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By Chris Mckenna for the Times Herald-Record

Students in Kiryas Joel line up Jan. 27 to get reflective tape to be sewn onto their coats. The tape is being required to reduce the number of children hit by cars in the village.

KIRYAS JOEL, NY — Several thousand Kiryas Joel schoolchildren now wear strips of silver reflective fabric on their coats to make them more visible and reduce the number of kids hit by cars in the village.

The village's Public Safety Department and school district began distributing the strips two weeks ago. They insisted that children have them sewn onto their coats by the start of this week or be barred from getting onto a school bus, according to Public Safety Director Moses Witriol.

Kiryas Joel Program Helps Drivers See Children

By Chris Mckenna for the Times Herald-Record

Students in Kiryas Joel line up Jan. 27 to get reflective tape to be sewn onto their coats. The tape is being required to reduce the number of children hit by cars in the village.

KIRYAS JOEL, NY — Several thousand Kiryas Joel schoolchildren now wear strips of silver reflective fabric on their coats to make them more visible and reduce the number of kids hit by cars in the village.

The village’s Public Safety Department and school district began distributing the strips two weeks ago. They insisted that children have them sewn onto their coats by the start of this week or be barred from getting onto a school bus, according to Public Safety Director Moses Witriol.

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Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
Baby Girl!

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)

Yud Shvat is the Yahrtzeit of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Amongst other customs, the Rebbe encouraged that on this day one should learn the Mishnayos related to the name of the Rebbe Rayatz. On this occasion Yagdil Torah has compiled a short booklet with the necessary mishnayos to make your learning simple and easy. To download, click here.

Yud Shevat Mishnayos Available

Yud Shvat is the Yahrtzeit of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Amongst other customs, the Rebbe encouraged that on this day one should learn the Mishnayos related to the name of the Rebbe Rayatz. On this occasion Yagdil Torah has compiled a short booklet with the necessary mishnayos to make your learning simple and easy. To download, click here.

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NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — New York City Transit announced last night that it has put its lost and found department on the web.

Riders who have left something behind on a subway or bus can go to MTA.info and then go to “Travel” under the NYC Transit tab. The site features drop-down menus, with options to describe the item, when it was lost, and on which subway or bus line.

Video – MTA’s Lost And Found Unit Goes Online

NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — New York City Transit announced last night that it has put its lost and found department on the web.

Riders who have left something behind on a subway or bus can go to MTA.info and then go to “Travel” under the NYC Transit tab. The site features drop-down menus, with options to describe the item, when it was lost, and on which subway or bus line.

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Illustration picture - Rabbi Rabbi YY Jacobson Farbregning

Tonight, Tuesday, February 3, 2009, the night of Yud Shevat, at 8:30pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson and cantor Berel Zucker with Chassidic choir will present a live-streamed webcast of melodies and inspiration.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

Webcast Schedule in the Extended Article

Tonight! – Live Global Yud Shevat Fabrengen!

Illustration picture – Rabbi Rabbi YY Jacobson Farbregning

Tonight, Tuesday, February 3, 2009, the night of Yud Shevat, at 8:30pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson and cantor Berel Zucker with Chassidic choir will present a live-streamed webcast of melodies and inspiration.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

Webcast Schedule in the Extended Article

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Chabad Youth Zone Makes Puppets for Victims of Terror in Israel

Andrea Pincus, of Washingtonville, admires the puppets made at Chabad Youth Zone by her two sons Chaim, 8 (left) and Jered, 5 (right).

GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — Using socks, googly eyes, felt and other creative materials, twenty-five children recently gathered to make puppets to be sent to victims of terror in Israel. Chabad’s Youth Zone Club, “Kids In Action For Israel”, carried out this unique project. The club, geared for children ages 5-12, meets monthly to do a good deed for others, and simultaneously has a special activity for their own enjoyment. This year, the children are gearing the charity projects to various causes in Israel. The hand-made puppets will be sent to a Chabad representative in Israel who will deliver the gifts to children who have been seriously injured through terrorist acts.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A man fell to his death this evening from a 4th story window of the apartment he resided at. The incident took place at around 10:00pm on Union Street and Schenectady Avenue and the man who was reported to be black and in his mid-20’s.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Young Man Falls to his Death on Union and Schenectady

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A man fell to his death this evening from a 4th story window of the apartment he resided at. The incident took place at around 10:00pm on Union Street and Schenectady Avenue and the man who was reported to be black and in his mid-20’s.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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By Myriam Schottestein

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay during the Super Bowl festivities and Rabbi Mendy Dubrowski in inset.

TAMPA BAY, FL — As halftime descended on the nail-biter of a game that was Super Bowl XLIII, Farley Weiss, an attorney who had traveled across the country to watch his beloved Arizona Cardinals face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers, took position outside of Section 236 at Tampa Bay, Fla.’s Raymond James Stadium with one thing in mind: It was time for the evening prayer service.

