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Boymelgreen Sells Building for $75M, Triple What He Paid
Developer Sam Boymelgreen, son of Lubavitch real-estate mogul Shaya Boymelgreen, just sold a 126-unit rental building in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn for $76 million. He paid $25 million for the property last year.
California Shliach Returns to Moscow After 25 Years
In honor of Yud Shvat, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Cohen, Shliach to Sacramento, CA, was invited to Moscow to Farbreng with the community.
Head Shliach Farbrengs with Cheder at the Ohel
On Sunday, Rabbi Yisroel Deren, Head Shliach of Connecticut, came to Cheder at the Ohel to Farbreng with the students in honor or Yud Shevat.
Celebrating the Baal Teshuvah Experience Through Art
The Lubavitch community is made up of many diverse, talented and creative Baal Teshuvahs. A celebration of the contributions the Baal Tshuvahs have made to our community was held on Sunday at the Creative Soul Gallery in Crown Heights, with a wide variety of art, music and poetry.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended Monday, February 2, to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
The Department of Sanitation is unable to service any alleyways due to icy conditions. If you would like pick up service, please bring your garbage to the end of the alleyways for pick up.
Letter Shows Rebbe Encouraged Essays on Chassidus
In a beautiful revelation of Hashgacha Protis, the MyLife: Essay Contest was conceived and pitched on the very same day, 18 Teves, that the Rebbe wrote the letter urging essays be written in honor of Yud Shvat – exactly sixty years earlier!
8:00pm: Should Chinuch Include Being a Mentch?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 54, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Should Chinuch Include Being a Mentch? Sibling Hatred; Healing from Emotional Neglect; Our Jobs; How Can a Good G-d Create Evil; Are You Crazy?
New Engagement!
Mendel (Ben Yossel) Marasow (Montreal, Canada) and Mussi Levertov (Austin, TX)
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.
