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Yossele and Miriam Bryna (nee Steinmetz) Shuchat (Las Vegas, NV)
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Thousands to Conclude Rambam’s Code, Begin Again
Thousands of people around the world this week will finish learning Maimonides’ magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah, which he termed a compendium of all the laws of the Torah. Learning three chapters a day, it took them the better part of the past year to plough through the 1,000-chapter monograph.
Baby Boy!
Eli and Devorah Leah (nee Kamman) Bogart (New Haven, CT)
Sholom Zochor will be at 672 Eastern Pkwy. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
New Engagement!
Chaim Sasonkin (Akron, OH) and Mushkee Raksin (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Liberal Firebrand Elected Speaker of City Council
A staunch liberal ally of newly elected mayor Bill de Blasio has been elected as New York City council speaker today.
From Days Gone By: The Original ‘770 Bochurim’
This photo is of the first students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in 770. It was taken shortly after the Yeshiva moved into the newly purchased Eastern Parkway building in the early 1940s.
Man Arrested for Stealing Clothes from Mikvah
This morning, some men who were using the Mikvah at Eliyahu Nochum Shul on Lefferts Ave. were shocked upon returning to the dressing room to find that several articles of their clothing were missing.
Photos: Flatbush School Bus Bursts into Flame
A school bus burst into flames on Avenue N between Coney Island Avenue and East 10th Street in Flatbush Tuesday morning, minutes after unloading the children at a nearby school. Boruch Hashem, there were no injuries.
Confirmed: Shlichus to Count as IDF National Service
The work of 100 men serving overseas as emissaries on behalf of Chabad will count as national service, a Knesset committee decided.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Mr. Howard Sherman
Mr. Howard Sherman is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, Nathan, OBM, at 679 Lefferts Ave. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim
Mayor De Blasio, Governor Cuomo Spar on Taxes
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio surrounded himself with labor leaders Monday morning, the latest choreographed show of support for his signature campaign promise to fund universal pre-kindergarten programs with a tax increase on the wealthy.
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Beshalach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one view the challenges and difficulties in doing what G-d wants?
Chabad Opens Jewish Retreat Center in South Florida
According to Rabbi Yosef Y. Biston, the spiritual leader of the Chabad of Parkland, the regional headquarters for Chabad of North Broward and South Palm Beach, “The Chabad philosophy does not measure success in physical terms — with figures, tables, charts, graphs and numbers. We don’t keep a list — every mitzvah is a success in itself. We’re not counting. We’re doing.”
Video: The Yuppets Expose a Cult
In an effort to satirize the recent controversies regarding The Call of the Shofar, Yossi Berktin, a Chabad filmmaker and comedian, produced the following video featuring an interview with the leader of The Tent of Avraham, a (fictional) Jewish ‘health and happiness therapy spa.’
Video: What’s the Best Way to Fundraise?
In anticipation of the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chinese Auction, which will take place January 19, Meir Kalmanson sets out to discover what is the best way to raise money for charity.
Videos: Rabbi Shea Hecht Q&A on Call of the Shofar
On Sunday evening thousands of listeners tuned in to a live broadcast with Rabbi Shea Hecht, which was organized by CrownHeights.info in order to bring clarity and closure amid the uproar over the infiltration of the Call of the Shofar ‘cult’ into our community.
