New Engagement!
Yehuda Shomer (Toronto, Canada) and Esther Schulman (Pittsburgh, PA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday, at Eshel
274 Kingston Ave. [between Eastern Pkwy. and Lincoln Pl.]

Muslim Turned Jew Shares His Story at Chabad
Born in Kuwait and raised a Muslim, Mark Halawa was taught that Jews are bad. Everything he learned about Jews warned him to keep his distance.

Video: Your Personal Reminder..
The Camp Emunah Scholarship Fund has released another short video as the drawing for their first annual Split the Pot Raffle is less than 24 hours away.

Photos: CTeen Welcomes 1000 Teens to New York
1,000 Jewish teens from 104 cities around the world converged in Crown Heights last night for the start of the annual CTeen Shabbaton.

Israeli Minister Visits Chabad in Nigeria
The Israeli Minster of Agriculture, Mr. Yair Shamir, arrived this week for an official state visit to Nigeria, a country in western Africa. During his stay, he visited the local Chabad center, directed by Rabbi Yisroel Ozen, with the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Uri Palti.

Reb Yoel Kahn: The Value of an Uninspired Mitzva
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘The Value of an Uninspired Mitzva‘.

Weekly Living Torah Video: Buying Atonement
In the Book of Exodus, the Jewish people are instructed to contribute a half-shekel coin towards the building of the tabernacle as “atonement for their souls,” and the commentaries explain that it atoned for the grievous sin of the golden calf.

Rookie Cop Shot in Crown Heights Was Pursuing Bus Fare-Beater
Wednesday at 5:00pm, an on-duty police officer was shot at Empire Boulevard and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn. Police officer James Li is recovering from gunshot wounds to his groin, leg and thigh, and it turns out that he and his partner were chasing two men who had boarded a B46 without paying.

Shabbos at the Besht: Adar with the Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: The month of Adar by the Rebbe.

Property Owner Found Dead in Apartment
A 67-year-old man was found tied up, beaten and stabbed, inside his apartment on Albany Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide and police are investigating.

Bais Shmuel to Relocate to Jewish Children’s Museum
The new board of Bais Shmuel – a prominent Crown Heights Shul – has announced that this Shabbos is the last the congregation will spend at its current location in Chovevei Torah. Starting next Shabbos (Parshas Vayikra), the Shul will be Davening on Shabbos and Yomtov at the Jewish Children’s Museum.
9 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Baruch and Chaya (nee Levilev) Goldberg
1313 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Nuttie and Brochie (nee Barnett) Shpigelman
327 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Noach and Dina (nee Elberg) Hurwitz
1523 President St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Chaim and Sarale (nee Freund) Schochet
430 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Mendy and Miki (nee Mishulovin) Mochkin
375 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Meir and Perel Kahanov
502 New York Ave. [between Sterling St. and Lefferts Ave.] Apt. #6A
Meir and Nechama (nee Horowitz) Paris
467 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Binyamin and Leah (nee Rhodes) Salomon
1639 Burnett St. Brooklyn, NY 11229
Mendel and Mushka (nee Sudak) Morozow
565 Maple St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]

Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe at a children’s rally in the early 1970s.

A Wing and a Prayer: Combining Effort and Faith
“Can’t anything in the world ever go right?” These words of frustration, uttered by my six year old son, remain etched in my memory. They came after a valiant struggle with a model airplane, which, as you probably have guessed, ended in disappointment. I’ve since heard these words repeated by people of all ilk.
Baby Boy!
Chaim and Sarale (nee Freund) Schochet (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 430 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]

1,000 Jewish Teens to Spend Shabbos in Crown Heights
The Chabad Teen Network is coming to Crown Heights. In a big way.