Can you tell the crowd apart from the set? A popular TV crime drama set rolled into Boro Park to shoot for one of their upcoming episodes and strangely, they received a curious and warm welcome! Actor Donnie Wahlberg later tweeted “toda raba”, making a huge Kiddush Hashem in the process.
In honor of Chof Daled Teves a group of anash arranged Uhaul trucks to drive into the Jewish neighborhood and sell the seforim of the Alter Rebbe at great discounts, in order to help spread his teachings.
The Jacksonville Community Mikvah, Mikvah Yaakov Yoel, at Chabad Lubavitch of Northeast Florida in Jacksonville, FL was inaugurated yesterday, Sunday January 6th. This Mikvah is described as a spa for the body as well as the soul.
The NYC Department of Education is shuttering 17 public schools throughout the city after a “rigorous review of academic performance” for the DOE. Among the schools to be closed is P.S. 167 on Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue.
One car rear-ended a minivan on Eastern Parkway, one of the drivers complained of neck and back pain while the other refused medical attention.
This past Thursday, shluchim from all corners of the globe joined together in a virtual classroom to explore the revolution sparked by the Alter Rebbe.
To mark the 24th Teves, a full day event was organized in the Oholei Torah Beis Medrash. There was a siyum made, followed by a Hadran of the Rebbe, for the completion of the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch. The bochurim took on to learning the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch on Chai Elul and finished on Chof Daled Teves.
Chof Daled Teves Shnas Hamasayim was commemorated in Chicago with an extraordinary Melaveh Malkeh and Farbrengen. More than 500 men and women participated in an inspiring event that brought together Chassidim from all segments of the community.
Many attended a full day Yom Iyun in honor of Chof Daled Teves which began Sunday morning with Shacharis and continued with Shiurim throughout the day, in the Chovevei Torah ballroom.
CROWN HEIGHTS — A 24-year-old Brooklyn man died after his unregistered Kawasaki dirt bike crashed into car near Kings County Hospital Center Sunday night, police said.
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