New Engagement!
Levi Weingarten (Flint, MI) and Fraidy Tiechtel (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]

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Video: Siyum HaRambam for Kids!
Today marks the culmination of nearly a year of study for countless individuals around the globe – the completion of the Rambam’s codification of Jewish law.

Completion of Rambam Marked at the Ohel
A Siyum HaRambam was held at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens last night, which was attended by several dozen members of Anash.

Double Tragedy Unites London Community
Two London Shuls affected by similar tragedies joined together for an evening of Chizuk: Beis Shmuel, affectionately known as ‘Reb Chuna’s’ and Heichal Menachem, the local Anash Shul in Golders Green.

Students Gather in Miami for Torah Retreat
The 5th annual Miami Torah Experience, directed by Rabbi Immanuel Storfer, took place in North Miami Beach, Florida from Dec. 25 to Jan. 2, with over twenty five participants from various Universities in North and South America.
Baby Girl!
Moshe and Sarah Chanah (nee Feldman) Gourarie (Toms River, NJ)

An Oasis in Ukraine – ‘The Shluchim Shtetl’
For 180 young Shluchim, the ‘Shtetl’ is not merely a thing of the past, pulled from an exciting story book, but rather a living and vital part of their Shlichus.
Baby Girl!
Yossele and Miriam Bryna (nee Steinmetz) Shuchat (Las Vegas, NV)

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