on a Shabbaton to Saratoga Springs, NY.

The Bochurim were accompanied by the majority of the Hanholo, former camp, Yeshivas Kayitz head counselors and directors , as well as Rabbi Pesach Nussbaum from Montreal, Rabbi Zev Kadaner, and Rabbi Abba Rubin. (Shliach in Saratoga).

On the way they stopped off in the @ the Capital of New York State in Albany,

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This morning in 770 not only was there a Hanochas Tefillin in the Mizrach but right next to it a Bar Mizvah as well.

Click here to see the Rebbe drawing Mayim Shelanu in the front yard of 770 today.

Note the individual handing the hose to the Rebbe. Very thoughtful, young man. Very thoughtful.

A photo essay by Carolyn Drake titled "The Lubavitch" has won an award in the Pictures of the Year International photojournalism competition. The essay, comprising 22 pictures from taken around Crown Heights, @ the Kinnus HaShluchim & Shluchos and the Ohel, won 1st place in the community awareness award category.

During the fall of 2003, while interning at National Geographic, Miss Drake spent about 6 weeks in Crown Heights. She then returned several times in early 2004 for a few days at a time.

The essay was printed in the June 2004 edition of Blueeyes Magazine a magazine-style website for photography ran her essay on their site.

When contacted for this story by SNS, Drake responded "I was very excited to hear I won the award and am very grateful to all the people in the Lubavitch community who welcomed me into their lives and enabled the project to happen. I would love to hear from anyone who has suggestions about other Lubavitch activities that ought to be photographed as I expand the project to other areas."

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AWARD WINNING PHOTO ESSAY

SNS ED. Miss Drake can be contacted via e-mail @ drakeycake@hotmail.com

Yesterday the maintenance staff of 770 in Crown Heights started cleaning the Shul for Pesach, moving all the benches and tables outside and going through every crack to make sure there is no Chometz.

Get ready for that time of year again when we get barred from the Shul and we all have to Daven outside and upstairs, hopefully we will at least have warm weather.

Fourteen tumultuous years have done little to heal the hurt of Fay Rosenbaum, whose son Yankel was stabbed to death in a 1991 race riot that came to symbolize a dark and angry period in the city's history.

Rosenbaum's family, including the 71-year-old matriarch, is back in the city from Australia, once again seeking justice in the Hasidic scholar's death. This time, they want to show that Yankel Rosenbaum got shoddy treatment from city doctors after Lemrick Nelson left him dying on a Crown Heights street.

"I don't forgive and I don't forget," Fay, 71, told the Daily News in an exclusive interview Wednesday, just before the Brooklyn Supreme Court judge hearing the family's civil case against the city issued a gag order.

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At 2:00 AM on Monday a Bochur decided to cause some trouble and went outside 788-770 to the corner stone with a blowtorch and burned the protective glass, the security guard asked him what he was doing and he ran.

The Police were called and arrived on scene at about 2:05am but it was too late as the bochur decided to do his exercise and run down the block, the police are dealing with the situation and because of Bochurim like the one today will be the cause of no one having access to touch the stone.

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At 3:01am a call came through to the FDNY where a tenant at 1325 Union Street thought he smelt gas, and by 3:07am there were 7 fire trucks on the scene tehy went in to check everything out and it turned out it was nothing, at 3:14am the fire trucks left the scene and PD remained to speak to the tenant and arrested him at 3:18am.

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The famous Tzivos Hashem store on Kingston Avenue, near President Street, is moving to a new location in the nearby Tzivos Hashem Museum. The new store will be even bigger, with even more items of Judaica on sale.

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The highlight of the Sefer Hamitsvos Contest weekend of Tsivos Hashem was the competition’s grand finale on Sunday. The awesome event was hosted by the Lubavitch Educational Center at the Deauville Beach Resort . In front of a crowd of more than 1,000, the boys competed in a fast-paced “game-show style” quiz -- a full-scale multimedia production, complete with computer-generated question boards, flashing lights, buzzers, sound effects and music. “The children’s grasp of the material was simply astounding,” says Rabbi Sholom Ber Baumgarten, Tzivos Hashem Director. “Within seconds, the children answered questions from memory that many scholars and even rabbis couldn’t answer without consulting a source.” In between the two rounds of the game show and after the second round, the audience was treated to live concert by chassidic super star Avrohom Fried. It was not your regular concert! The dancing and enthusiasm in the room was palpable.




Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, executive director of Tzivos Hashem said it was a most worthwhile investment for what these boys have accomplished is priceless. However, these children are really representing the more than 4,000 students from across the world who took part in the program, which was initiated as a means of fulfilling the Rebbe’s wish that every man, woman, and child learn the Rambam’s magnum opus Mishneh Torah or the more abbreviated Sefer HaMitzvos, which explain all of the 613 mitzvahs.

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SNS has learned that Rabbi & Mrs. Schneur Zalman Cadaner of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to the Quad Cities where they will establish a new Chabad House. The Quad Cities consists of Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa.

The Cadaners were appointed by Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz of Illinois & Rabbi Yossi Jacobson of Iowa.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The Cadaners can be reached via e-mail @ chabadquadcities@gmail.com.

A group of Anash in Crown Heights who meet each Monday and Wednesday evening to learn Gemara with Horav Zalmam Labkowsky, Rosh Yeshiivah of 770, have just made a Siyum on Mesechtas Brochos.

The Siyum was held last Wednesday night @ the Aguda Shul on Crown St.

A festive Seuda followed the Siyum, during which Rabbi Labkowsky announced that the group will start learning Mesechtas Sukkah on when they next meet, on Monday night Ohr Le'Gimmel Nissan.

Keren Yaakov Moshe was established last year in memory of HaRav Yaakov Moshe HaKohen Friedman, z’l. Who in Crown Heights has not been witness to his countless acts of kindness on a daily basis at home, in shul or even on "Rabbi Friedman's line" in the bank? His legendary kindness and compassion began when he was a young man in war-torn Europe, where, with real mesiras nefesh and heroism, he enabled thousands of Jews to emigrate to freedom. It was therefore fitting for the family to establish a gemach to perpetuate the chessed of this “sar hachesed”.

Now, in honor of the first Yahrzeit on 10 Nissan, SNS has learned that the family has established a new and innovative fund. Yad L’Shliach will make it incredibly easy for all Anash to help Shluchim in an ongoing and meaningful way.

“Imagine if thousands of Anash, young and old, would contribute monthly,” said Avremel Friedman (Fried), one of the fund’s founders (and its first contributor) “That will translate into so many gifts and be mechayeh so many Shluchim.”

The fund hopes to send the first checks to Shluchim on the Yahrzeit in two weeks, according to Yad L’Shliach’s organizer Rabbi Shlomo Friedman.

To find out more about this exciting project log on to: www.YadLshliach.org.

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Upon the request of the Rabbis of Gush Katif and with the consent of all rabbis in Israel, a Special Day of Prayer all over the world has been proclaimed for today 27th of Adar II, 5765 at 4:30.

Jews all over the world will convene in their synagogues on this day to decry the terrible decree of uprooting families and homes from Gaza and northern Samaria. The central rally will take place by the Western Wall with the belief that Tefilas Horabim have the power to nullify all terrible decrees.

Rabbi Binyomin Klein is seen above undergoing a thorough inspection before being allowed into the wedding of the Zeiler-Zonnenfeld families from Nachlas Har Chabad - in Binyanei Haumah in Yerushalayim.

The Kehos Publishing Society has announced a forty percent sale in honor of the 11th of Nissan, the 103rd birthday of the Rebbe, Pesach The sale on Kehos Books will last from Beis Nissan until Lag B'Omer. For more information call (718) 778 0226

The Tenenbaums were appointed by Rabbi Sholom Raichik Shliach of Upper Montgomery County, MD.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The Tenenbaums can be reached via e-mail @ Cheskyt@yahoo.com

On Sunday 23 Adar II, April 3, 2005, dollars were once again distributed in 770.

According to reports, Gabbai Zalman Lipsker had hired a few Yungerleit to chase away the people in charge of the Dollars. At first, the two doors leading into the front hallway were locked and no one could enter it, so no one arrived to give out any dollars.

In order to prevent altercations, the Sefadi students had decided to hand out the dollars on the front lawn of 770.

However, an unforeseen development arose: The students wrote to the igros, which directed them in no uncertain terms, not to alter the place of the dollar distribution under any circumstances. With such a clear and definitive directive, the stalwart soldiers had no choice but to stand up to the powers-that-be and act.

