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NEW YORK, NY — A proposed sales tax hike could have you shelling out more almost every time you shop.

News of a possible hike isn't sitting well with consumers.

“Oh no, this is ridiculous,” said Cleonie Sinclair of Manhattan.

Sales Tax Shocker: NYC Staring At 10 Percent

WCBSTV

NEW YORK, NY — A proposed sales tax hike could have you shelling out more almost every time you shop.

News of a possible hike isn’t sitting well with consumers.

“Oh no, this is ridiculous,” said Cleonie Sinclair of Manhattan.

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New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Israel National News

A new Online Mikvah Calendar created especially for the internet-savvy Jewish woman-of-today is making it easier to observe the complex Jewish laws of family purity.

The website, which was rolled out this week [and is advertised here on CrownHeights.info], is the brainchild of Rebbetzin Rivkah Bloom, who grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was the only Jewish child in her grade, forced at age 14 to leave home for a Jewish school in Pennsylvania, and from there to seminary in Israel. What followed led to software that has the potential to change the lives of millions of women: her years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Online Mikvah Calendar Eases Jewish Family Purity Observance

Israel National News

A new Online Mikvah Calendar created especially for the internet-savvy Jewish woman-of-today is making it easier to observe the complex Jewish laws of family purity.

The website, which was rolled out this week [and is advertised here on CrownHeights.info], is the brainchild of Rebbetzin Rivkah Bloom, who grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was the only Jewish child in her grade, forced at age 14 to leave home for a Jewish school in Pennsylvania, and from there to seminary in Israel. What followed led to software that has the potential to change the lives of millions of women: her years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Jewish News
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Benny Friedman (S. Paul, MN) and Chanale (bas R. Avrohom) Gopin (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Mazel Tov's
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by TRS

Yesterday was the twenty seventh of Adar. There are many Bochurim in Lubavitch who weren't even born. At least I remember when it happened. The question of course is, what does this day mean to us? What does it do to us? And what do we do for it? The answers to these questions are not simple ones. In fact, I don't know if anyone even has the answers. But that doesn't mean we don't have to ask the questions. Because if you don't even have the question, how can you ever expect to work out the answer? Because that's what it's really all about.

Every person has to look inside their heart and say, "Hey, what's up? What have I accomplished? What does 17 years without mean to me? Have I gotten over it, or am I still in mourning? Have the chai, the living, Yiten El Libo, taken it to heart? Or was this generation's Parah Adumah completely wasted? Those are the types of questions we all have to ask ourselves.

Feelings: 17 Years – We Are Orphans, Without A Father

by TRS

Yesterday was the twenty seventh of Adar. There are many Bochurim in Lubavitch who weren’t even born. At least I remember when it happened. The question of course is, what does this day mean to us? What does it do to us? And what do we do for it? The answers to these questions are not simple ones. In fact, I don’t know if anyone even has the answers. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have to ask the questions. Because if you don’t even have the question, how can you ever expect to work out the answer? Because that’s what it’s really all about.

Every person has to look inside their heart and say, “Hey, what’s up? What have I accomplished? What does 17 years without mean to me? Have I gotten over it, or am I still in mourning? Have the chai, the living, Yiten El Libo, taken it to heart? Or was this generation’s Parah Adumah completely wasted? Those are the types of questions we all have to ask ourselves.

Op-Ed
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The Iowa Independent

POSTVILLE, IA — When the beleaguered Agriprocessors meatpacking plant first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a small glimmer of hope emerged in Postville. There was an opportunity for another company to take over operations at the plant, for production to continue and for the community not to lose its largest employer.

No News from the Agriprocessors Bankruptcy Auction Could be Bad News for Postville

The Iowa Independent

POSTVILLE, IA — When the beleaguered Agriprocessors meatpacking plant first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a small glimmer of hope emerged in Postville. There was an opportunity for another company to take over operations at the plant, for production to continue and for the community not to lose its largest employer.

Communal Matters
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Mazal Tov! – 3 Tuesday Night L’Chaims

Moshe Rubin (Borough Park) and Chayale Bukiet (Lexington, MA)
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave]

Yosef Yitzchok Spigler (Melbourne, Australia) and Dina Eliezrie (Yorba Linda, CA)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Yossi (ben R. Moshe) Freedman (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) and Chaya Mushka Willansky (Portland, Maine)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

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

Mazel Tov's

Rabbi Moshe Meyer Lipszyc with Guma Aguiar, carrying Goldi's Torah under the chuppah canopy.

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — How do parents of a severely challenged 12 year old girl celebrate their daughter’s bat mitzvah?

