Toronto Anash Hold Kinus Torah

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As per the Rebbe MH”M’s instruction to hold kinusei Torah during Chol Hamoed, Toronto Anash gathered this evening in 770 Chabad Gate, the regional headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch, for a special kinus Torah. Among the speakers were both married bal habatim, as well as bochurim in town visiting for Pesach. The kinus was capped off by a special farbrengen from Rabbi Noam Wagner of South Africa • Photos, Video

Uber Nixes Mask Mandate for Drivers, Passengers

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Rideshare company Uber has followed the lead of airlines and has dropped its mask mandate effective today. Uber is leaving it up to customers and drivers to decide whether or not they want to wear a mask and is telling customers “if you ever feel uncomfortable, you can always cancel the trip” • Full Story

Toronto Holds 18 Nissan Rally

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Hundreds of children gathered with their parents this afternoon in Chabad-Lubavitch of Southern Ontario in Thornhill, Ontario for an exciting rally in honor of Chai Nissan, the birthday of the Rebbe MH”M’s father. After Torah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah, the children enjoyed an exciting story from guest Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz, as well as a special performance • Photos

Chai Nissan: R’ Levik’s Birthday

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Today, 18 Nissan 5782, marks the 144th birthday of Harav Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Take a glimpse into Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s Extraordinary Perspective on Torah, life, and reality • Watch

IDF Destroys Hamas Weapons Manufacturing Workshop in Gaza After Rocket Attack

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Palestinian Arabs reported on Monday night that the IDF attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in response to an earlier rocket attack on Israel. According to the reports, the attack took place in the Khan Yunis area • Full Story, Video

The Jewish Past and Future in the Middle East

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From the desk of Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi and Senior Shliach to Turkey, as well as Founder and Director of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States: Empires and rulers have come and gone, but one constant has remained – the Jewish communities throughout the Middle East. They have waxed and waned, but they have always been here. The thriving Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States attests to that. We represent many thousands of Jews in dozens of cities throughout the Middle East and the greater Islamic world • Full Story

Federal Judge Blocks Mask Mandate for Public Transportation

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A federal judge on Monday voided the Biden administration’s mask mandate for travelers using public transportation such as trains and airplanes. The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention applies to people as young as 2 years old, and had been set to expire a number of times but was recently extended to May 3 before Monday’s ruling • Full Story

U.S. Congressman Honors the Rebbe for 120th Birthday

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In honor of the Rebbe’s 120th birthday, Rabbi Mendy Turen, the Rebbe’s Shliach to Springfield, IL, met with United States Congressman Rodney Davis a few days before Pesach. The Congressman is one of the members of Congress who recognized the Rebbe MH”M’s birthday as Education and Sharing Day in their respective districts • Photos

Will You Have to Make a Chol Hamoed ‘Plan B’?

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The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for New York City from 8 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. on Tuesday. 20-30 mph winds are expected with gusts of up to 50 mph • Full Story

Arab Thugs Attack Jews Wrapped in Taleisim on Their Way to the Kosel

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A video released on the Arab social networks around noontime on Sunday shows four Jews wrapped in their prayer shawls being attacked by Arabs who kick and punch them. The four Jews were attacked on Hagai Street in the Old City of Jerusalem, on their way to the Kosel • Full Story

Ukraine Under Fire: Mechiras Chometz Conducted in Dnipro’s Central Synagogue

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Despite thousands of local residents fleeing the war-torn country of Ukraine, many families have remained behind, spending Pesach under constant threat of danger. Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzky, Senior Shliach to Dnipro, Ukraine, conducted the sale of chometz in the city’s Golden Rose synagogue, the city’s thriving Jewish hub, on behalf of Jews both local, as well as refugees who left the city in the wake of Russia’s invasion • Photos

