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After over three weeks since the release of its new CD “EXPRESSIONS of the SOUL” - the Rebbe's 14 Niggunim, Infinity Productions is reporting that sales, namely in Crown Heights, “continue to be just remarkable”. The Kehos bookstore, Tzivos Hashem, Merkas Stam, Judaica World and Hamafitz, on Kingston Avenue, have all received additional shipments (some for the third time) after having sold out of their initial orders just a few days after the CD's release.

New CD of the Rebbe’s 14 Niggunim – “Expressions of the Soul” A Resounding Success

After over three weeks since the release of its new CD “EXPRESSIONS of the SOUL” – the Rebbe’s 14 Niggunim, Infinity Productions is reporting that sales, namely in Crown Heights, “continue to be just remarkable”. The Kehos bookstore, Tzivos Hashem, Merkas Stam, Judaica World and Hamafitz, on Kingston Avenue, have all received additional shipments (some for the third time) after having sold out of their initial orders just a few days after the CD’s release.

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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
The lower roadway of the Manhattan Bridge

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that beginning Sunday, October 15, the lower roadway of the Manhattan Bridge will be closed for the next year. During these twelve months all three lanes of the lower roadway will undergo a complete rehabilitation. While the upper level of the Manhattan Bridge will remain open, DOT recommends that motorists use an alternate route to cross the East River during this closure.

DOT Announces Year-Long Closure of the Lower Roadway on the Manhattan Bridge

The lower roadway of the Manhattan Bridge

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that beginning Sunday, October 15, the lower roadway of the Manhattan Bridge will be closed for the next year. During these twelve months all three lanes of the lower roadway will undergo a complete rehabilitation. While the upper level of the Manhattan Bridge will remain open, DOT recommends that motorists use an alternate route to cross the East River during this closure.

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Dear CrownHeights.info

Hi my name is Mendy Chaimson and I am 11 years old. Sitting next to me is my friend Levi Schonbuch, he is 10. We are both the co-directors of the Yeshiva Darchai Menachem Chesed Club. B”H now that our school has grown from 30 to 50 students, we have a lot more Volunteers for our club.

We were wondering if you can post our Chesed reports on your web site, this way we can expand our volunteer list. For example, let me tell you what we did in honor of Sukkos. On Monday, the first day of Chol Hamoed, some of our boys from the new Mesivta Division, headed by Rabbi Marozov, along with their friends went on route. They took a Sukkah mobile with their Chassidus teacher, Rabbi Sandhaus, and shook Lulav and Esrog with over 65 people; it was an unbelievable experience meeting all sorts of different people. On Tuesday, my friends and I went with Rabbi Perl, the school administrator, to an old age home. Not only did we have the Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim, we also got to shake our Lulavim and Esrogim with them. It was a lot of fun and the people were very happy.

A letter from Darchai Menachem’s Chesed Club

Dear CrownHeights.info

Hi my name is Mendy Chaimson and I am 11 years old. Sitting next to me is my friend Levi Schonbuch, he is 10. We are both the co-directors of the Yeshiva Darchai Menachem Chesed Club. B”H now that our school has grown from 30 to 50 students, we have a lot more Volunteers for our club.

We were wondering if you can post our Chesed reports on your web site, this way we can expand our volunteer list. For example, let me tell you what we did in honor of Sukkos. On Monday, the first day of Chol Hamoed, some of our boys from the new Mesivta Division, headed by Rabbi Marozov, along with their friends went on route. They took a Sukkah mobile with their Chassidus teacher, Rabbi Sandhaus, and shook Lulav and Esrog with over 65 people; it was an unbelievable experience meeting all sorts of different people. On Tuesday, my friends and I went with Rabbi Perl, the school administrator, to an old age home. Not only did we have the Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim, we also got to shake our Lulavim and Esrogim with them. It was a lot of fun and the people were very happy.

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Kinnus held in Yerushalayim in memory of Chani Kolodny OB”M

Shmais.com

A special Kinus was held in Yerushalayim on 13th of Tishrei, Leilui Nishmat Chana Bat Yosef, in memory of Chani Kolodny. More than 120 girls who were Chanie’s friends and fellow students, from seminaries across Israel traveled to attend the gathering which was hosted by her seminary, Machon Morasha in the Gutnik hall, next door to the seminary. The gathering was convened by Mrs Chanie Sudry, who invited Chanie’s teachers and friends to express their thoughts and feelings and share their last memories of a dear student and a special friend.