Visitors Came for the Super Bowl, Stayed for Shabbat

By Myriam Schottestein

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay during the Super Bowl festivities and Rabbi Mendy Dubrowski in inset.

TAMPA BAY, FL — As halftime descended on the nail-biter of a game that was Super Bowl XLIII, Farley Weiss, an attorney who had traveled across the country to watch his beloved Arizona Cardinals face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers, took position outside of Section 236 at Tampa Bay, Fla.’s Raymond James Stadium with one thing in mind: It was time for the evening prayer service.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

I would like to wish Mazal Tov to my good friend Moishe Orimland (Tzfas, Israel) on his engagement to Saraleh Naparstek (Crown Heights) .

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


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The Avner Institute is pleased to present a first-time released photo of the Rebbe, taken when the mayor of New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. came to visit. This photo, released courtesy of the Rebbe Archive and myencounter.com. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.inspiringageneration.org

Rebbe Picture! – 1960’s Mayor of NYC Yechidus!

The Avner Institute is pleased to present a first-time released photo of the Rebbe, taken when the mayor of New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. came to visit. This photo, released courtesy of the Rebbe Archive and myencounter.com. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.inspiringageneration.org

Picture of the Day
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By Leigh Ann Dewey for the North County Times
CARLSBAD, CA — Big changes are under way at the Chabad La Costa synagogue.

Last March, after years of renting the site, the Orthodox Jewish congregation purchased its half-acre parcel and building at 1980 La Costa Ave. Plans are now in the works to tear down the 1,600-square-foot structure and replace it with a worship center to better serve the congregation's needs.

Chabad of La Costa Plans New Center

By Leigh Ann Dewey for the North County Times

CARLSBAD, CA — Big changes are under way at the Chabad La Costa synagogue.

Last March, after years of renting the site, the Orthodox Jewish congregation purchased its half-acre parcel and building at 1980 La Costa Ave. Plans are now in the works to tear down the 1,600-square-foot structure and replace it with a worship center to better serve the congregation’s needs.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Shprintza Weiskohl.

She is the mother of Sarah Piekarski (Crown Heights), Miriam Zukerman (Flatbush), and Chanie Melen (Boro Park).

The Levaya will leave Tuesday from Shomrei Hadas at 11:00am.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs Shprintza Weiskohl OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Shprintza Weiskohl.

She is the mother of Sarah Piekarski (Crown Heights), Miriam Zukerman (Flatbush), and Chanie Melen (Boro Park).

The Levaya will leave Tuesday from Shomrei Hadas at 11:00am.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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By Duke Helfand and Joanna Linfor the LA Times
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For a decade, AskMoses.com has been answering questions like these to a growing worldwide audience.

AskMoses.com, Quicker than Climbing Mount Sinai!

By Duke Helfand and Joanna Linfor the LA Times
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Have you ever tried to define God? Or wondered whether it is ethical to eat meat? Or debated if pornography is a sin?

For a decade, AskMoses.com has been answering questions like these to a growing worldwide audience.

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By Christa Desrets for the News & Advance

Located in glacial ice at an altitude of 15,300 feet in 2003, some scientists say the photo suggest its length-to-width ratio is close to 6:1, similar to the description in Chumash Breishis. Satellite image taken by DigitalGlobe's QuickBird Satellite in 2003.

LYNCHBURG, VA — It's one of the most familiar Bible stories.

Saddened by the wickedness of man, God directs the righteous Noah to build an ark for his family and two of each species of animal.

Searching for Noah’s Ark in Turkey

By Christa Desrets for the News & Advance

Located in glacial ice at an altitude of 15,300 feet in 2003, some scientists say the photo suggest its length-to-width ratio is close to 6:1, similar to the description in Chumash Breishis. Satellite image taken by DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird Satellite in 2003.

LYNCHBURG, VA — It’s one of the most familiar Bible stories.

Saddened by the wickedness of man, God directs the righteous Noah to build an ark for his family and two of each species of animal.

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By Reuven Blau for the New York Post

NEW YORK, NY — It's back to driving school for the NYPD, which has just laid out $225,000 for its first squad-car simulator in an effort to reduce the rising rate of cop-car crashes.

The Post first reported in August that patrol-car accidents among its 8,839-car fleet have surged by 11 percent over the past three years.

TO SWERVE & PROTECT – NYPD ‘CRASH’ COURSE AFTER ACCIDENT SURGE

By Reuven Blau for the New York Post

NEW YORK, NY — It’s back to driving school for the NYPD, which has just laid out $225,000 for its first squad-car simulator in an effort to reduce the rising rate of cop-car crashes.

The Post first reported in August that patrol-car accidents among its 8,839-car fleet have surged by 11 percent over the past three years.

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