At 2:50 PM, with the other students at lunch break, the Sefadi contingent managed to break through the door between the upstairs Shul and the front hallway. They placed a table with a blue cushion, sang yechi, and gave out dollars for a few minutes. About 10 Sefadi students participated.

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Rabbi and Mrs. Chayim Eliyohu Mishulovin of Crown Heights will be moving on Shlichus to Portland, Oregon where they will establish a new Chabad House the downtown area. In addition, the Mishulovins will be making special programs and activities for the youth and the entire community. The Mishulovins were appointed by Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm of Chabad of Oregon.

A group of guests from Avshalom Institute for knowledge of the land visited Beis Agudas Chasidei Chabad - 770 in coordination with building director Rabbi Menachem Later. The institute representatives, who have been holding studies and lectures on Judaism, thanked the Chabdniks for the hositng and for the speaches they listened to in 770. The shliach to Macabim-Reut, Rabbi Meir Mark, lectured to the guests, who later departed after they were each given a copy of Sichas Hashavua and Matsos for the Holiday.

Rabbi Adin Even Yisroel (Steinzalts) was seen last night at the Rebbe's Ohel with a case on his right arm. The Rabbi seems to have fallen a few days ago. Refuah Shleima.

Rabbi Mendy Lipskier from Crown Heights and his family are on their way to Chandler, Arizona. The Lipskiers will be working on establishing a new preschool, a Camp Gan Yisroel and programs for youth and teens at Chabad of the East Valley. The Lipskiers were appointed by Rabbi Mendy Deitsch.

The Rebbe's home on President street in Crown Heights was open today, 25th of Adar - birthday of the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka of blessed memory. About 25 people participated in Maariv. This brought Crown Heights' residents to hope that the Rebbe's home would be open for davenning also on other special dates such as the oncoming 11th of Nissan - the Rebbe's birthday.

Rebbetzin Chaya (Moussia) Mushka Schneerson was born near the Russian city of Lubavitch, on the 25th of Adar in 1901 she was the second daughter of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (the Mitteler Rebbe) and his wife, Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneersohn. From her earliest years, she absorbed the purity and holiness that surrounded her, in the house of her grandfather and her father.

Her striking regal bearing, her gentle sense of humor, and her compassionate consideration and sensitive manner endeared her to all, as illustrated in the following story. In May 1940, the Rebbe and the Rebbetzin, fled to Nice, France. In the course of their flight, there was a devastating bombardment. As people ran in every direction, she noticed an explosive shell heading towards a man next to her. Quickly pushing him to the ground, the Rebbetzin saved the man's life. Recounting this story the Rebbetzin said: "True, I saved his life, but for pushing a Jew one must repent."

The extraordinary respect that the Rebbe accorded to the Rebbetzin gives us a glimpse of her true stature.
Once, the Lubavitch Women's Organization sent her a bouquet of flowers, together with a list of individuals for whom blessings were requested. Setting aside the flowers for the Rebbetzin, the secretary passed the letter to the Rebbe who, observing that it was addressed to his wife, asked his secretary to give it to her, saying: "She too is capable of giving blessings."

Earlyer this week Member of the vaad Hakol met with mayor Bloomberg, they disscused future development of our nighborhood Crown Heights.

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Lately I noticed both in the online media and print alot about Lev Leviev and Shaya Boymelgreen of Africa-Israel Investments [QUOTE(TASE: AFIL)] and was wondering myself about all this, so I went searching and came up with a handful of articles leading up to date, for your informative reading pleasure.

A short synopsis of all this ahead; they had the property,
Held out till they can get top dollar, got top dollar offer, sold. Smart.

