Baby Boy!
Mendy and Rochel Leah (nee Gudelsky) Wilansky (Montreal, Canada)

Grab this perfect InfoDeal!
27 Flower Forever Heart Shape Box
Preserved Roses Gift for Her,
Preserved Flowers – Red
DEAL PRICE: $49.95 (62% OFF)
ORIGINAL PRICE: $129.95
Grab The Deal Through Amazon: Click Here

Weekly Story: The Rebbe Does a Favor in Return
The KGB interrogator just smiled and said, “We have ways of arranging accidents on the road and the American officials will find you dead from a car accident and everyone will think that you were driving too fast on unfamiliar roads, or something like that, and that sometimes accidents happen.”

Weekly Living Torah Video: Spiritual Hunger
This week’s Living Torah video is of a sicha delivered to the boys and girls at a children’s rally. It’s amazing to witness the passion with which the Rebbe speaks to the children; while some would think of an address to young kids as an afterthought, the Rebbe clearly attached great importance to such events.

Classmates’ Initiative Wins New Wheelchair for Wisconsin Boy
For 14-year-old Shmuely (Silas) Tebbitt, recess wasn’t always his favorite activity. While his classmates headed outside or to the gym, Shmuely had to hang back.

Shabbos at the Besht: Golus Mitzrayim, Chinuch, and our world
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Nochum Kaplan, Director of the Merkos Office of Education, will lead a discussion on the topic – Golus Mitzrayim, Chinuch, and our world.
New Engagement!
Yossi Miller (Chicago, IL) and Batya Hazan (Rome, Italy)
New Engagement!
Peretz (ben Yehoshua) Chein (Crown Heights) and Chanie Katz (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Security Guards, Bystanders Ignore Brutal Assault on Hassidic Jew in Manhattan
A Hassidic Jew who was assaulted in the lobby of a New York City office building on Monday said security guards and witnesses in the vicinity did nothing to stop the attack, The Algemeiner has learned.

Can You Host a Shlucha?
With the Kinus Hashluchos just one month away, the Kinus office has begun receiving numerous calls from shluchos who very much anticipate attending the Kinus, especially this year, being that it is a Hakhel year, but do not have anywhere to stay.

Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe handing dollars to ‘tankist’ Reb Chaim Tashkenter to distribute to others doing Mivtzoim. The second photo is of the crowd at that same Farbrengen. Can you identify anyone else at the Farbrengen?

Please Say Tehillim For…
The public is asked to please say a Kapitel Tehillim for Shterna Sara bas Yehudis Chava, for a complete and speedy recovery.
Baby Girl!
Zalman and Leah (nee Dubroff) Abraham (Crown Heights)
Twins! Boy and Girl!
Yisroel and Sara (nee Baitz) Halon (East Medow, NY)

Letter & Spirit: Last Will and Testament
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, as we read in this week’s Parsha about the parting words of Yaakov to his children, we present a letter from the Rebbe about a Jewish will. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

Parents Successfully Raise $158,000 for Baltimore Cheder
Just a month ago, Rikal Kaler, a mom of three girls who attend Cheder Chabad of Baltimore, launched a campaign to raise $72,000 in just one day for the school. She named it 72k1Day, and decided that the theme color had to stand out – bright orange.

Thousands of Children Compete in ‘Darkeinu Olympics’
Thousands of Jewish pupils across the former Soviet Union, students at the Federation of Jewish Communities’ (FJC) ‘Or Avner’ network of Jewish schools, participated last week in the first stage of the 3rd annual ‘Darkeinu’ Olympic Jewish heritage quiz for 2015.

Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Friday, December 25.