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Fort Myers Jewish Community Welcomes New Torah
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz, Celebrated its Grand Founders’ Dinner with a new Torah dedication.

Picture of the Day: Elevating Sparks in Switzerland
Mendy and Yossi Rotenstreich, junior Shluchim in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, Daven Shachris Wednesday morning at Zurich International Airport en route to commemorate the 200th Yahrtzeit of the Alter Rebbe in Ukraine.

Video: Satmar Rebbe Meets with Chabad Entrepreneur
The Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, meets with young Lubavitcher entrepreneur and philanthropist Ben Nash.

Police Seek ‘Knockout’ Attacker of Jewish Mom
Police have released a sketch for a possible suspect involved in a ‘knockout’ assault in Midwood, Brooklyn.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Nochum Tzvi Potash, 8, OBM
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the very untimely passing of Nochum Tzvi Potash OBM, an 8 year old boy from London, England.

ENDED: ‘Call of the Shofar’ Gathering
CrownHeights.info will be broadcasting live video footage of tonight’s gathering in Oholei Torah, which was called by the Rabbonim and community leaders to address the penetration of the Call of the Shofar “cult” into the heart of the Chabad community. The event begins at 8:30pm. Archive of the broadcast available in the Extended Article.

Kingston Ave. Pushka Thief Apprehended
Police have apprehended a man suspected of stealing Pushkas (charity boxes) from several stores on Kingston Ave., after the suspect was spotted by a vigilant storeowner, who immediately notified the police.

Tonight: ‘My Encounter’ Videos Unlocked on JEM App
In connection with “Nittel Nacht,” JEM has announced that they will be unlocking all the story segments on their Living Torah App – close to 400 videos.

Tonight: Nittel Nacht
A friendly reminder to our dear readers: Tonight is “Nittel Nacht,” and the Chabad custom is not to learn Torah so as not to “add Chayus” to impurity.

Florida Chabad Center Finds Permanent Home
Nearly eight years ago, Rabbi Yossi and Dina Eber started out in a rented three-bedroom house in Trinity, Florida that served as both their home and synagogue.
New Engagement!
Gavriel Cohen (Birmingham, UK) and Bryna Segelstein (Las Vegas, NV)
L’chaim will be Wednesday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]

Google Glass Film Spotlights Crown Heights
On a Sunday evening earlier this month, the Mister Rogers restaurant in Crown Heights played host to the neighborhood’s primary residents—West Indian Blacks with waist-length dreads and baggy jeans, and Hasidic Jews in black hats and sheitels.

Federal Judge Allows Drug Convict to Visit Ohel
A Staten Island drug kingpin under house arrest has been granted permission to join his fiancé in a visit to the tomb of the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, so the couple can prepare for their marriage.

Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Wednesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Wednesday, December 25, for the non-Jewish holiday.
Chasidic Hearing Expert Teaches Cultural Sensitivity
Dr. Levi Reiter, a PhD audiologist and proud Lubavitcher Chosid, was featured in an international publication called The Asha Leader, which has a readership of 160,000 professionals in communication disorders worldwide.

Tonight: Urgent Gathering over ‘Call of the Shofar’
An urgent gathering has been called by Chabad Rabbonim and community leaders over the recent revelations that members of the community, notably Yeshiva educators and their students, have participated in certain “cult gatherings” that are antithetical to the Chabad Derech.