Weekly Unique Picture of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a photo of the Rebbe, in conversation from his room during the distribution of Lekach.
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NYC to get over a Foot of Snow in Updated Projections
Winter storm Nemo is expected to sock the city today with fierce winds and an icy mix that should bring down power lines and trees, threaten coastal flooding, turn tonight’s commute into a nightmare — and leave more than a foot of snow before it’s done.
NY Post
Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail Delivery
The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion, the financially struggling agency says.
NY Daily News
Jewish people in recovery and their family members will attend the Jewish Recovery Center Retreat and Shabbaton at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center.
A Welcome Retreat for Jews in Recovery
Moishe Goldstein came to South Florida seeking recovery from addiction some five years ago. That’s when he met Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Meir Kessler, who runs the Jewish Recovery Center in Boca Raton, and got involved in Kessler’s Shabbat dinner program.
Photos: A Very Warm Chuppa in -40 Degree Weather
On the morning of our daughter Esther Caytak’s wedding, to Ruvy Litzman, we got an emergency phone call from a friend. “Your wedding is tonight, it is going to be -40 degrees, you need to rent heaters for the outdoor Chuppah ceremony”.
Photo credit: ChaimPerl.com Edited by: AvrohomPerl.com
Photos: An Indoor Picture in front of 770
It is quite a challenge when Kinus organizers want to take a picture of a group of over 1500 Shluchos, indoors, and still make it look like it was in front of 770. A team of skilled photographers and editors make it happen, here is a look how!
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Tzedek and Zelda (nee Morrison) Zirkind (Pittsburgh, PA)
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Mendel and Esthi (nee Rappoport) Yarmush (Crown Heights)
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Baruch and Soshie (nee Weingarten) Meer (Crown Heights)
Video: A [Slightly Eccentric] Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Mishpatim, titled ‘Become a Free Slave!’.
Friday: Ahead of Storm, Street Cleaning Suspended
Ahead of winter storm Nemo the city has suspended Alternate Side Parking regulations citywide on Friday, February 8 to facilitate storm preparation. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
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Yosef and Rivkah (nee Winderman) Bergovoy (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Alexandar Faingold and local Jewish residents at the burial of Jewish bones found at a building site in Nytshin, Ukraine.
Bar Mitzvah Emerges from the Holocaust’s Horrors
When a large number of human bones mixed in with pages containing Hebrew words were discovered at a building site in the town of Netishyn, Ukraine, the few local Jews turned to the only rabbi they knew for assistance.
Rabbi Shmuel Kunda's creativity included richly compelling storytelling and illustrations.
Tales from Renowned Children’s Storyteller Now Online
Feitel van Zeidel was exasperated when his Chanukah dreidel top did not stop spinning. The rich man had bribed Yossel the handy-man to create a dreidel that had the winning Hebrew letter gimmel written on all four sides, and Zeidel was planning to go home with all the spoils. But his top would not stop spinning. “Oh why doesn’t it stop?” he shouted and cried, “By now every dreidel would have been dropping!”
Winter Blast Barreling Toward Northeast
Get ready for some wacky winter weather. A powerful nor’easter is going to dump a stinging mix of sleet and rain on the city early Friday that will gradually turn to snow, with up to eight inches expected overnight, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.
NY Daily News
Photos: Mesivta Oholei Torah Annual Shabbaton
The Oholei Torah Mesivta enjoyed their annual Shabbaton in many places in Upstate NY. On Friday they had a tour of the State Capitol, and met with Rabbi Mendel Mathless, Shliach in Albany NY. Shabbos was spent in Saratoga Springs with guests from Crown Heights, which included Rabbi Mendel Reizes, Rabbi Sholom Dovid Pape and Rabbi Mendel Nemes.
Before (left) and after. Woman's shoes deemed to immodest? (photo by the Jerusalem Fire Dept.)
Going Too Far? Hamodia Edits Out Womans Shoes
Is it going to far? The Jerusalem Fire Department released a photo of baby trapped in room by drawer blocking door; the Hamodia daily ‘edited out’ a pair of woman’s shoes from picture due to ‘modesty concerns’.
Ynet
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