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Daniel, Menachem Mendel, Yohoshua, and Aryeh Lieb Mochkarovsky, with Brit Yosef Yitzchak, USA Executive Director, Rabbi Zalman Gansburg.

Monday March 13 2007, It was the happiest occasion for Mrs. Oksana Mochkarovskaia as she witnessed the Britot Milah of all her four sons taking place in one day. The four boys, aged six through ten, received the Jewish names Daniel, Menachem Mendel, Yehoshua and Aryeh Leib. The Britot were performed by Rabbi Yaron Amit, expert Mohel and International Director of Brit Yosef Yitzchak – an organization which has currently provided over 29,000 Britot Milah worldwide for boys and men of all ages. The elated mother told Rabbi Zalman Gansburg, Executive Director of Brit Yosef Yitzchak for the United States, “I want to say how grateful I am for helping my children finally have the gift of a Brit Milah! This is truly the greatest of Mitzvoth.”

Quadruple Simcha – Bris for Four Brothers on the same day

Daniel, Menachem Mendel, Yohoshua, and Aryeh Lieb Mochkarovsky, with Brit Yosef Yitzchak, USA Executive Director, Rabbi Zalman Gansburg.

Monday March 13 2007, It was the happiest occasion for Mrs. Oksana Mochkarovskaia as she witnessed the Britot Milah of all her four sons taking place in one day. The four boys, aged six through ten, received the Jewish names Daniel, Menachem Mendel, Yehoshua and Aryeh Leib. The Britot were performed by Rabbi Yaron Amit, expert Mohel and International Director of Brit Yosef Yitzchak – an organization which has currently provided over 29,000 Britot Milah worldwide for boys and men of all ages. The elated mother told Rabbi Zalman Gansburg, Executive Director of Brit Yosef Yitzchak for the United States, “I want to say how grateful I am for helping my children finally have the gift of a Brit Milah! This is truly the greatest of Mitzvoth.”

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Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
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Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
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Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
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Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
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Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Yossi Brownstein (Davis, CA) to Chayale Klasner (Toronto, Canada)
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Meir Simcha Silberberg (Chicago, IL) to Yehudis Korf (Miami Beach, FL)
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Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Leib Telsner (Crown Heights) to Sarale Scheiner (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Zushi Rivkin (Tampa, FL) to Shifra Weinstein (New Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
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Mendel and Bracha Eizenbach from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Melly Chein (Crown Heights) to Sara Rivkah Duchman (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The Arches
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By Susan Jacobs - Pittchron.com
Morgantown, W.Va., may soon have a full-time Chabad emissary.

Rabbi Zalman Gurevitz, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, his wife and young daughter are looking into relocating to Morgantown to reach out to the students and faculty of West Virginia University. Theirs would be the first Chabad in West Virginia, although Chabad representatives have visited the state on holidays and during the summer for several years.

“We're still working on the details,” said Gurevitz in a phone conversation. On Purim, Gurevitz was in Morgantown to read the Megillah and host a Purim party, which was held at the WVU Hillel.

Chabad may soon have a W.Va. house

By Susan Jacobs – Pittchron.com

Morgantown, W.Va., may soon have a full-time Chabad emissary.

Rabbi Zalman Gurevitz, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, his wife and young daughter are looking into relocating to Morgantown to reach out to the students and faculty of West Virginia University. Theirs would be the first Chabad in West Virginia, although Chabad representatives have visited the state on holidays and during the summer for several years.

“We’re still working on the details,” said Gurevitz in a phone conversation. On Purim, Gurevitz was in Morgantown to read the Megillah and host a Purim party, which was held at the WVU Hillel.

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Fire Tears thru the ‘Chabad Israeli Center’ in S.I.

Staten Island, NY — This past Shabbos a fire ripped thru the ‘Chabad Israeli Center’ in Staten Island. The incident took place on Friday night at around 1:30am when Rabbi Nachman Segal the director of the center awoke to the strong smell of smoke, he quickly woke his sleeping family and with the help of his neighbor they took the two Sifrai Torahs out of the house.

