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The Rebbe encouraging the “tankistim” as they get ready for a mission of spreading Judaism Summer, 1974

The Rebbe's 10-Point Mitzvah Campaign

For Jewish Awareness and Observance

Learn more about the Mivtzoim here

Kosher Wine For Kiddush & Pesach Seder

Right in time for Pesach

Order kosher wine from www.winewarehousestore.com (before Pesach or at any time)

using our promo code CHABADMTB and get 5% off your order.

Lechayim! 🍷

Siyum HaRambam

This year marks 40 years to the Rebbe’s campaign of daily study of Rambam in 1984.

Join us as we celebrate this important milestone

March 26, 8:30pm

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo NY

Learn more about the Rambam daily study program here

Learn more about the Rambam here

Purim Party

Family Event

Join us for a celebration of the festival of Purim with family and friends.

March 24, 10:30am

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo NY

Megilla reading at 11am

Face painting and caricatures, photo booth, reptile show and more

Mishloach Manot exchange

Learn more about the Mitzvahs of the day here

To give Matanot L'evyonim: Gifts for the Poor on Purim Day contact us

Mivtzah Neshek

Shabbat Candles

For Every Jewish Woman & Girl

Celebrating 50th Years (1974-2024) of Mivtza Neshek - the Rebbe's campaign of Shabbat candles for Jewish women and girls. We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Shabbat Lights Neshek Campaign Buffalo-Niagara.

Learn more about this Mitzvah here

Learn more about the Rebbe’s campaign here

Contect us to get a “Neshek Kit”

To sponsor this campaign click here

Purim Katan

“Minor Purim“

Join us as we study and discuss the

holiday of Purim in the light of Chassidus

Thursday, February 22th, 8:30pm

onboard the Mitzvah Tank

Ohr Temimim Parking Lot

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo, NY

Purim Katan: (lit. “Minor Purim”); semi-festive day in the intercalated first month of Adar in a leap year, whose date corresponds to the date in which Purim is actually celebrated that year in the following month of Adar (this year, March 24, 2024)

Learn more about this holiday here

Tu-B'shevat

New Year for Trees

Join us as we celebrate the special fruits of the land of Israel

Thursday, January 25th, 4:30pm

The JCC

2640 N. Forest Rd, Getzville, NY

Shalom everyone!

Join us as we celebrate Tu-B'shevat family program at the JCC at 4:30 pm.

We'll have some arts & crafts, music and educational activities, traditional food, and most importantly - Free Pizza!

We'll also write letters to families in Israel who are evacuated from the conflict zones.

The event and everything in it is FREE, just need to let Gon know if you're planning to attend.

Please email him at Gerez@jccbuffalo.org or text 330.550.4138 with the names of those planning to attend.

Thanks, and stay warm!

Learn more about this holiday here

The Rambam

Join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of the Rambam

Monday, January 1st, 8:30pm

The Mitzvah Tank

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo, NY

Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (also known as Maimonides or Rambam), Talmudist, halachist, physician, philosopher and communal leader, is one of the most important figures in the history of Torah scholarship. Living in 12th-century-Egypt, his writings (in Arabic and Hebrew) spread across the Jewish world and beyond, enriching the study of Judaism, philosophy, medicine, and more. Read about his scholarship and achievements, and the modern-day global campaign to unite world Jewry through the study of his writings.

Learn more about the Rambam here

Hei Teves Seforim

The Annual Jewish Bookfair

Wednesday, December 20th, 8:30am

Ohr Temimim

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo, NY

First book subsidised thanks to the TELL Fund

If you’d like a to purchase or sponsor a Jewish book visit please contact us

Learn more about Hei Teves here

Chanukah 2023

Check out our exiting Chanukah events

Family Fun Olive Oil & Dreidel Workshops

Menorah Contest

Sunday, December 10th, 12:30pm-2:30pm

Ohr Temimim

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo, NY

RSVP here

Public Menorah Lighting @ Niagara Falls State Park

Sunday, December 10th, 5:00pm

Prospect Point

Public Menorah Locations

KeyBank Center (home to the Buffalo Sabres)

Trader Joe’s Buffalo

Niagara Falls City Hall

Niagara Falls State Park

Niagara Falls International Airport

Mitzvah Tank of Buffalo Niagara Center

(Chestnut Hill Ln & Klein Rd intersection in Amherst)

Mitzvah Tank Mobile Center

Stay tuned for more locations...

If you’d like a Menorah kit or a holiday visit please contact us

Learn more about Chanukah here

Yud Tes Kislev

The New Year of Chassidus

The 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev is celebrated as the “Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism.” It was on this date, in the year 1798, that the founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), was freed from his imprisonment in czarist Russia. More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in Jewish history, heralding a new era in the revelation of the “inner soul” of Torah.

