Baby Boy!
Yisroel and Chavi (nee Rabin) Rosenblum (Livingston, NJ)

In Bushwick, Residents Confront Anti-Semitism With Light
On Friday, Feb. 22, one week after the attack on their Chabad House, the Hellers were joined by 150 community members, Bushwick locals and visitors of all backgrounds, uniting to respond to hatred with light.

A Thank You from the Oster Family
From the entire Oster and Gancz families: Thank you for taking these first giant steps with Arele. As he faces the long road ahead, thank you for allowing him to eventually walk forward on his own, with Hashem’s help. We look forward to sharing that incredible update with you!

This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Mevorchim Parshas Vayakel.

Just One Williamsburg Yeshiva Accounted For 21 New Cases Of Measles This Month
The Health Department today announced the measles outbreak in the Orthodox Jewish community is now at 121 cases since the outbreak began in October. Of the 121 cases, 31 are newly identified, including five diagnosed in the past week and 26 who were identified retrospectively.
Baby Boy!
Shmuly and Rachel Leah Lang (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Peretz and Chevi Lazaroff (Crown Heights)

JewQ Contestants Arrive in NYC for CKids Shabbaton
The Ckids JewQ contestants touched down in New York Thursday for the live game show International Championship. But before that takes places on Sunday, March 3, CKids — the competition organizer — has prepared an action-packed Shabbaton for the final 80 Hebrew School students.

Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Adel Yocheved Bas Chaya Chana, four and a half year old baby, whos’ family is a member of Chabad in Uzhgorod, Ukraine. She is in urgent need of a miraculous Refuah Sheleimah.

Weekly Story: If He Said So, It Is So
Weekly Story by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon. Rabbi Avtzon is a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbeim and their chassidim. He is available to farbreng in your community and can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com

Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe greeting a father and son at a 1970’s farbrengen.

Weekly Letter: The Very Important Mitzvah of Shabbos Observance
In keeping with the instructions to build a mishkan and cautioning to keep the Shabbos holy: not to desecrate Shbbos, even for the construction of the mishkan, we present a letter from the Rebbe about the very important mitzvah of Shabbos observance.
New Engagement!
Chaya Moskovitz (Kharkov, Ukraine) and Levi Kaye (Sydney, Australia)

JLI: Making a Half Whole
JLI has released a video discussing the half shekel given by every Jew. What defines a person’s value? Can we be complete on our own?
New Engagement!
Bentzion (ben Yaakov) Sheinberger (Coral Springs, Fl) and Dobi (bas Mordechai) Vogel (London, England) – Lechaim: Sunday at F.R.E.E.

Arrest Made in Anti-Semitic Graffiti of Queens Playground
A 12-year-old boy was arrested for drawing dozens of swastikas and anti-Semitic messages on a school playground in New York City. He was released by police to the custody of his mother and will appear in court at a later date. The boy’s name was not released.

Music Video, “Hafachta”, from Ari Goldwag
Ari Goldwag is back with another fun and inspiring video. This time he has teamed up with Hatzalah of Beit Shemesh for their fundraiser. Featuring the song Hafachta from the album “Lo Nafsik Lirkod” (Never Stop Dancing).