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Carnival and Simchas Bais Hashuaiva in Sydney, Australia

Over 300 men, woman and children attended an all day event organized by the Beis Menachem Chabad, Dover Heights Shule under the local Shliach Rabbi Motti Feldman. The event started with a carnival by day which transitioned into a very lively Simchas Bais Hashuaiva with music and dancing, which thanks to the Bochurim who are out on Shlichus there was very successful.

Click the Extended Article for more pictures! (Photos by: Yochonon Goldman)

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Third Night of Simchas Bais Hashuaiva

Thousands gathered on Kingston in front of the stage, where a couple of other performers had stood the nights before, but this night had a buzz, a sense of excitement as the crowd kept filling in, all in anticipation of the upcoming performance of Avraham Fried, the crowd was not disappointed! For the next 40 minutes the crowed was on its toes dancing away.

Click the Extended Article for a beautiful gallery of pictures!

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Associated Press
New York Fire Department officials watch as smoke
billows out the windows of a high-rise building after
a small aircraft crashed into it.
(Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
Click Here to listen to the press Conference with the Mayor.

NEW YORK CITY — A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.

A law enforcement official in Washington said Lidle — an avid pilot who got his license during last year's offseason — was aboard the single-engine aircraft when it plowed into the 30th and 31st floors of the high-rise on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both people aboard were killed.

Lidle's passport was found on the street, according to a federal official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear who was at the controls and who was the second person aboard.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Plane Crash in Manhattan Deemed Accident, 2 Dead

Associated Press
New York Fire Department officials watch as smoke
billows out the windows of a high-rise building after
a small aircraft crashed into it.
(Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Click Here to listen to the press Conference with the Mayor.

NEW YORK CITY — A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.

A law enforcement official in Washington said Lidle — an avid pilot who got his license during last year’s offseason — was aboard the single-engine aircraft when it plowed into the 30th and 31st floors of the high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both people aboard were killed.

Lidle’s passport was found on the street, according to a federal official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear who was at the controls and who was the second person aboard.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea’s Kim Jung II may be detonating nukes and playing war games with the international community, but Jewish U.S. troops in South Korea are not in duck-and-cover mode. With Uncle Sam’s blessing, they’re out in the sukkah Chaplain (Col.) Jacob Goldstein built on the Yongsan Military Base in Seoul.

A "Tent of Peace" On the Korean Peninsula

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea’s Kim Jung II may be detonating nukes and playing war games with the international community, but Jewish U.S. troops in South Korea are not in duck-and-cover mode. With Uncle Sam’s blessing, they’re out in the sukkah Chaplain (Col.) Jacob Goldstein built on the Yongsan Military Base in Seoul.

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BREAKING NEWS: Small Aircraft Crashes Into NYC High Rise Building

FOX News

Click Here for LIVE COVRAGE from CBS2
Click Here for newscast of the event (CNN)

A small aircraft crashed into a high-rise building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side Wednesday.

Local news reports quoted New York Fire Department officials as saying two people were confirmed dead. The FDNY confirmed to FOX News that there are people trapped inside the building on floors above where the fire is located.

FBI spokeswoman Christine Monaco said there was no indication the crash was a terrorist attack.

There were dozens of firefighters, emergency workers and other first responders on the scene.

The crash set off a raging fire that sent a pillar of gray smoke over the city, police said. Witnesses reported seeing a gigantic fireball come out of the building, police said.

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The Providence Journal
Providence, RI - It is early afternoon in the city’s financial district. Two young men sporting beards stand next to a temporary hut they’ve thrown together beside the Amica Building on Weybosset Street, hoping to attract passersby.

“Are any of you Jewish?” a white-shirted Rabbi Yossi Laufer calls to pedestrians. Knowing that barely 1.5 percent of Rhode Island’s population is Jewish, Laufer, the rabbi who leads the Lubavitch movement’s Chabad CHAI Center in Warwick, and Levi Potash, a Lubavitcher from New York, know that the probable reply will be “no” — to which they reply, “Have a great day.”

Shaking the lulav downcity

The Providence Journal

Providence, RI – It is early afternoon in the city’s financial district. Two young men sporting beards stand next to a temporary hut they’ve thrown together beside the Amica Building on Weybosset Street, hoping to attract passersby.

“Are any of you Jewish?” a white-shirted Rabbi Yossi Laufer calls to pedestrians. Knowing that barely 1.5 percent of Rhode Island’s population is Jewish, Laufer, the rabbi who leads the Lubavitch movement’s Chabad CHAI Center in Warwick, and Levi Potash, a Lubavitcher from New York, know that the probable reply will be “no” — to which they reply, “Have a great day.”

