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Daily Archives: December 21, 2008

1st Nights Spinner… & Winners!

The first results are in from Darchai Menachems 8 days of spinners and winners Chinese Auction, the drawing took place at Sweet Expressions on Kingston Avenue and the Spiner Winner – Rivkah Leah Shenisky, Student Mendy Epstein spun the draidel and it landed on a hey, giving Rivkah Leah $100 in free auction tickets. And the first ones prizes were won by 1. Sterling Silver – Eli Wilansky, 2. Summer of fun – M. Feldman, 3. Board games – Bitzalel Steinhertz.

Each day another drawing will take place, and tomorrow’s is only hours away so hurry and visit DarchaiMenachem.com to place you order on the prizes that are still available!

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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!

Chabad Orphan Lights Hanukkah Candle

Ynet

The father of Rivkah Holtzberg, who was killed along with her husband Gavriel during the terror attack on the Chabad house in Mumbai, India last month, held a menorah-lighting ceremony at his Afula home Sunday evening.

Moshe Holtzberg, the murdered couple’s 2-year-old son, lit the first Hanukkah candle.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Manholes Explode Around Crown Heights

Smoke billows from a manhole beneath a car on Brooklyn Ave.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A series of manhole explosions shook the vicinity of Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue and disrupting electricity and internet service. The explosions took place at around 3:30pm, filling the area with thick gray smoke, bringing residents out of their houses.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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In light of the recent tragedy in Mumbai, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch has received special permission to hold a public Menorah lighting ceremony at the Statue of Liberty.

The Menorah lighting will take place at the foot of Lady Liberty on Tuesday, December, 23 at 5:15pm-6:15pm to honor the memory of the shluchim Rabbi and Mrs. Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg and other victims of the Mumbai attack.

Tuesday: Mass Menorah Lighting at the Statue of Liberty

In light of the recent tragedy in Mumbai, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch has received special permission to hold a public Menorah lighting ceremony at the Statue of Liberty.

The Menorah lighting will take place at the foot of Lady Liberty on Tuesday, December, 23 at 5:15pm-6:15pm to honor the memory of the shluchim Rabbi and Mrs. Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg and other victims of the Mumbai attack.

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The New York Times

Dexter Bostic.
A man who prosecutors said fired two fatal gunshots into the face of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko during a traffic stop in Brooklyn last year was convicted of aggravated murder on Friday night, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.

A jury also found the man, Dexter Bostic, 36, guilty of all the other charges he faced, including the attempted aggravated murder of Officer Timoshenko’s partner, Herman Yan, and three counts of illegal gun possession. He is to be sentenced in February.

Mr. Bostic’s was the second verdict in the trial of three men who face identical charges in the July 2007 shooting. The case was heard simultaneously by three separate juries. Earlier this week, Robert Ellis was acquitted of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder, delivering a stinging defeat for prosecutors, who had said that Mr. Ellis shot and wounded Officer Yan. Mr. Ellis was convicted on gun possession charges.

Verdict No. 2: Conviction in Officer’s Murder

The New York Times

Dexter Bostic.

A man who prosecutors said fired two fatal gunshots into the face of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko during a traffic stop in Brooklyn last year was convicted of aggravated murder on Friday night, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.

A jury also found the man, Dexter Bostic, 36, guilty of all the other charges he faced, including the attempted aggravated murder of Officer Timoshenko’s partner, Herman Yan, and three counts of illegal gun possession. He is to be sentenced in February.

Mr. Bostic’s was the second verdict in the trial of three men who face identical charges in the July 2007 shooting. The case was heard simultaneously by three separate juries. Earlier this week, Robert Ellis was acquitted of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder, delivering a stinging defeat for prosecutors, who had said that Mr. Ellis shot and wounded Officer Yan. Mr. Ellis was convicted on gun possession charges.

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SUNDAY: ‘Discover our Treasures’ Exhibit Open to the Public!

After we published the photo gallery of the amazing exhibit Beis Rivkas 12th grade made in honor of Yud Tes Kislev many comments and requests came in asking to open the Exhibit to the public, and the administration agreed.

Today, Sunday, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm there will be shifts every half hour for mothers and children to come and view the exhibits. Boys up to the age of 9 are welcome along with their mothers are welcome as well.

The exhibits are located at 310 Crown Street.

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The family of Reb Yoel Silkes OBM who is survived by his wife Kayla along with his children, Bashi Levilev, Eli Silkes, Raizy Cousin, Malky Schwartz, Yitty Grafstein and Yaffe Silkes, is sitting shiva until Thursday morning at 681 Crown St.

Shacharis: Sunday: 8:15am the rest of the week: 7:15am. Mincha: 4:00pm. Maariv: bizmana

Phone: (718) 493-9002 Email: silkesfamily@gmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Silkes Family

The family of Reb Yoel Silkes OBM who is survived by his wife Kayla along with his children, Bashi Levilev, Eli Silkes, Raizy Cousin, Malky Schwartz, Yitty Grafstein and Yaffe Silkes, is sitting shiva until Thursday morning at 681 Crown St.

Shacharis: Sunday: 8:15am the rest of the week: 7:15am. Mincha: 4:00pm. Maariv: bizmana

Phone: (718) 493-9002 Email: silkesfamily@gmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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