Daily Archives: May 13, 2006

Rainy Night – trees fall and cars crash

In a pouring Thursday night lots of destruction was left in its wake. First a branch of a tree came crashing down on President St. between Albany and Kingston, falling mere inches away from a pedestrian and B”H it missed him. Followed by an even larger part of a tree that came down on Empire Blvd. between Albany and Troy, there were no reports of any pedestrians in the area when that incident took place.

The highlight of the night was at around 3:30am a car went smashing into 2 parked cars on Crown St. between Kingston and Brooklyn. Eyewitnesses state that they saw a car coming down the street when it all of a sudden went spinning out of control striking 2 parked cars, pushing one of them all the way up onto the sidewalk, the driver then got out and upon seeing the damage he caused he got back into his car and fled the scene. But the fleeing driver did leave a piece of identification behind, his front bumper complete with his front license plate!

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Lubavitcher Yeshiva Excels in Tanya Be’al Peh Project

Between Yud Shevat and Yud Alef Nisan, all Talmidim of grades 5-8 participated in a Tanya Be’al Peh Project. This project is sponsored by the Yeshiva and The Bas Sheva Mitzvah Campaign.

This year, the Yeshiva saw tremendous participation and Hatzlacha. Over 150 Talmidim participated in this project.

On Thursday, Erev Pesach Sheni, the Yeshiva organized a special Farbrengen for those Talmidim who excelled in Tanya Be’al Peh. Rabbi Mottel Kanelsky, Shliach of the Rebbe in New Jersey, and director of the Bas Sheva Mitzvah Campaign, spoke to the Talmidim. Rabbi Kenelsky praised them for their accomplishment, and motivated them to continue learning Tanya Be’al Peh, urging them to learn all 12 Perakim of Tanya Be’al Peh as a preparation for one’s Bar Mitzvah.

At the end of this Farbrengen each Talmid received a beautiful certificate and a five dollar bill. We are very proud of our Talmidim and wish them continued Hatzlacha.

More pictures in the Extended Article!