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The News-Press
North Port, FL - A menorah stood at the end of the aisle leading to the front of the chapel, where a rabbi read Torah verses in both Hebrew and English.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Men donned yamalkas and women wore veils, customary in Jewish temples.

It was a traditional service — exactly as the family of Coralrose Fullwood, 6, said she would have wanted.

Coralrose, who was found slain Sept. 17 two blocks from her North Port home, was remembered Monday as a lively child who loved playing in the dirt — but always in a pretty dress.

“How am I going to remember her?” her father Dale Fullwood asked as he stood in front of 150 people. “She was the cute little girl who loved pink butterflies. She was the one to put on a pretty dress, and minutes later, be playing with the tadpoles in the dirt. If there was a hose, she was the first one to turn it on and make mud.”

Loved Ones Remember Rosie

The News-Press

North Port, FL – A menorah stood at the end of the aisle leading to the front of the chapel, where a rabbi read Torah verses in both Hebrew and English.

Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Men donned yamalkas and women wore veils, customary in Jewish temples.

It was a traditional service — exactly as the family of Coralrose Fullwood, 6, said she would have wanted.

Coralrose, who was found slain Sept. 17 two blocks from her North Port home, was remembered Monday as a lively child who loved playing in the dirt — but always in a pretty dress.

“How am I going to remember her?” her father Dale Fullwood asked as he stood in front of 150 people. “She was the cute little girl who loved pink butterflies. She was the one to put on a pretty dress, and minutes later, be playing with the tadpoles in the dirt. If there was a hose, she was the first one to turn it on and make mud.”

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Second Night of Simchas Bais Hashuaiva

Hundreds upon hundreds packed on Kingston between Crown and Montgomery, on the stage the Piamenta brothers rocked the night AGAIN along with Yeedle and had everyone dancing until after daybreak, approximately 7:00 am, when police finally to opened the street. Great weather contributed to the massive turnout.

Click the Extended Article for a beautiful gallery of pictures!!

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Fun and Festive After Praying and Fasting

Mordechai Shinefield – Lubavitch.com

The holiday of Sukkot commemorates the makeshift huts that the Jewish people dwelled in for forty years in the desert. Alternatively, it’s the clouds of glory that protected the Jews during their travels. Either way, the idea is to spend time in the Sukkah, and take meals there throughout the eight-day festival.

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Dear Friends,

A great tragedy has fallen on our community, Chabad and the entire Jewish people. On Monday, an entire family has been shattered, in a split second, as they were taking a Chol HaMoed trip in a remote area of Texas.

The father and sister were killed instantly in the car accident. The two remaining family members are in stable but serious condition in the hospital.

The family is long standing very involved members of the Houston Lubavitch community.

Golding Family Emergency Fund

Dear Friends,

A great tragedy has fallen on our community, Chabad and the entire Jewish people. On Monday, an entire family has been shattered, in a split second, as they were taking a Chol HaMoed trip in a remote area of Texas.

The father and sister were killed instantly in the car accident. The two remaining family members are in stable but serious condition in the hospital.

The family is long standing very involved members of the Houston Lubavitch community.

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Chabad on Campus International Foundation
It wasn’t until Kasiah Weeks, 21, began her undergraduate studies at Arizona State University that she began to earnestly explore her Jewish identity.

“I grew up in a very small town where the Jewish population is very small; and there is only [a Reform] synagogue,” says Weeks, a global politics and foreign languages major originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico. “It wasn’t until I got to college that I even found out about Chabad.”

Since then, Chabad House at ASU, run by Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtel, has become Weeks’ Jewish lifeline. She attends Friday night dinners and lectures, and most recently discovered a new program that she says has changed her life: “Friday Light.”

Program Sparks Candle Lighting on Campuses

Chabad on Campus International Foundation

It wasn’t until Kasiah Weeks, 21, began her undergraduate studies at Arizona State University that she began to earnestly explore her Jewish identity.

“I grew up in a very small town where the Jewish population is very small; and there is only [a Reform] synagogue,” says Weeks, a global politics and foreign languages major originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico. “It wasn’t until I got to college that I even found out about Chabad.”

Since then, Chabad House at ASU, run by Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtel, has become Weeks’ Jewish lifeline. She attends Friday night dinners and lectures, and most recently discovered a new program that she says has changed her life: “Friday Light.”

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