On Feb. 24, two shipping containers laden with 20,000 pounds of shmura matzah were slated to head out of port in Odessa, Ukraine, on their way to Orthodox Jews in the United States. Two hours before they were to be loaded onto a ship, Russia invaded • Full Story
At a private reception with Donald J. Trump at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz had a chance to present the 45th president with a box of handmade shmurah matzah • Full Story, Photos, Video
Rabbi Chaim Gurevitch, a”h, energetically dedicated his life to the Rebbe’s Shlichus. With his unique passion for Mivtzah Matzah, he would leave no stone unturned, ensuring that everyone in his global circle of acquaintances had Shmurah Matzah for the Pesach Seder. This campaign will be sending cases of Matzah to hundreds to Shluchim, who will reach out to even more Jews in their communities and connect them with this precious Mitzvah • Full Story
Pesach was only three short months ago, but for the Badatz of Crown Heights, preparations for Pesach 5782 have already begun. A group from the Crown Heights Matzah Bakery traveled on Monday to Allentown, New Jersey to begin the wheat harvest for next year’s matzah bake. Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun Mara D’Asra of Crown Heights kicked off the harvest by driving the combine harvester himself • Full Story, Photos, Video
The Chabad House in Kenya has been working overtime to make sure that every Jew in the country receives what he needs for Pesach. Yesterday, the Bochurim helping the Shliach visited the Israeli embassy in the capital of the country, Nairobi, and made sure that every single person working there received Shmurah Matzah • Photos
Like every year, the Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Wilhelm in Eretz Yisroel visited Israeli members of Knesset and ministers this week in order to give them Shmurah Matzah in time for Pesach • Photos
Berel Grossbaum (Minnesota) to Chana Shmotkin (Detroit)
L’Chaim tonight in F.R.E.E.
Baby boy to: Shmuel and Esther Neft (nee Tyshenko) – Toronto.
Baby boy to: Menachem and Esty Sheinberger – Crown Heights
Baby girl to: Meir and Chanie Levinger (nee Richler) – Yerushalayim, Israel