The question was poignantly relevant for Rabbi Moshe Meir and Pnina Lipszyc, Chabad representatives to Ft. Lauderdale, who have cultivated a lively Jewish community over nearly two decades while raising their special needs children under extraordinary circumstances.

Chabad of Ft. Lauderdale Celebrates Goldi’s Torah

Rabbi Moshe Meyer Lipszyc with Guma Aguiar, carrying Goldi’s Torah under the chuppah canopy.

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — How do parents of a severely challenged 12 year old girl celebrate their daughter’s bat mitzvah?

The question was poignantly relevant for Rabbi Moshe Meir and Pnina Lipszyc, Chabad representatives to Ft. Lauderdale, who have cultivated a lively Jewish community over nearly two decades while raising their special needs children under extraordinary circumstances.

Shlichus
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi (ben R. Moshe) Freedman (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) and Chaya Mushka Willansky (Portland, Maine) on their engagement.

The L’chaim will IYH be Tonight, Tuesday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

Mazel Tov's
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MINEOLA, NY [CHI] — Chabad of Mineola launches the Birkat HaChamah Time Capsule to document today’s Jewish life.

On April 8, 2009, the eve of Passover, Jews around the world will rise early, gaze at the sun and recite the least-frequently-recited blessing in Judaism: Birkat HaChamah, the blessing on the sun.

Chabad ‘Time Capsule’ to be buried at Mineola

MINEOLA, NY [CHI] — Chabad of Mineola launches the Birkat HaChamah Time Capsule to document today’s Jewish life.

On April 8, 2009, the eve of Passover, Jews around the world will rise early, gaze at the sun and recite the least-frequently-recited blessing in Judaism: Birkat HaChamah, the blessing on the sun.

Shlichus
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Des Moines Register

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Three holding companies have submitted bids to buy various parts of Postville’s embattled kosher meat plant, a spokesman for the trustee said today.

But none of the bidders asked for the same package of equipment and assets, attorney Dan Childers said at the bankruptcy auction for Agriprocessors, Inc. Bidders are now meeting in groups to revise their proposals.

3 Companies Bid on Agriprocessors at Auction

Des Moines Register

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Three holding companies have submitted bids to buy various parts of Postville’s embattled kosher meat plant, a spokesman for the trustee said today.

But none of the bidders asked for the same package of equipment and assets, attorney Dan Childers said at the bankruptcy auction for Agriprocessors, Inc. Bidders are now meeting in groups to revise their proposals.

Communal Matters
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yosef Yitzchok Spigler (Melbourne, Australia) and Dina Eliezrie (Yorba Linda, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Tuesday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Mazel Tov's
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish Crown Heights resident first noticed a Black man coming in and out of his apartment building on Monday last week; then again on Wednesday. He didn’t think anything of it until he went into the basement on Friday and noticed a number of his boxes have been stolen.

More in the Extended Article.

Pattern of Home Invasions Burglary’s Emerge in CH

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish Crown Heights resident first noticed a Black man coming in and out of his apartment building on Monday last week; then again on Wednesday. He didn’t think anything of it until he went into the basement on Friday and noticed a number of his boxes have been stolen.

More in the Extended Article.

Crime
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Original 12 Tribe Mosaic Series Dedicated

Rabbi Sholom Raichik, director of Chabad of Upper Montgomery County explaining the meaning of each of the 12 tribes. On the left you can see some of the Mosaics.

GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Ten years ago Chabad of Upper Montgomery County, MD was planning the construction of it’s new building, and the director of Chabad, an artistic series of the 12 Tribes of Israel was included in the planning. After much hard work the building was completed and dedicated in 2002.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Shlichus
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VosIzNeias.com

Brooklyn, NY — Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and Mr. Alexander Rapaport of Masbia Soup Kitchen have joined forces to draft a religious ban prohibiting Passover price gouging in the Orthodox Jewish community. This decree, known as a kol koreh or a public pronouncement, is not a new phenomenon in the religious Jewish community. There is a great deal of precedent in Jewish law for rabbis to issue edicts against monopolies or other situations which are deemed spiritually reckless.

Full image of the Kol Koreh in the Extended Article.

30 Rabbis Sign Ban Prohibiting Passover Price Gouging

VosIzNeias.com

Brooklyn, NY — Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and Mr. Alexander Rapaport of Masbia Soup Kitchen have joined forces to draft a religious ban prohibiting Passover price gouging in the Orthodox Jewish community. This decree, known as a kol koreh or a public pronouncement, is not a new phenomenon in the religious Jewish community. There is a great deal of precedent in Jewish law for rabbis to issue edicts against monopolies or other situations which are deemed spiritually reckless.

Full image of the Kol Koreh in the Extended Article.

Jewish News
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