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The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009. The Hakhel concert, to benefit Yeshiva Darchai Menachem, promises to be a spectacular evening headlining superb entertainers with our very own “Sparks Boys Choir” featuring all-new songs and choreography. The Rebbe always emphasized the importance of unity during the Hakhel year.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.jewishtickets.com or Judaica world.

More info in the Extended Article!

Sparks Boys Choir Hakhel Concert this Motzei Shabbos

The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009. The Hakhel concert, to benefit Yeshiva Darchai Menachem, promises to be a spectacular evening headlining superb entertainers with our very own “Sparks Boys Choir” featuring all-new songs and choreography. The Rebbe always emphasized the importance of unity during the Hakhel year.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.jewishtickets.com or Judaica world.

More info in the Extended Article!

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Nosson Kuperman (Crown Heights) to Sheina Crespim (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
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Mendel Richter (Howard Beach, NY) to Shalhevet Teitelbaum (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The JCM
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Zalmy Chanowitz (Monticello, NY) to Rochele Klein (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, June 22nd, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street

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Leibel Bernstein (Toronto, Canada) to Nechama Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
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Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Lerner (Boston, MA) to Mussia Wilschanski (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Schneur Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Mussie Wolf (Lincolnwood, IL) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 24th, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Levi Silverman (Dobbs Ferry, NY) to Bryna Rimler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
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Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
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Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!

The Holtzbergs Visit Ohel Chana of Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — This week, students of the Ohel Chana Werdiger Learning Institute in Melbourne, Australia were privileged to have a visit from Rabbi and Mrs. Holtzberg, parents of Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg A”H, together with Rabbi Avremi Berkowitz who is assisting them in rebuilding the Chabad house that was destroyed in India.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This one, taken on the winter of 1974, shows the Rebbe in middle of prayer in the main synagogue in Lubavitch World Headquarters 770 in Brooklyn, NY. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

Picture of the Rebbe! – Winter 1974!

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CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This one, taken on the winter of 1974, shows the Rebbe in middle of prayer in the main synagogue in Lubavitch World Headquarters 770 in Brooklyn, NY. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

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Mazal Tov! – 4 Thursday Night L’Chaims!

Dovid Vidrin (Boston, MA) and Chana Botvinnikov (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire blvd, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Mendel Plotke (Los Angeles, CA) and Esther Overlander (London, England) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

Srully Rozmarin (Bnei Brak, Israel) and Baila Zaiontz (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Dovid Nussbaum (Montreal) and Mimi Gutnick (Sydney, Austraila) ,
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A school bus dropping off Beis Rivkah school girls, had a rock thrown at it as it was driving on President Street. Thank G-d no one on the bus was hurt. The incident took place at around 4:00pm between Kingston and Brooklyn.

A number of Shomrim members responded and began following the group of 4 Black teens down President. While the bus driver identified the group, Shomrim then called 911 and had police respond.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Group Throws Rock at School Bus, Shomrim Apprehend, Police Release

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A school bus dropping off Beis Rivkah school girls, had a rock thrown at it as it was driving on President Street. Thank G-d no one on the bus was hurt. The incident took place at around 4:00pm between Kingston and Brooklyn.

A number of Shomrim members responded and began following the group of 4 Black teens down President. While the bus driver identified the group, Shomrim then called 911 and had police respond.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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What is unique about Chabad nigunim? What makes them so special? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute Would like to present a beautiful letter of the Rebbe, written to a Chosson who asked if he could play Chabad nigunim at his wedding. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

“The Nature of Music” A Beautiful Letter of The Rebbe

What is unique about Chabad nigunim? What makes them so special? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute Would like to present a beautiful letter of the Rebbe, written to a Chosson who asked if he could play Chabad nigunim at his wedding. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

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BROOKLYN, NY — One of the men found guilty of killing a rookie cop in Brooklyn was sentenced today to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

Dexter Bostic, 36, was convicted in December of gunning down Officer Russel Timoshenko in July 2007 after he and his partner, Herman Yan, injured, pulled over a stolen BMW SUV in Crown Heights.

Cop Killer Gets Life in Prison and then Some

BROOKLYN, NY — One of the men found guilty of killing a rookie cop in Brooklyn was sentenced today to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

Dexter Bostic, 36, was convicted in December of gunning down Officer Russel Timoshenko in July 2007 after he and his partner, Herman Yan, injured, pulled over a stolen BMW SUV in Crown Heights.

