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Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a favorable verdict.

Nechemia Shaul Yosef ben Miriam

Schneur Zalman ben Esther Leah

Binyomin ben Dvorah Tzirl

Schneur Gedalia ben Shterna Sara

Chaim Dov ben Shterna Sara

Yehuda Aryeh ben Shterna Sara

Six members of our community who are standing trial today and are facing real jail time.

Day 20: Final Day of the Shomrim Six Trial

After a month of long and drawn out court proceedings in which six Crown Heights men, who volunteer in Shomrim, were charged with a crime, the trial finally draws close to an end. Last week Wednesday the prosecution rested after calling its 9th witness.

Today, Tuesday closing arguments will conclude and this will be the last day to be able to come and show your support.

Yud Tes Kislev at Rabbi Os – YNS Tzfas

YNS Hanhola, Shluchim and bochurim gathered for a gala seuda and farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev.

Beginning with a Yom Tov meal at 4 p.m. and concluding with Ma’ariv after 4 a.m., the farbrengen touched on the greatness of the Tanya and how to find oneself and achieve one’s potential via the Alter Rebbe’s fundamental work.

Baby Boomer: A Fertility Specialist’s Conception of Life

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

MERION STATION, PA — Six babies, and the possibility for many more, were first conceived at a Mumbai memorial in Merion Station, Pennsylvania last winter.

“The event touched me like nothing ever has,” says Dr. Michael Glassner, a founding partner of the Main Line Fertility and Reproductive Medicine in suburban Philadelphia.

New Buses Bring Silence to the Streets

By Michael M. Grynbaum for the New York Times
A DesignLine bus, which operates on a spinning turbine that recharges a lithium-ion battery.

Any New Yorker who has ridden a city bus might be forgiven for believing a banshee is buried under the floorboards. Engines idle at an alarmingly high volume, and acceleration is often accompanied by a symphony of cracks and snaps, the squeals of aging machinery with little eagerness to perform its assigned task.

Lieberman Faces a Long, Chilly Walk to Saturday’s Healthcare Debate

The Hill

Senator Joseph Lieberman (C) attending Birchas Hachama at Chabad of Stamford. Archive Photo.

Senators are grumbling privately about having to work this weekend, but most have an easy road compared to Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.).

Lieberman, an observant Jew, plans to walk nearly five miles from his home and synagogue in Georgetown to make it to the Senate in time for votes on healthcare amendments that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled for Saturday afternoon.