Join the celebration

December 3rd, 8:00pm

Ohr Temimim

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo, NY

Learn more about the 19th of Kislev here

Community Annual Chalukas Hashas

Join our community initiative to complete the Talmud together in one year click here

Melaveh Malka Farbrengen

Join us as we celebrate the birthday of the Rebbe Rashab - the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe and founder of the Tomchei Temimim yeshivah

November 4th, 9:00pm

Ohr Temimim parking lot

411 JJ Audubon Pkwy, Buffalo, NY

Learn more about the Rebbe Rashab here

Do A Mitzvah For Them

Put on Tefillin, light Shabbat candles, study Torah,

give Tzedaka or do any other mitzvah

You can also help by sending necessary items to the IDF soldiers on the front lines. Buy items yourself and drop off in Buffalo or donate money so we can buy items on your behalf.

Contact us to take action

Rabbi Lorber (718) 290-4444

Chaya Shuman (716) 908-6916

Click here for a link to a list or

Pray

Put on Tefillin

Light Shabbat candles

Say a chapter of Tehillim

Affix a Mezuzah (or get it checked)

Study Torah

Give Tzedaka

Acquire a letter in the special Unity Torah

NEW THIS YEAR

A public Sukkah in Niagara Falls State Park

For the benefit of tourists and visitors

Opened Chol Hamoed days October 2-5

Located at Terrapin Point (near P2 parking lot)

For GPS: Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls, NY or click here

ושמחת בחגך והיית אך שמח

שמע ישראל

ה’ אלקנו ה’ אחד

Chai Elul - Birth of a movement

"Chai Elul" — the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Elul — is a most significant date on the Chassidic calendar. The founder of Chassidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, was born on this date, in 1698. It is also the day, 36 years later, on which the Baal Shem Tov began to publicly disseminate his teachings, after many years as a member of the society of "hidden tzaddikim" during which he lived disguised as a simple innkeeper and clay-digger, his greatness known only to a very small circle of fellow mystics and disciples.

Elul 18 is also the birthday — in 1745 — of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, who often referred to himself as the Baal Shem Tov's "spiritual grandson" (Rabbi Schneur Zalman was the disciple of Rabbi Israel's disciple, Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch). After gaining fame as a child prodigy and young Talmudic genius, Rabbi Schneur Zalman journeyed to Mezeritch to study under the tutelage of the Baal Shem Tov's successor—as he later explained, "to study I knew somewhat, but I needed to learn how to pray"--and was soon accepted into the intimate circle of Rabbi DovBer's leading disciples. Rabbi Schneur Zalman established the "Chabad" branch of Chassidism, which emphasizes in-depth study and intense contemplation as the key to vitalizing the entire person, from sublime mind to practical deed.

וראו כל עמי הארץ כי שם ה’ נקרא עליך

Need help wrapping Tefillin in the Buffalo-Niagara area?

We can come to you!

Call us to schedule a prayer appointment

(716) 703-8770

Farbrengens and Shiurim on board The Mitzvah Tank

HISTORY OF

THE MITZVAH TANK

What is a Mitzvah Tank?

In 1974, the concept of “Mitzvah Tanks” first made its appearance. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, had sent his tanks into the battle for the soul of the American Jew.

It was a standard van of the “U-Haul” or “Ryder” variety. Its back door was rolled up, showing a cargo of one large wooden table, two wooden benches, and a dozen young men with beards and black hats. From a loudspeaker taped to its roof issued forth a medley of Chassidic songs played on high volume—that is, high enough to make itself heard above the din of a Manhattan street corner. Large posters taped to the sides of the moving van proclaimed: “MITZVAH TANK”, “Teffilin on board” and “Mitzvot On The Spot For People On The Go.”

Eventually, the Ryder vans were replaced with mobile homes equipped with shelves for books and comfortable seating for a quick discussion or even an impromptu class. But the concept remained the same: Go out there and get a Jew to do a mitzvah.

What is a Mitzvah?

“Mitzvah” means “commandment”. A mitzvah is one of the 613 divine instructions to the Jew contained in the Torah. The word also means “connection”: a deed that connects the human being who performs it with G‑d, who commanded it.

Why a tank?

"A tank is undeterred by trenches and pits and simply crosses them to reach the other side. An iron barrier—the weight of the tank simply crushes it. This is the purpose of the [mitzvah] tank if: there is a (spiritual) pit or trench, or even a barrier—things that are not associated with holiness—it nevertheless can go and fulfill its mission—to dispel evil and introduce good and G‑dliness into the world."

From an address by the Rebbe, 1974