Rabbi Segal told CrownHeights.info that “the house all of a sudden filled up with flames, I woke my family and with the help of the non-jewish neighbor we got the two Sifrai Torahs out” he also said “it was a miracle that thank g-d nobody was hurt”.

More pictures in the Extended Article

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Moshe Cohen, Shliach of the Rebbe in Sacramento CA, Menachem Mendel Cunin, Shliach of the Rebbe in Malibu CA, Dovid Cunin, Shliach of the Rebbe in Malibu CA, sing a song to the tune of Sheyibaneh with the words of the Rebbe's new Kapital.

Video of the Day – Young Shluchim Sing the Rebbe’s new Kapital

Moshe Cohen, Shliach of the Rebbe in Sacramento CA, Menachem Mendel Cunin, Shliach of the Rebbe in Malibu CA, Dovid Cunin, Shliach of the Rebbe in Malibu CA, sing a song to the tune of Sheyibaneh with the words of the Rebbe’s new Kapital.

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Please note, this article is a work of fiction, its sole purpose is its humorous content in honor of the upcoming holiday. The article was composed by N. Salomon.

Brooklyn, NY –- Beginning April 1st, a major New York health insurance company will begin offering a new type of specialty insurance, geared to the Orthodox Jewish community.

HIP (acronym for “Hardships Inflicted by Passover”), will begin to cover observant Jews who were harmed by Passover-related difficulties. The move comes after the company received numerous reports over the past few years of broken or missing teeth, clogged intestines, wine-stained white shirts and haggada’s, and popped pants buttons. Other damages include sore thumbs resulting from breaking thick matzos at the center, particularly during the yachatz ritual.

Humor: HIP To Offer Passover Insurance

Please note, this article is a work of fiction, its sole purpose is its humorous content in honor of the upcoming holiday. The article was composed by N. Salomon.

Brooklyn, NY –- Beginning April 1st, a major New York health insurance company will begin offering a new type of specialty insurance, geared to the Orthodox Jewish community.

HIP (acronym for “Hardships Inflicted by Passover”), will begin to cover observant Jews who were harmed by Passover-related difficulties. The move comes after the company received numerous reports over the past few years of broken or missing teeth, clogged intestines, wine-stained white shirts and haggada’s, and popped pants buttons. Other damages include sore thumbs resulting from breaking thick matzos at the center, particularly during the yachatz ritual.

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CrownHeights.info is proud to present the list of winners of this years Chidon. An article, Video and a full gallery of pictures will soon follow!

Darga Aleph (5th & 6th Grade):
1st Place
1 Mendel Friedman, Pittsburgh, PA, Yeshivah Schools
2 Schneur Zalman Glaser, Chicago, IL, Cheder Lubavitch
3 Meir Simchah Itzinger, London England, Lubavitch Boys School
4 Menachem Korn, Crown Heights, Oholei Torah

Darga Beis (7th & 8th Grade):
1st Place
1 Shloime Schwei, London England, Lubavitch Boys School
2 Ohad Pinchas Einav, Pittsburgh, PA, Yeshivah Schools
3 Sender Labkowski, Los Angeles, CA, Cheder Menachem
4 Mendel Cyprys, London England, Lubavitch Boys School
5 Yosef Zirkind, Crown Heights, United Lubavitcher Yeshivas

The complete list of the winners can be seen in the Extended Article!

Winners of this Years Chidon!

CrownHeights.info is proud to present the list of winners of this years Chidon. An article, Video and a full gallery of pictures will soon follow!

Darga Aleph (5th & 6th Grade):
1st Place
1 Mendel Friedman, Pittsburgh, PA, Yeshivah Schools
2 Schneur Zalman Glaser, Chicago, IL, Cheder Lubavitch
3 Meir Simchah Itzinger, London England, Lubavitch Boys School
4 Menachem Korn, Crown Heights, Oholei Torah

Darga Beis (7th & 8th Grade):
1st Place
1 Shloime Schwei, London England, Lubavitch Boys School
2 Ohad Pinchas Einav, Pittsburgh, PA, Yeshivah Schools
3 Sender Labkowski, Los Angeles, CA, Cheder Menachem
4 Mendel Cyprys, London England, Lubavitch Boys School
5 Yosef Zirkind, Crown Heights, United Lubavitcher Yeshivas

The complete list of the winners can be seen in the Extended Article!

