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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.

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Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
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!

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].

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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.

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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!

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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.

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NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority finance committee voted today to approve higher fares for subway, buses and commuter trains, two days ahead of the full board's vote.

The agency has threatened that unless Albany lawmakers come up with a bailout plan by Wednesday, the fare hikes and service cuts will take effect.

MTA Finance Committee Approves Fare Hike

NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority finance committee voted today to approve higher fares for subway, buses and commuter trains, two days ahead of the full board’s vote.

The agency has threatened that unless Albany lawmakers come up with a bailout plan by Wednesday, the fare hikes and service cuts will take effect.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Currently the only Mikvah serving the Crown Heights women has been standing since the early 1950’s and residents say has been extremely overwhelmed with the expansion and growth of Crown Heights. Now a new initiative by members of the Beis Shmuel Shul is being undertaken to build a new one.

More in the Extended Article!

A Second Woman’s Mikvah for CH in the Works

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Currently the only Mikvah serving the Crown Heights women has been standing since the early 1950’s and residents say has been extremely overwhelmed with the expansion and growth of Crown Heights. Now a new initiative by members of the Beis Shmuel Shul is being undertaken to build a new one.

More in the Extended Article!

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Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.

More in the Extended Article!

Albany/Northway Birkas Hachama

Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.

More in the Extended Article!

Shlichus

Packed House at Birchas Hachama Halachos Shiur

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Every seat in Kolel Menachem was taken on Thursday, when more than 100 men came to review the Halachos of Birchas Hachama.

“What is the source for the mitzvah of Birchas Hachama?” was a question fielded by Maggid Shiur, Rabbi Zalman Moshe Abrahams, among other thoughtful questions.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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New Round of Car Break-ins

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over Shabbos two cars were broken into and ransacked. The incidents took place on Carroll Street between Brooklyn and Albany Avenues, and according to the owners it could have happened from when they parked Erev Shabbos till they got to their cars next on Sunday.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – 4 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Dovid Lerner (Oak Park, MI) and Esther Faigy Kurinsky (Crown Heights)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Mendy Weiss (Manchester, England) and Chanale Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Yudi Browd (Queens, NY) and Rivky Wilhelm (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].

Yossi Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Rosie Stein (Johannesburg, South Africa)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

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

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