NYPD Vehicle Involved in an Accident

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A Police Car was involved in an accident with a parked car this morning, which sent both officers to the hospital. The incident took place in front of Beis Rivka on Lefferts Avenue at around 8:00 AM, as parents were bringing their children to school.

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Volunteerism Shaping our Future

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The second annual leadership weekend for teen volunteer leaders will be held Friday, February 29 -Sunday, March 2, 2008, at the Meer Family Friendship Center in West Bloomfield, MI. The Weekend is a part of The Friendship Circle organization, a Chabad-based program which pairs service-minded teens with children who have special needs. Since its 1994 inception in West Bloomfield MI, the Friendship Circle phenomenon has spread to 13 American states and four countries for a current total of 72 branches and 9,850 volunteers.

Chanukah…South Beach Style

SOUTH BEACH, FL [CHI] — Rabbi Zev Katz and Chabad House on Wheels celebrated their Annual Chanukah Festivities in Miami Beach. Each Chanukah, for the past 6 years, Chabad on Wheels has sponsored a large and growing celebration on Lincoln Road, the center of South Beach.

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Siyum Sefer Torah in Bensonhurst

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A Siyum Sefer Torah was held in Bensonhurst, by Shliach and Rabbi ‘Tiferes Torah’, Rabbi Avrohom Hertz. The Sefer Torah was dedicated by Moshe and Elka Tseitin, who have become observant by influence of Rabbi Hertz. The couple dedicated the Sefer Torah in honor of their parents and despite the snowy weather a Sefer Torah parade proceeded through the neighborhood.

Fundamental Turn-of-Century Chasidic Treatise Released in English

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BROOKLYN, NY — The publishing arm of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Kehot publications, released a revised translation last month of a fundamental treatise penned at the turn of the 20th century by the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson, of righteous memory.

Entitled Tract on Prayer – or Kuntres HaTefillah in Hebrew ñ the discourse was first delivered by the Rebbe on Simchat Torah in 1899. In the address, the Rebbe explains that through prayer one is able to refine their character traits. He then instructs that prayer should be preceded by proper contemplation so that one can engage in Divine service with the utmost of devotion.