Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima for Meir Nissim ben Rachel Abehsera, known as ‘the Rebbe’s whistler,’ who is currently in critical condition in a hospital in Israel.
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Tuesday: Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive
A blood drive will take place Tuesday, February 25 (25 Adar I) from 2:30pm to 9:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [corner Albany Ave.]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
Monday: Alternate Side Parking Back in Effect
The New York City Department of Transportation has announced that alternate side parking rules are back in effect today, Monday, February 24.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Gedalia Greenzayd, 25, OBM
This morning, a tragic accident claimed the life of 25-year-old Gedalia Greenzayd, a special Tomim who friends and acquaintances described as a quiet Bochur with a large following. He organized ‘unofficial’ Shiurim in Inyonei Geulah U’Moshiach, and learned diligently with many ‘new’ Bochurim. He merited to an amazing spiritual journey which brought him to Chabad – twice.
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode six tonight, Sunday, February 16th (16 Adar I) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “How to Stay Strong 20 Years Later In the Face of Adversity.”
Tragic Accident Costs 25-Year-Old Bochur’s Life
A tragic accident claimed the life of 25-year-old Gedalia Greenzayd in Crown Heights this morning. Originally from Ukraine, Gedalia was studying Smicha in Morristown, NJ. He was in Crown Heights to celebrate the wedding of a close friend. Levaya info added.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Endi (nee Spalter) Tennenhaus (Hollywood, FL)
State-of-the Art Chabad Center Set to Open in Miami
When Iman Rabizadeh was seeking a medical school, he wanted to make sure there were Jewish activities and a significant number of Jewish students on campus. He selected the school of medicine at the University of Miami, and right away found the Chabad House and Shul of Downtown, co-directed by Rabbi Chaim and Deenie Lipskar. Ever since, he’s been going there Friday nights, Saturday mornings, holidays and more.
Man Arrested for Filming Cops at Utica Ave. Station
A transit police officer allegedly violently arrested a 47-year-old man as he filmed the cops ticketing another man at the Utica Ave. subway station in Crown Heights last week.
Music Video: Umiyad Heim Nig’alim
Lubavitcher singing sensation Mendy Jerufi performs his latest hit, titled ‘Nig’alim.’
Ben Pollack holds a Torah during a morning meeting at Luria Academy, a Montessori school in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
Montessori Schools Surge in Popularity Among New Generation of Jewish Parents
In the boys’ classroom at Lamplighters Yeshivah in the Hasidic Jewish stronghold of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Montessori number-counting boards and decimal beads share space with Hebrew-learning materials. A colorful timeline on the wall shows two strands of world history in parallel: secular on the left, Jewish on the right. A photo of the grand rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement hangs above a list of tasks that children perform individually: make a fractions poster, practice cursive, learn about the moon’s phases.
New York Times
Family Walks from JFK to Crown Heights Friday Night
What began as a routine trip to New York for a family on Shlichus in Central America, quickly turned into an Orthodox Jewish traveler’s nightmare.
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Last ‘Dollars’
As we approach Chof-Zayin Adar I, the day the Rebbe suffered a stroke, we present a collage of special encounters with the Rebbe during the “Sunday Dollars” the day previous, 26 Adar I, 5752.
Chabad Partners with Local Hospital for Upcoming Auction
Chabad of Hunterdon County will be holding its Fifth Annual Auction fundraiser, the proceeds of which will provide educational scholarships to local families in need. A portion of the proceeds will also benefit The Child Development Center at the Hunterdon Medical Center.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Mayor Flouts Traffic Laws He Pledged to Enforce
Just days after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an aggressive plan to prevent traffic deaths, CBS 2 cameras caught the driver of a car carrying the mayor violating a number of traffic laws.
CBS New York
Five Shomrim Volunteers Honored by the NYPD
The valiant crime-fighting actions taken recently by five Shomrim volunteers in apprehending two muggers was recognized by the 71st Precinct, and the volunteers received awards at Thursday’s ’71st Precinct Community Council Meeting.’
New Engagement!
Berel Kesselman (Southgate, England) and Mushka Sasonkin (Long Island, NY)
L’Chaim Sunday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
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