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You may have noticed the newest fleet of MTA buses. Each of them is now equipped with a camera linked to the Parking Violations Bureau. If a bus pulls into a bus stop and there is a car standing there - even if the car is running - the bus' camera will take a picture of the license plate and the owner will receive a $165 ticket in the mail.

PSA: New City Buses Equipped with Ticket Cameras

You may have noticed the newest fleet of MTA buses. Each of them is now equipped with a camera linked to the Parking Violations Bureau. If a bus pulls into a bus stop and there is a car standing there – even if the car is running – the bus’ camera will take a picture of the license plate and the owner will receive a $165 ticket in the mail.

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Baby Girl!

Tuvya and Shaina (nee Goldstein) Gewirtz from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

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Baby Boy!

R’ Dovber and Lulu (nee Kievman) Koncepolski from Irvine, CA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Dov Werner (Five Towns, NY) to Mushka Miriam Weingarten (Kingston, PA)
New Engagement!

Shmuli Dalfin (North Bay Village, FL) to Chayle Groner (Calgary, Canada)
New Engagement!

Chaya Saacks (Crown Heights) to Shmuli Brecher (Boro Park)
New Engagement!

Mendel Goodman (Manchester UK) to Maayan Ochman (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
New Engagement!

Shaya Lipsh (Brooklyn, NY) to Devori Golomb (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Motty Segall (Miami, FL) to Bryna Etel Kosofsky (Longmeadow, MA)
New Engagement!

Simcha Vogel (London, UK) to Mussa Junik (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Brook (Brooklyn, NY) to Nechama Leah Greenberg (Solon, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shneur Zalman and Yehudis Futerfas from Dnipro, Ukraine had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Zevi Rotter (Crown Heights) to Miriam Elkins (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Sunday, March 22nd, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Mendel Minkowitz (Montreal, Canada) to Mushka Lewis (Brighton, England)
Baby Girl!

Zalman and Bella (nee Lifshitz) Brook from Brooklyn Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya Sandhaus from Philadelphia, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Brody (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Horowitz (Canton, MA)
New Engagement!

Chaim Eliyahu Sternberg (Crown Heights) to Yocheved Wilhelm (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave

Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie teaches students of the North County Chabad Hebrew School in Yorba Linda, California about the Mitzvah of Esrog, firsthand. These Esrogim were harvested at the Chabad center from seeds of Yanover Esrogim.

Picture of the Day: Picking Esrogim in Yorba Linda

Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie teaches students of the North County Chabad Hebrew School in Yorba Linda, California about the Mitzvah of Esrog, firsthand. These Esrogim were harvested at the Chabad center from seeds of Yanover Esrogim.

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Nachum Markowitz's grand Kidushim and food distributions have been a staple of Tishrei in Lubavitch for the past 31 years. Since last year, in addition to all that, guests, students, and residents have been treated by Markowitz and his generous partners and donors to lavish breakfasts each morning of Sukkos.

Markowitz’s Trucks Bring Breakfast to Hungry Guests

Nachum Markowitz‘s grand Kidushim and food distributions have been a staple of Tishrei in Lubavitch for the past 31 years. Since last year, in addition to all that, guests, students, and residents have been treated by Markowitz and his generous partners and donors to lavish breakfasts each morning of Sukkos.

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Wall Street Journal

Jackson, Wyoming. Inset: Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn with his three children.

Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn strolled the streets here in one of the West's most picturesque tourist towns, looking for Jewish travelers. “Shalom! Shalom!” he shouted, approaching a family lingering near Jackson's town square. “Are you, by any chance, Jewish?”

Chabad Rabbis Head to Great Outdoors

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Jackson, Wyoming. Inset: Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn with his three children.

Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn strolled the streets here in one of the West’s most picturesque tourist towns, looking for Jewish travelers. “Shalom! Shalom!” he shouted, approaching a family lingering near Jackson’s town square. “Are you, by any chance, Jewish?”

Shlichus

With great sadness and pain we bring you the shocking news of the sudden passing of Rabbi Aharon Peretz Stawky, Shliach in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rabbi Stawsky was building a Sukkah on the balcony of his apartment, when he tragically fell to his death from the height of two stories.

Tragedy: Father of Seven Dies Building Sukkah

With great sadness and pain we bring you the shocking news of the sudden passing of Rabbi Aharon Peretz Stawky, Shliach in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rabbi Stawsky was building a Sukkah on the balcony of his apartment, when he tragically fell to his death from the height of two stories.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Teleshevsky, OBM, of Crown Heights. Reb Moshe, affectionately known as the Rebbe's Chazzan, passed away this morning, on the second day of the Yomtov of Sukkos.

Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: R’ Moshe Teleshevsky, OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Teleshevsky, OBM, of Crown Heights. Reb Moshe, affectionately known as the Rebbe’s Chazzan, passed away this morning, on the second day of the Yomtov of Sukkos.

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Guide: Times, Halachos and Customs for Yomtov

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The Beis Din of Crown Heights has released a pamphlet – in both English and Hebrew – which contains instructions for many customs and Halachos, as well as the answers to many questions regarding the upcoming Yomim Tovim of Sukkos, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah.

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