Baby Girl!
Mendy and Chanale (nee Baumgarten) Weiss (Richmond, VA)
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Baby Girl!
Sam and Musky (nee Pinson) Block (New York, NY)
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Rabbi Boruch Shalom Kahan OBM
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch the nineteenth installment here on CrownHeights.info.
PSA: Crown Heights Community Self Defense Event
Confirmation emails with event location and information were sent out on Friday, Erev Shabbos, for the two hour hands on safety awareness and prevention training taking place in Crown Heights.
Tonight: Crown Heights Hatzalah Symposium
This coming Motzai Shabbos, January 11th, Crown Heights Hatzalah will be hosting a symposium for the members of the Crown Heights community. In conjunction with Maimonides Medical Center, Crown Heights Hatzalah symposium will touch on health questions and issues of the community.
Egypt Reopens Historic Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue in Alexandria
The Egyptian government reopened a historic synagogue in the city of Alexandria on Friday whose origins date back to the 14th century. The synagogue — located in the Mediterranean port city that was home to a Jewish community of more than 20,000 in the mid-20th century — had been undergoing a restoration process for the last three years.
Chabad Providing Food to Firefighters and Aid to Australian Bush Fire’s Evacuees
Our Big Kitchen, a kitchen established to feed the needy is at the forefront of providing meals to firefighters battling bush fires in Australia. The kitchen has been hosting upward of 200 volunteers per day in two shifts as Australia battles the worst bush fires in its history.
City To Install 100 Additional Security Cameras In Jewish Brooklyn Neighborhoods
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced Friday that New York City will install 100 new security cameras in ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in an effort to prevent anti-Semitic attacks.
Triplet Boys!
Mordechai and Mushki (nee Cohen) Kaplan (Cincinnati, Ohio)
This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Vayechi:
Weekly Story: Obedience and True Obedience
As we are in the month of preparation for Yud Shevat shnas hashiviim, one of the points of hiskashrus is following and fullfiling the directives and guidance of the Rebbe and all of the Rebeiim. At the conclusion of a yechidus, the Rebbe Maharash would tell his son the [Rebbe] Rashab a story that was connected to the concept discussed in that yechidus. The following is one of the stories he related, connected to the concept of obedience.
Baby Boy!
Itzik and Devora Benabou (Crown Heights)
24-Year-Old Man Shot In Crown Heights
A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg Thursday morning during what police say was an apparent dispute in a Crown Heights home.
New Torah Commissioned In Memory of Rivka Koncepolski
The first letters were written Thursday of a new Sefer Torah being commissioned in loving memory of Rivka Koncepolski OBM, who prematurely left this world at the tender age of 18 months.
El Al Flight From US to Israel Forced to Land in Canada, Passengers Stranded For Shabbos
Flight LY26 from Newark, New Jersey to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport was forced to land at Halifax Airport Friday morning, after a smoke alarm went off during the flight. The passengers will likely be stranded there for shabbos.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of the Rebbe as he gives out nickels before going into davening in the upstairs zal of 770.
Video of the Day
Some people are smart and they know it, others are smart and don’t know it. Then there are those like this guy, who is doing something not smart, and apparently doesn’t realize it.
