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Daily Archives: February 14, 2006

The Crimson
Munching on gefilte fish and challah, over 600 Harvard affiliates—Jews and gentiles alike—packed Annenberg Hall last Friday night to observe the beginning of the Jewish sabbath.

Embattled University President Lawrence H. Summers delivered the opening remarks of the event, dubbed Shabbat 1000.

When his name was announced, the audience responded with vigorous applause, which surged again when Summers stepped up to speak.

For Summers, Shabbat Is Rest from Week of Rancor

The Crimson

Munching on gefilte fish and challah, over 600 Harvard affiliates—Jews and gentiles alike—packed Annenberg Hall last Friday night to observe the beginning of the Jewish sabbath.

Embattled University President Lawrence H. Summers delivered the opening remarks of the event, dubbed Shabbat 1000.

When his name was announced, the audience responded with vigorous applause, which surged again when Summers stepped up to speak.

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Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)
Baby Girl!

Yisroel and Chana Esther (nee Feldman) Kaczala from Brazil had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yosef Yitzchok Marcucci (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Leah Munis (Eretz Yisroel)
New Engagement!

Shmuly Golomb (Crown Heights) to Mushky Steinmetz (Briarwood, NY)

 
New Engagement!

Moshe Gordon (Crown Heights) to Chaya’le Movsikov (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Gopin (Miami, FL) to Rochie Gourarie (Toms River, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, the 5th of Nissan, 8:30pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Meir Itzinger (Londres, Angleterre) to Pechi Gorodetsky (Paris, France) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s

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New Engagement!

Shmuli Lesches (Brooklyn, NY) to Chaya Mushka Hodakov (Coral Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
Baby Boy!

Elchanan and Shterny (nee Dubov) Lerrer from Lod, Israel had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Chazan (Manchester, UK) to Chana Junik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Perl (nee Faygen) Groner from East Flatbush, Brooklyn had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Reuven and Nechama (nee Trappler) Giter from Lauderhill, Florida, had a baby girl!
With much sadness we report to our readers; the oldest Lubavitcher, Rabbi Yehuda Chitrick passed away at the age of 106.

The Levaya will take place Wednesday morning starting at the Shomrey Hadas Chapel at 10:00 AM and will pass 770 at approximately 10:45 AM.


The oldest chasid, Rabbi Yehuda Chitrick OBM has passed away

With much sadness we report to our readers; the oldest Lubavitcher, Rabbi Yehuda Chitrick passed away at the age of 106.

The Levaya will take place Wednesday morning starting at the Shomrey Hadas Chapel at 10:00 AM and will pass 770 at approximately 10:45 AM.

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ב“ה

Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe
Cordially invites you and your family
to participate in celebrating
the completion of the writing of a
Sefer Torah Scroll
Dedicated by the Safaniev family
in loving memory of their father
Ravchida ben Gilad ע”ה
*
At FREE Headquarters
1383 President Street
Brooklyn, New York
*
1:00 PM
Sunday, February 19, 2006
21 Shevat, 5766

Procession to welcome the Torah, followed by Hakafot and the program will include music, song and dancing.

Torah Completion Celebration & Dedication Ceremony

ב“ה
Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe
Cordially invites you and your family
to participate in celebrating
the completion of the writing of a
Sefer Torah Scroll
Dedicated by the Safaniev family
in loving memory of their father
Ravchida ben Gilad ע”ה
*
At FREE Headquarters
1383 President Street
Brooklyn, New York
*
1:00 PM
Sunday, February 19, 2006
21 Shevat, 5766

Procession to welcome the Torah, followed by Hakafot and the program will include music, song and dancing.

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Walk-through show recreates the exodus from Egypt, with visitors taking an active role in the narrative

After playing to sold-out crowds in more than 10 major cities, spanning 4 continents, the Exodus experience will return to New York beginning March 5 at the Jewish Children’s Museum.

The biblical account of Jewish slavery in Egypt is brought to life in this fully interactive show. “Exodus” creators say they designed the program to give people – particularly children – a peek into the colorful history of the Jewish people, not only through hearing about it, but by actually being there.

The show begins with participants climbing into a “Time Machine” for the journey back into ancient Egypt. Upon “arrival” visitors will make stops in Pharaoh’s palace to witness the Ten Plagues, watch Moses demand of Pharaoh: “Let my people go!” walk through the splitting sea and cross the desert to receive the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai.

New York to witness mass “Exodus”

Walk-through show recreates the exodus from Egypt, with visitors taking an active role in the narrative

After playing to sold-out crowds in more than 10 major cities, spanning 4 continents, the Exodus experience will return to New York beginning March 5 at the Jewish Children’s Museum.

