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Important info for all Crown Heights residents coming to the Soul II Soul concert this Motzoei Shabbos.

The producers of the concert encourage you to come to the concert by either being dropped off or using public transportation. The #3 train to the Brooklyn Museum stop, or the #2, 3, 4 or 5 to the Franklin Avenue stop are the closest stops to the auditorium. The Brooklyn School of Music is located at 883 Classon Avenue, between Union and President Streets. (The concert is NOT at Wingate!)

If you have to bring your car, Shomrim and the 71st precinct will be on hand to assist us with the parking. Please cooperate with their instructions to ensure a smooth and efficient parking experience.

Notice for Residents Attending the Concert on Motzoai Shabbos

Important info for all Crown Heights residents coming to the Soul II Soul concert this Motzoei Shabbos.

The producers of the concert encourage you to come to the concert by either being dropped off or using public transportation. The #3 train to the Brooklyn Museum stop, or the #2, 3, 4 or 5 to the Franklin Avenue stop are the closest stops to the auditorium. The Brooklyn School of Music is located at 883 Classon Avenue, between Union and President Streets. (The concert is NOT at Wingate!)

If you have to bring your car, Shomrim and the 71st precinct will be on hand to assist us with the parking. Please cooperate with their instructions to ensure a smooth and efficient parking experience.

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Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)
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Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
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Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
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Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Meir Gold and Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Rabbi Sholom Feldman helps an Israeli
merchant put on tefillin.
TEL AVIV, Israel — One Thursday night in 1975, a group of Chasidic Jews who were crowded around a table in a small village outside of Tel Aviv decided to go out the next morning to help Jews whom they had never met put on tefillin.

They drew their inspiration for such a bold task from Rabbi Mendel Futerfas, the one-time-businessman from Russia who led the farbrengen ñ or gathering where sharing words of Torah, meaningful stories and Chasidic melodies plays an integral part ñ in Kfar Chabad, Israel.

Known as Reb Mendel and born in 1887, Futerfas had, in his home country, invested all of his money to assist the underground network of Jewish day schools supported by Chabad-Lubavitch and was sent to jail for the subversion of Soviet edicts against religious observance. He made it to London in 1962, where five years later he took up the call of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, for Jewish men everywhere to encourage other Jewish men to don tefillin.

Generations Follow in Footsteps of Door-to-Door Jewish Trailblazers

Meir Gold and Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Rabbi Sholom Feldman helps an Israeli
merchant put on tefillin.

TEL AVIV, Israel — One Thursday night in 1975, a group of Chasidic Jews who were crowded around a table in a small village outside of Tel Aviv decided to go out the next morning to help Jews whom they had never met put on tefillin.

They drew their inspiration for such a bold task from Rabbi Mendel Futerfas, the one-time-businessman from Russia who led the farbrengen ñ or gathering where sharing words of Torah, meaningful stories and Chasidic melodies plays an integral part ñ in Kfar Chabad, Israel.

Known as Reb Mendel and born in 1887, Futerfas had, in his home country, invested all of his money to assist the underground network of Jewish day schools supported by Chabad-Lubavitch and was sent to jail for the subversion of Soviet edicts against religious observance. He made it to London in 1962, where five years later he took up the call of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, for Jewish men everywhere to encourage other Jewish men to don tefillin.

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Dvora Lakein - Lubavitch.com

Students at NYU with Rabbi Dov Korn

NEW YORK, NY — Mention of the Lower East Side often evokes images of heaving tenement buildings, anxious immigrants, and pungent pickles. While the pickles remain a landmark on Hester Street, the rest of the neighborhood has changed. The immigrants who came did everything they could to leave; today, their great-grandchildren are coming back in droves. Introducing them to a Jewish experience that packs a meaningful alternative to the faded memories of kitsch yiddishkeit portrayed in popular films, are Chabad-Lubavitch representatives.

Jewish Revival Greets Young Jews Moving to the Lower East Side

Dvora Lakein – Lubavitch.com

Students at NYU with Rabbi Dov Korn

NEW YORK, NY — Mention of the Lower East Side often evokes images of heaving tenement buildings, anxious immigrants, and pungent pickles. While the pickles remain a landmark on Hester Street, the rest of the neighborhood has changed. The immigrants who came did everything they could to leave; today, their great-grandchildren are coming back in droves. Introducing them to a Jewish experience that packs a meaningful alternative to the faded memories of kitsch yiddishkeit portrayed in popular films, are Chabad-Lubavitch representatives.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagment!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy (ben R Chaim) Blachman (Crown Heights) and Chaya Sarah Wayden (Philadelphia, PA) on their engagment.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Maple St Shul, 612 Maple St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzchak and Rivky (nee Spalter) Raskin (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.


