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Op-Ed: What Safety Protocol?
A Crown Heights teacher sent us the following op-ed, in which she decries the apparent lack of safety protocols in the community’s schools – despite the recent terror attacks in Israel and France – and questions whether our educational institutions are adequately protected.

100’s Attend the Leavaya of Reb Shmuel Marmulszteyn
Hundreds turned out to attend the Levaya of Reb Shmuel Dov HaCohen Marmulszteyn OBM, a long time Crown Heights resident and quiet activist on behalf of the community.

Friendship Circle Boys Celebrate Yud Shvat
The boys division of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn gathered on Thursday night for a very special Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat.

Picture of the Day: Yahrtzeit Candles
As customary on Yud Shvat, many Chassidim lit Yahrtzeit candles in honor of the Frierdiker Rebbe – and many took the opportunity to do so in 770. A CrownHeights.info reader captured this photo on Friday of the hundreds of burning candles in the Shul’s entrance hall. [Full photo in the extended article.]

Young Yeshivah Celebrates Inaugural Sefer Torah
Hundreds participated in a special celebration in Melbourne, Australia last week. The Young Yeshivah community inaugurated their very own Sefer Torah, which was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Harry (Zvi) Raitman.

Photos: Thousands of Temimim Attend Annual Kinus
Thousands of Bochurim packed into the Rosa Hall in Beis Rivka Campus Chomesh for the annual Kinus Hatmimim Haolami and Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat.

Crown Heights Storeowner Robbed and Assaulted
At around noon on Friday, two men entered Responsible Liquor on Empire Boulevard; the owner noticed that their behavior was suspicious and furtive, so he kept a close eye on them. Sure enough, one of them slipped a bottle of expensive tequila under his coat and they both ran out of the store.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Shmuel Marmulszteyn, 74, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Reb Shmuel Dov HaCohen Marmulszteyn OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 74 years old. Levaya times updated.

Video: Recalling the Rebbe Accepting the Nesius
Reb Moshe Chaim Sapochkinsky recalls traveling to New York in honor of the first yohrtzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Previous Rebbe. He was present at the historic event when a group of elder chasidim petitioned the Rebbe to accept the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch, which the Rebbe had previously declined to do.

Watch International Kinus Hatmimim Live!
The International Kinus Hatmimim and Yud Shvat Frarbrengen, which is taking place Motzei Shabbos, 8:15pm, at Campus Chomesh in Crown Heights, can be viewed live here at Crownheights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.

Below Zero Temperatures Expected Tonight for NYC
An arctic blast with wind gusts over 45 miles per hour and wind chill factors in the double-digits below zero is head for the tri-state area from Friday afternoon into Saturday.

Shabbos at the Besht: Living With the Rebbe Today
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Mendel Samuels, director of Chabad of Farmington Valley, CT, will lead a discussion on the topic – Yud Shvat: Living With the Rebbe Today.

From Days Gone By: Previous Rebbe’s Funeral in the News
In honor of Yud Shvat, the Yahrtzeit of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, we present a news clipping from a local paper reporting on the historic Levaya that took place in front of 770, in which the Rayatz is (inaccurately) referred to as the former “chief rabbi of Russia and Poland.”

Senior Shliach, a Holocaust Survivor, Addresses Dutch Parliament
Marking International Holocaust Memorial Day, a special ceremony took place in the Dutch Parliament.

Photos: Praying at the Ohel on Yud Shvat
In honor of Yud Shvat, the day of the passing of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the day The Rebbe accepted the nesius, many made their way to the Ohel to Daven and learn.

Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in the early 1970s.