The biblical account of Jewish slavery in Egypt is brought to life in this fully interactive show. “Exodus” creators say they designed the program to give people – particularly children – a peek into the colorful history of the Jewish people, not only through hearing about it, but by actually being there.

The show begins with participants climbing into a “Time Machine” for the journey back into ancient Egypt. Upon “arrival” visitors will make stops in Pharaoh’s palace to witness the Ten Plagues, watch Moses demand of Pharaoh: “Let my people go!” walk through the splitting sea and cross the desert to receive the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai.

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For a little humor in the Blizzard.
1010WINS
An New York City Sanitation worker operating a snow plow after the weekend's blizzard has been arrested on a drunken-driving charge.

A sanitation department spokeswoman says the worker was driving a collection truck fitted with a plow to clear snow from the streets yesterday, when he hit several parked cars.

Police say Anatoly Zaborsky was arrested in Queens and is being charged with driving while intoxicated.

Cops: Snow Plow Driver Was “Plowed”

For a little humor in the Blizzard.

1010WINS

An New York City Sanitation worker operating a snow plow after the weekend’s blizzard has been arrested on a drunken-driving charge.

A sanitation department spokeswoman says the worker was driving a collection truck fitted with a plow to clear snow from the streets yesterday, when he hit several parked cars.

Police say Anatoly Zaborsky was arrested in Queens and is being charged with driving while intoxicated.

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Manhole Explosion Displaces Building Full of Residents

Lights Out!

At around 8:00pm at the intersection of Troy Ave. & Lefferts Ave. a loud explosion went off, sending a manhole cover flying 15’ in air and landing back in the hole. The manhole is where all the Transformers and Electricity Cables are run through and it services that 6 square block radius.

Street lamps were seen flickering and the entire area smelled of burnt rubber. 2 Battalion Chief’s and 9 Fire Trucks responded to the call, during which a small home where a Jewish family lives also call 911 due their house filling up with smoke. FDNY quickly deployed and checked out all the surrounding buildings for faults and problems with the electricity, and found only one building 762 Empire Blvd. that had suffered from the explosion and evacuated the entire building then cut the electricity.

According to the 41st Battalion Chief Young, the explosion was caused by a strong corrosive chemical contained in the salt that is used on the streets to prevent icing. Apparently it seeped into the manhole and ate away the rubber shielding on the wires, causing short-circuits and finally the explosion.

All residents of 762 Empire were ordered to evacuate the building due to hazardous conditions, families that were in the middle of cooking supper or putting the little children to sleep were forced out barely dressed enough to withstand the cold night, so a member of the Shomrim got one of the Bais Rivkah School buses and parked it in front of the building giving parents a warm place to sit with the young ones, the parents were very thankful to Shomrim as was the FDNY.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Yesterday, Tu B'shvat a new program started in Sydney Australia, ¨Shiur Torah on the Phone¨. The Hachloto was made on Yud shvat by the Talmidei Hashluchim of the Yeshiva to start this great program which has so far been a great success, on the first day alone there were 15 Shiurim, and may it only grow!

This program is arranged by the Talmidei Hashluchim of the Yeshiva who are under Rabbi Pinchos Hakohen Feldman and Rabbi Yossi Feldman.

Shiurai Torah over the Phone Underway In Australia

Yesterday, Tu B’shvat a new program started in Sydney Australia, ¨Shiur Torah on the Phone¨. The Hachloto was made on Yud shvat by the Talmidei Hashluchim of the Yeshiva to start this great program which has so far been a great success, on the first day alone there were 15 Shiurim, and may it only grow!

This program is arranged by the Talmidei Hashluchim of the Yeshiva who are under Rabbi Pinchos Hakohen Feldman and Rabbi Yossi Feldman.

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NY Daily News
Most New Yorkers took Mayor Bloomberg's advice and kept out of their cars - although one allegedly drunk man driving a car full of kids slammed into a snowplow in Brooklyn, cops said.

Max Joseph, 37, of Brooklyn, was busted on drunken driving charges and other offenses after the head-on wreck just before 5 a.m. on Eastern Parkway at Troy Ave. in Crown Heights, cops said.

No one was seriously injured in the crash that happened when Joseph sped past the truck on its passenger's side, tried to make a left and spun out of control, cops said.

Be street smart, sez Mike

NY Daily News

Most New Yorkers took Mayor Bloomberg’s advice and kept out of their cars – although one allegedly drunk man driving a car full of kids slammed into a snowplow in Brooklyn, cops said.

Max Joseph, 37, of Brooklyn, was busted on drunken driving charges and other offenses after the head-on wreck just before 5 a.m. on Eastern Parkway at Troy Ave. in Crown Heights, cops said.

No one was seriously injured in the crash that happened when Joseph sped past the truck on its passenger’s side, tried to make a left and spun out of control, cops said.

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