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Jewish School Moves Into New Mediterranean Home

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Cannes Mayor Bernard Brochand, left, and Rabbi Yehuda Leib Matusof, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Cannes, cut the ribbon to inaugurate the new home of the cityís only Jewish school.

CANNES, France — A crowd of well-wishers and French politicians feted the recent expansion of the Jewish School of Cannes in a ceremony earlier this week.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) tells Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) that the Yidin (Jewish people) should set aside materials from their possessions and donate to the construction of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). As the Torah says, “Hashem spoke to Moshe saying. ‘Speak to the children of Israel and have them take for Me a Terumah-offering…”.

Rashi immediately explains this distinct wording and says that “for Me” means “to Me, to My name” . In other words, Rashi is saying that when one fulfils this Mitzvah (commandment) he should know that it is for Hashem and not for any other reason.

2. The Rebbe now asks a question:

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Terumah

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) tells Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) that the Yidin (Jewish people) should set aside materials from their possessions and donate to the construction of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). As the Torah says, “Hashem spoke to Moshe saying. ‘Speak to the children of Israel and have them take for Me a Terumah-offering…”.

Rashi immediately explains this distinct wording and says that “for Me” means “to Me, to My name” . In other words, Rashi is saying that when one fulfils this Mitzvah (commandment) he should know that it is for Hashem and not for any other reason.

2. The Rebbe now asks a question:

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An Evening to Help you Learn How to PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN by becoming aware of when boundaries are crossed. Presented by, Dr. David Pelcovitz, PHD. IYH this Sunday February 10, 8:00 PM at the Rubashkin Residence, 1349 President St, [between Brooklyn and Kingston Ave]. Questions? call 718-773-1068.

Full flyer in the Extended Article!

Protect Your Children

An Evening to Help you Learn How to PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN by becoming aware of when boundaries are crossed. Presented by, Dr. David Pelcovitz, PHD. IYH this Sunday February 10, 8:00 PM at the Rubashkin Residence, 1349 President St, [between Brooklyn and Kingston Ave]. Questions? call 718-773-1068.

Full flyer in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – 10 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Menachem and Rinat (nee Dray) Zabin.
IYH at 470 Melbone St, Crown Heights.

Schneur and Yehudis (nee Toron) Hickson.
IYH at 760 Montgomery St, Apt 4E, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Yitzchak and Rivky (nee Spalter) Raskin.
IYH at 1519 President St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Mendy and Devorah Leah (nee Levitin) Brownstein.
IYH at 621 Empire Blvd, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Tzvi and Shayna Margo.
IYH at 1384 Carroll St, Apt 14B, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Michoel and Dvora Green (Shluchim to Westborough, MA) .
IYH at the Chabad House, 54 South St, Westborough, MA 01581.

Menachem and Faigy (nee Schapiro) Schechter (Shluchim to Chicago) .
IYH at 2632 W Greenleaf Ave, Apt 1, Chicago, IL 60645.

Moshe Leib and Chani (nee Saks) Gray (Shluchim to Hanover, NH) .
IYH at the Chabad House, 22 School St, Hanover, NH 03755.

Yosef Chaim and Chani Brook.
IYH at 9406 NW 36th Ct, Pompano Beach, FL 33065.

Menachem and Nechama Tauber.
IYH at 1015 NE 171st St, North Miami Beach, FL 33160.

Stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info! Thank You.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Schneur and Yehudis (nee Toron) Hickson (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.

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Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Jews from all walks of life can have a kosher meal at pretty much any time of the day at Chabad-Lubavitch of Salvador, Brazil.

SALVADOR, Brazil — A record number of Jewish tourists have reportedly stopped in Salvador, Brazil, for this year's Carnival. The city's weeklong festival ñ perhaps a bit less famous than the one farther down the coast in Rio de Janeiro, but nevertheless recognized as the world's largest ñ annually attracts more than 2 million tourists; this year, thousands of Jews from Israel and other locations have joined the festivities, according to Chabad-Lubavitch of Salvador.

Thousands Descend on Chabad House for Annual Carnival

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Jews from all walks of life can have a kosher meal at pretty much any time of the day at Chabad-Lubavitch of Salvador, Brazil.

SALVADOR, Brazil — A record number of Jewish tourists have reportedly stopped in Salvador, Brazil, for this year’s Carnival. The city’s weeklong festival ñ perhaps a bit less famous than the one farther down the coast in Rio de Janeiro, but nevertheless recognized as the world’s largest ñ annually attracts more than 2 million tourists; this year, thousands of Jews from Israel and other locations have joined the festivities, according to Chabad-Lubavitch of Salvador.

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