New York Daily News, NY - Mar 3, 2005 - Click Here - Rival elbowing in on Ratner

BrooklynPapers.com, NY - Mar 4, 2005 - Click Here - Community weighs in on Gowanus Village

Globes Online, Israel - Mar 9, 2005 - Click Here - Shaya Boymelgreen to build hotel in Bruce Ratner New York project

New York Daily News, NY - Mar 11, 2005 - Click Here - 'World class' develop plan

BrooklynPapers.com, NY - Mar 18, 2005 - Click Here - Shaya defies Ratner, moves ahead with Atlantic Yards hotel

New York Daily News, NY - Mar 20, 2005 - Click Here - Frenzy over pricey DUMBO apts

New York Times - Apr 1, 2005 - Click Here - Holdout Sells to Developer of Brooklyn Arena Project

Globes Online, Israel - Apr 3, 2005 - Click Here - Leviev, Boymelgreen sell 2 Brooklyn properties for $44m

Matiyahus first major TV interview - Click here

The new face of Jewish music wears a black hat and jacket and a long beard. He embeds divrei Torah in his songs, which rely heavily on Jewish and chasidic content. But his songs don`t come from the shtetl. Enter, instead, a bizarre matrimony between reggae, hip-hop, beatbox and Hasidic music. He is 25 years old and his name is Matthew Miller, aka Matisyahu. His new CD "Shake Off the Dust...Arise" derives from Isaiah 52:2, "Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion," which readers will recognize from the Lecha Dodi of the Friday evening service.

Matisyahu`s unique blend begs the question of what sort of animal a Hasidic reggae performer might be. Can Jewish music maintain its Jewish component while diluting itself with other ethnic, traditionally secular and political music? And more importantly, how does that shed light on Jewish music and the larger world of postmodern music?

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Mr. Leon Furth, National Security Adviser to former Vice President, Al Gore, has exerted 15 years of efforts on behalf of the return of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Seforim from Russia. Furth has reached a small success entailing the restoration of several seforim, which he brought to the U.S. via the private plane of President Bill Clinton - Air Force One - in the winter of 5754. In a picture of Clinton and Furth on the plane, Clinton is seen (above) putting his hand on Furth's shoulder. When Clinton later sent the picture to Furth, he added this caption on the bottom:

"To Leon, lion of the Lubavitch Library. Congratulations on surviving to another Happy birthday. Bill Clinton ". This week, Mr. Furth is slated to testify at the Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, and to emphasize the importance of returning the Schneerson Library to the Chabad Headquarters in New York.

After so much un-creativity that has been displayed by so many Jewish artists, starting from the "Borrowed" music the singers sing to down to the singers singing Davening on a CD, I must say Jewish music became lame.

Now along came this brand new band, actually they have released a CD but it was a plain white label with no particular identification to it, now they seemed to have regrouped and arranged themselves quite nicely, band name, web site, pictures and all.

The fist thing I noticed was a poster of theirs which was so very different it seemed... ORIGINAL, so I took a look at the website and my my its just different so the first thing I did was went to the sample section, and listened to the available samples 3 in total and it was like a blast of fresh air. OK enough, here’s the links to the samples and to the website, it will say a lot more then I can.

Bar Yochai - Rain - Yarmulka

My8ThDay.com

For all those of you that dont know Doar is the little store on the corner of Crown and Kingston.

As far as I rember the first owner was Yerachmiel Zalmanov about 10 years back and he sold it Sholom Ber Levitin who now himself has sold it.

It so happens to be that our address is 383 Kingston Ave. as well.

What we can expect now would be longer hours and a more ordely store.

At approximately 9:45pm Motzei Shabbos, at the intersection of Union & Brooklyn, an elderly man walked into traffic while the light was in favor of the cars. By doing so, a car had to swerve violently to avoid him, and ended up piling into another car and actually going under it. Thanks to the watchful eye of Hashem, nobody was hurt. The driver was a yid, as was the pedestrian.

At approximately 9:20pm, Motzei shabbos, a van driven by a jewish family was driving down Albany when another chinese person in his car ran a red light on Union St. the driver of the van lost control and tried to swerve to miss the car and turned his wheel causing the van to spin around and end up hitting the side of a building on Union St. and coming to rest there. The passengers included a husband and wife. Hatzalah responded to the scene immediately and was able to transport the driver while the other patient was taken by FDNY to the hospital.

Later on at 12:36/1:36 Rabbi Lieder called one of his members to go down and make sure they were being treated and B"H both patients were being treated very well and were released from hospital with only bruising at 1:45/2:45 depending on what time you were holding

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Tonight at 12:00am we change our clock's 1 hour ahead and becomes 1:00am, we loose an hour of sleep.

So make sure to change your clocks before you get to bed as to avoid any confusion (and being an hour late to everything).

A Gut Voch.