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Hillel Sperlin (Montreal, Canada) and Chaya Deitsch (Philadelphia, PA)
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Video: Should We Have Compassion for Sinners?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Tetzaveh. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Should we have compassion for sinners?
Video: Answering Mark Twain’s Question
The greatest empires have been wiped off the map of history. How have the Jews survived? Mark Twain ponders this question in his essay Concerning the Jews. Rabbi Yosef Y. Jacobson answers by finding the one common denominator that has existed for over 3300 years of Jewish history.
Photos: CTeen Booth a Hit at BBYO Convention
The CTeen mitzvah booth made its debut at the BBYO International convention this past weekend. Two thousands teens took part in the mitzvah of Tefillin, Neshek, Mezuzah, Tzedakah, and Kashrus throughout the convention.
Video: A Joyous Dance Break at Miami Marathon
Lubavitcher Yossi Berkowitz dances with Breslov Chasidim operating a ‘Simcha Mobile’ at mile 7.5 of the Miami Half-Marathon. Yossi says the dance moves were taught to him by his cousin, Rabbi Yitzi Horowitz, who is battling ALS and for whose sake he was running.
Baby Boy!
Shmulie and Diana (nee Hochman) Weiss (Crown Heights)
Jewish Life Takes Off at Former Airport in Denver Suburbs
Life in Stapleton, Colo., is taking off—and so is the Jewish community in this fledgling town in suburban Denver.
New York Weighs New Help for High Child Care Costs
New York may allow the parents of young children to defer a piece of their state income taxes to help cover the cost of child care.
L’chaim: Ladaev – Nacca
Pictures from the L’chaim of Levi (ben R’ Rachamim) Ladaev (Crown Heights) and Debby Nacca (Buenos Aires, Argentina), which took place in Crown Heights.
Baby Boy!
Zalman and Faiga (nee Edelman) Raskin (Melbourne, Australia)
6 Dead, 15 Injured in Israeli Bus Accident
Six people were killed when an Egged bus, line 402, traveling from Jerusalem to Bnei Brak crashed into a truck parked on the side of Highway 1 on Sunday evening.
Baby Boy!
Simcha and Yehudis (nee Katz) Cohen (Kingston, PA)
Snow, Sleet and Rain to Hit American Northeast
A grab bag of weather conditions — including snow and sleet — will descend on communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, but with many people off for Presidents’ Day it may be just another day to hunker down.
New Engagement!
Levi (ben Berel) Gansbourg (Montreal, Canada) and Prerel Marozow (Seattle, WA)
8:00pm: Female Judges in the Essay Contest
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 103, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Female Judges in the Essay Contest; Self-Esteem; Lying; Criticizing Children Constructively; Reward and Punishment; Pleasure from Other’s Misfortunes.
Couple ‘Framed’ on Drug Charges in Ukrain, Pidyon Shvuim Fund Launched
Arrested on charges of smuggling drugs, a soon-to-married Israeli couple have found themselves in a real-life nightmare after they were arrested in a Ukrainian Airport with two pounds of marijuana in their luggage. Relatives claim that they were framed and have launched a Pidyon Shvuim fund to help cover the legal fees ahead of their trial, which is set for February 25th.
Knesset Speaker and Health Minister Greet Students
The Chairman of the Israeli Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, and the Israeli Minister of Health, Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, welcomed a delegation of European Jewish children belonging to Chabad’s Morasha Educational initiative, who arrived in the Holy Land as part of the institution’s annual Bar and Bat Mitzvah trip.