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Chief Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, during a dinner last year Chanukka

BROOKLYN , NY — Russia’s Chief Rabbi Lazar To Appeal

A Russian district court on Wednesday overturned an appeal and upheld its ruling to expel Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, Rabbi of the Primorye region in Russia's far east.

Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters “Deeply Disturbed” At Russian Court’s Decision To Expel Rabbi

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Chief Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, during a dinner last year Chanukka

BROOKLYN , NY — Russia’s Chief Rabbi Lazar To Appeal

A Russian district court on Wednesday overturned an appeal and upheld its ruling to expel Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, Rabbi of the Primorye region in Russia’s far east.

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The Rebbe says:

1. The Mishnah states, “When the Hebrew month of Av begins we hold back our joy”.

The Talmud supplements the Mishnah’s statement with, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”.

2. The Rebbe now analyzes this statement of the Talmud:

The Talmud’s words, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, implies that the leading principal is the Mishnah’s clearly stated law that, “during the month of Av we curtail our joy”, while the law that, “when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, is only secondary.

Rebbe Sicha on the Hebrew month of Adar

The Rebbe says:

1. The Mishnah states, “When the Hebrew month of Av begins we hold back our joy”.

The Talmud supplements the Mishnah’s statement with, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”.

2. The Rebbe now analyzes this statement of the Talmud:

The Talmud’s words, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, implies that the leading principal is the Mishnah’s clearly stated law that, “during the month of Av we curtail our joy”, while the law that, “when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, is only secondary.

Something Jewish

MerkosMentors recently enlisted a new roster of talented and experienced individuals to function as mentors in their ground-breaking program. As all Shluchim come to learn, daily life is often fraught with new questions and experiences ranging from menial to spiritual to financial to educational. But they need not go through it alone. Certainly, someone out there, another Shliach, has dealt with it before, and has acquired the skills to cope with the situation effectively. Now, MerkosMentors makes the connection between Shluchim even more accessible.

Merkos Mentors Making Shlichus Life Easier

MerkosMentors recently enlisted a new roster of talented and experienced individuals to function as mentors in their ground-breaking program. As all Shluchim come to learn, daily life is often fraught with new questions and experiences ranging from menial to spiritual to financial to educational. But they need not go through it alone. Certainly, someone out there, another Shliach, has dealt with it before, and has acquired the skills to cope with the situation effectively. Now, MerkosMentors makes the connection between Shluchim even more accessible.

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A satellite view of the Ahava plant.

OGDENSBURG, NY — The Ahava Food Company, which operates the only plant in the USA that produces exclusively cholov yisroel cheese and milk, was recently acquired by Toobro, LLC, a company whose owners have years of experience in the food industry. Toobro’s owners plan to update and improve the existing operation while continuing to uphold the highest standards in kosher food production and low prices for consumers.

Ahava Food Company Reacquired by New Owners

A satellite view of the Ahava plant.

OGDENSBURG, NY — The Ahava Food Company, which operates the only plant in the USA that produces exclusively cholov yisroel cheese and milk, was recently acquired by Toobro, LLC, a company whose owners have years of experience in the food industry. Toobro’s owners plan to update and improve the existing operation while continuing to uphold the highest standards in kosher food production and low prices for consumers.

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Rabbi Bery and Chenchie (nee Tiefenbrun) Schmukler of Crown Heights will be moving with their newborn son on Shlichus to Southern New Mexico. They will establish a new Chabad House to serve the needs of the local Jewish community in Las Cruces.

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Announcing New Shluchim to New Mexico

Rabbi Bery and Chenchie (nee Tiefenbrun) Schmukler of Crown Heights will be moving with their newborn son on Shlichus to Southern New Mexico. They will establish a new Chabad House to serve the needs of the local Jewish community in Las Cruces.

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — During President’s Week the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE arranged a winter camp for public school children. Over 100 children attended the two locations—the Brooklyn camp hosted by United Lubavitch Yeshiva Ocean Parkway and the Queens camp hosted by Anshei Shalom Chabad of Queens.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Released Time Mid-Winter Camp

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — During President’s Week the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE arranged a winter camp for public school children. Over 100 children attended the two locations—the Brooklyn camp hosted by United Lubavitch Yeshiva Ocean Parkway and the Queens camp hosted by Anshei Shalom Chabad of Queens.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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