Moscow Burns Chametz Friday Morning

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Hundreds of Jews gathered in the courtyard of Moscow’s grand Marina Roscha synagogue to cap off their Pesach preparations with the burning of chametz. Chief Rabbi and Senior Shliach Rabbi Berel Lazar also conducted the sale of chametz on behalf of tens of thousands of Jews across the vast territory of the Russian Federation. Images captured by photographer Levi Nazarov • Photos

Chabad Holds Largest Seder in the World in Dubai

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Another wonder of the post- Abraham Accords world: thousands of Jews gather in a banquet hall in the largest metropolis of an Arab country! Under the auspices of Rabbi Levi Duchman, Shliach to the United Arab Emirates, as well as with the help of 11 dedicated talmidei hashluchim, the largest Pesach sedarim in the world was held in Dubai. Both nights saw hordes of people packing into the hall to enjoy not only a tasty meal, but an uplifting Pesach experience • Photos

This Year Learn Maseches Sotah the Right Way!

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During the days of Sefiras HaOmer, there is a minhag by Chasidim to learn maseches Sotah, one Blatt each day, corresponding to that day’s Sefiras HaOmer. Just in time for the start of learning daily Mesechas Sotah, a clear and concise daily podcast with Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz makes the study of Masechas Sotah more accessible than ever • Full Details

Ukraine Shluchim Making Seders for New Arrivals to Israel

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Thanks to Chabad Rabbi Menachem Traxler and Chabad emissaries of the Ukraine now living in Israel, nearly 1,000 newly arrived olim, representing 180 Ukrainian families, will consume over 20,000 kosher Passover meals, among members of their former communities and their rabbis. Former citizens of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Donetsk, Mariupol, Herson, and Zhitomir will share the entire Pessah festival with one another in places like Ma’aleh Adumim, Netanya, Beit Hannah, Beit Rivka and Vered Jericho • Full Story

Israel Successfully Tests Groundbreaking Laser Defense System

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Israel has conducted the first successful tests of a state-of-the-art laser interception system, dubbed ‘Iron Beam,’ the Defense Ministry announced Thursday afternoon. The tests involved a series of experiments of a laser ground interception system against fast-moving threats in a variety of scenarios and targets • Full Story

Westchester Honors The Rebbe

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In the afternoon of Yud Alef Nissan, Westchester County Executive Mr. George Latimer issued a special Proclamation bestowing Westchester’s highest honor upon the Rebbe. In his Proclamation, County Executive Latimer salutes the Rebbe’s global leadership, and the Rebbe’s 4000 Chabad Houses in more then one hundred countries around the world. Together with the Rebbe’s emissaries they serve as “Centers of Light and Illumination” • Full Story, Photos

Tzach: A Grand Gift

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Coming from Yud Alef Nissan, marking 120 years from the Rebbe’s birth, the Central Lubavitch Youth Organization are very pleased, and pleasantly surprised, at the grand proportions reached in the joint gift presented to the Rebbe from Anash and Temimim worldwide • Full Story

From the News: Worldwide Celebrations Mark Rebbe’s Birthday

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A massive rally and concert drew 15,000 people to the streets of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Sunday night. On Monday, a different late-night party spilled into the streets of Queens. And, on Tuesday, 120 “Mitzvah Tanks” fanned out across New York City to distribute matzah for Passover and give passersby a chance to complete Jewish rituals, while back in Crown Heights, children were feted for their success in memorizing millions of lines of Jewish texts • Full Story

Major Terror Attack in Jlem on Seder Night Thwarted, Terrorists Arrested

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As the IDF continues to carry out Operation Break the Wave, seven terrorists from the village of Silwad near Ramallah who planned to carry out a major shooting attack in Jerusalem on Seder night were captured on Wednesday evening by Israeli security forces • Full Story, Video

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Velvel Reikhtman (Ben Reb Moshe) – Montreal to Channah Kagan (Bas Reb Zev Moishe) – Crown Heights

L’chayim will be Tuesday night in Ulam Chana – 556 Crown St.