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YIPPEE-KI-OY!

By Janon Fisher – The New York Post
Clipping from the Post’s print edition. To view the full page article click the Extended Article!

Call him the kosher cowboy.

A Brooklyn rabbi with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement pulled up stakes in Crown Heights last week and schlepped west to Bozeman, Mont.

“I saw a growing Jewish community thirsting for a connection to their religion,” said Chaim Bruk .

The full page article as it appeared in print today can be viewed in the Extended Article!

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Car Vandalized Over Shabbos

Brooklyn, NY — On Friday night a car was vandalized on Montgomery Street between Albany and Troy while parked in its owner’s alleyway. Neighbors said that they saw two people running away from the vicinity after hearing a series of pops, which they said sounded like someone was ‘banging on a door’.

The vehicle sustained significant damage including a shattered windshield from what appears to be a hammer, as well as shattered head lamps and rear window. The vandals did not stop at that, they brought along with them two paint cans, one white and one red and poured it all over the exterior and interior of the car.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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International Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Finals now Underway!

Brooklyn, NY — 175 contestants gathered this Shabbos in Crown Heights for the annual “International Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Championship Finals”. The competition was inspired by the Rebbe’s request to unite Yidden through the study of the 613 Mitzvos of the Torah. The Rebbe repeatedly emphasized that this effort will hasten the coming of Moshiach.

This year, over 4,000 students from 96 schools worldwide have studied Rambam’s Sefer Hamitzvos. By participating and excelling in a series of preliminary tests, 175 finalists earned a place in the International Championships taking place this weekend here in Crown Heights.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Cooking and Bonding Go Hand in Hand

Sarah Ita Meretsky – Chabad.edu
Rabbi Nosson and Sarah Meretsky and family

Harrisburg, PA — When I arrived in State College, my cooking experience was limited to the vegetarian and macrobiotic styles, and for “crowds” no larger than 10; more often than not, I only cooked for two. I was told that Pennsylvania State University was a “pizza and beer” type of college, so I figured that my natural way of cooking probably wouldn’t be too popular.

Since food is a major way for Jews to connect to our culture, I felt it was better to cook a traditional Shabbos meal of matzah ball soup, kugels, chicken, all the works. And although my own private culinary tastes might not have jived, I knew how to read a cookbook, so I wasn’t frightened.

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Greenwich Village Gunfight Leaves Four Dead

The New York Times

New York, NY — Police are investigating why a former marine opened fire on a pizzeria Wednesday night, fatally shooting a bartender, and then killing two unarmed auxiliary police officers who chased him through a busy stretch of bars and restaurants in the heart of Greenwich Village.

The gunman himself was shot to death about 9:30 p.m. by regular police officers who quickly responded to the scene, the authorities said.

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Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended on Shabbos

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Shabbos, March 17, 2007 because of weather conditions. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City; call 311 for the latest information.

Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.

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NJ Jewish News
Morristown, NJ — As students at the Rabbinical College of America donned silly costumes and read from the Scroll of Esther in observance of Purim, two undergraduates whose religious upbringing had led them far from Judaism paused to reflected on a similar celebration eight years ago, and how it started them on a path back to their spiritual roots.

Twenty-one year old Michoel Levinson and his 17-year-old brother, Yehoshua, inherited their Jewish identity from their mother, Diane.

Jewish-born ex-Baptists celebrate Purim at Rabbinical College

NJ Jewish News

Morristown, NJ — As students at the Rabbinical College of America donned silly costumes and read from the Scroll of Esther in observance of Purim, two undergraduates whose religious upbringing had led them far from Judaism paused to reflected on a similar celebration eight years ago, and how it started them on a path back to their spiritual roots.

Twenty-one year old Michoel Levinson and his 17-year-old brother, Yehoshua, inherited their Jewish identity from their mother, Diane.

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