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By Joshua Runyan - Chabad.org

Rescue workers work at the scene of a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue Saturday, March 15, 2008 in New York. A giant crane toppled over at a construction site and smashed into a block of residential buildings killing four people and setting off a scramble for survivors. (AP Photo/Toykin Chin)

NEW YORK, NY — The collapse of a construction crane that toppled a New York City townhouse and killed at least four people just barely missed the headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Beekman-Sutton, home to Rabbi Shmuel and Raizel Metzger, and their two children.

Crane Collapse Barely Misses Manhattan Chabad House

By Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Rescue workers work at the scene of a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue Saturday, March 15, 2008 in New York. A giant crane toppled over at a construction site and smashed into a block of residential buildings killing four people and setting off a scramble for survivors. (AP Photo/Toykin Chin)

NEW YORK, NY — The collapse of a construction crane that toppled a New York City townhouse and killed at least four people just barely missed the headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Beekman-Sutton, home to Rabbi Shmuel and Raizel Metzger, and their two children.

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New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)

Chabad Conference Mulls Techniques in Combating Assimilation

SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — More than sixty Chabad Rabbis and Rebbetzins from across New South Wales gathered in Sydney last week for a day-long conference.

The annual conference, held this year on Thursday February 21 at Chabad Double Bay and the Hakoah Club, was an opportunity for the local Chabad spiritual leadership to share ideas and inspiration.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – 2 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Boruch Van Halem (Amsterdam, Holland) and Chani Hoen (Cleveland, OH) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Shlomie Sharfstein (Crown Heights) and Shifra Freeman (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [bet Troy and Albany Ave].

Mazel Tov's

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While men were still in Shul on Friday night one resident found a perpetrator in the lobby of a building, attempting to break in to an apartment on Carroll Street and Kingston Avenue, when the resident confronted the intruder he attempted to reason with him and produced an ID card from the Department of Corrections.

Another resident in the building, who is a Shomrim member, walked out of his apartment and into the scene, the perp then managed to break free and flee the building. The resident then handed the Shomrim member the ID card and upon closer examination the card detailed the reason of the perps incarceration, rape.

More in the Extended Article.

Convicted Rapist Attempted to Break into an Apartment

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While men were still in Shul on Friday night one resident found a perpetrator in the lobby of a building, attempting to break in to an apartment on Carroll Street and Kingston Avenue, when the resident confronted the intruder he attempted to reason with him and produced an ID card from the Department of Corrections.

Another resident in the building, who is a Shomrim member, walked out of his apartment and into the scene, the perp then managed to break free and flee the building. The resident then handed the Shomrim member the ID card and upon closer examination the card detailed the reason of the perps incarceration, rape.

More in the Extended Article.

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Steve Koecher - Salte Lake City Tribune

Kosher on the Go is a family operated enterprise for Israel and Miryam Lefler. The deli, catering business and grocery is a sideline, though, and doesn't support the family. That's OK with Israel Lefler, who says he views Kosher on the Go as a service to the Jewish community. (Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune )

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — For many years visitors to the Salt Lake area had no options for a Kosher meal. This made it difficult if not impossible for some skiers and businessmen to visit the area.

To help remedy the situation, Israel Lefler started a restaurant called Kosher on the Go, located at 1575 S. 1100 East in Salt Lake City. It prepares Kosher meals to hungry visitors to the Salt Lake area. It is under the supervision of the Chabad of Utah, which certifies the food as Kosher.

Kosher in the Calley? Let’s Go

Steve Koecher – Salte Lake City Tribune

Kosher on the Go is a family operated enterprise for Israel and Miryam Lefler. The deli, catering business and grocery is a sideline, though, and doesn’t support the family. That’s OK with Israel Lefler, who says he views Kosher on the Go as a service to the Jewish community. (Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune )

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — For many years visitors to the Salt Lake area had no options for a Kosher meal. This made it difficult if not impossible for some skiers and businessmen to visit the area.

To help remedy the situation, Israel Lefler started a restaurant called Kosher on the Go, located at 1575 S. 1100 East in Salt Lake City. It prepares Kosher meals to hungry visitors to the Salt Lake area. It is under the supervision of the Chabad of Utah, which certifies the food as Kosher.

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A Farbrengen with the Rebbe in 1968

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As part of its Living Archive Restoration and Preservation Project, Jewish Educational Media has restored the Farbrengen of Purim, 5728 - 1968.

Based on the results of the audio restoration, the future bodes well for the Living Archive’s audio restoration initiative, which plans for the future enhancement and re-release of many recordings which were available to-date, in very poor-quality versions. According to Mendel Gourarie, The Living Archive's archivist, “A comparison of the previously-available version and the new version shows what can be achieved through meticulous work and the application of modern technology.”

Purim Farbrengen 5728

A Farbrengen with the Rebbe in 1968

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As part of its Living Archive Restoration and Preservation Project, Jewish Educational Media has restored the Farbrengen of Purim, 5728 – 1968.

Based on the results of the audio restoration, the future bodes well for the Living Archive’s audio restoration initiative, which plans for the future enhancement and re-release of many recordings which were available to-date, in very poor-quality versions. According to Mendel Gourarie, The Living Archive’s archivist, “A comparison of the previously-available version and the new version shows what can be achieved through meticulous work and the application of modern technology.”

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Mendy Hecht - Lubavitch.com

Representative Adam Hasner and Rabbi Oirechman affix the mezuzah.

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida's House and Senate returned for their regular sessions last Tuesday, March 4, 2008, but with one change: the office doors of House Majority Leader Adam Hasner and House Minority Leader Dan Gelber, both Jewish, were fitted with mezuzos, the Torah-mandated traditional scrolls containing verses of sacred text penned on parchment scrolls.


Chabad Places Mezuzahs on Doors Of House Majority and Minority Leaders

Mendy Hecht – Lubavitch.com

Representative Adam Hasner and Rabbi Oirechman affix the mezuzah.

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida’s House and Senate returned for their regular sessions last Tuesday, March 4, 2008, but with one change: the office doors of House Majority Leader Adam Hasner and House Minority Leader Dan Gelber, both Jewish, were fitted with mezuzos, the Torah-mandated traditional scrolls containing verses of sacred text penned on parchment scrolls.


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FRANKFURT, Germany — In Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, a new Torah scroll will be dedicated to a synagogue and the Jewish community during spring break.

This will be the first Jewish event in the town since the Holocaust, said Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel of Chabad Center for Jewish Life, and it is taking place to honor the arrival of 25 U.S. college students who are traveling from the University to Berlin, Germany this spring break.

U of I students to experience Jewish culture in Berlin

FRANKFURT, Germany — In Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, a new Torah scroll will be dedicated to a synagogue and the Jewish community during spring break.

This will be the first Jewish event in the town since the Holocaust, said Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel of Chabad Center for Jewish Life, and it is taking place to honor the arrival of 25 U.S. college students who are traveling from the University to Berlin, Germany this spring break.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shlomie Sharfstein (Crown Heights) and Shifra Freeman (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Chovevei Torah Ballroom, 885 Eastern Parkway [between Troy and Albany Ave].

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R. C. Berman - Lubavitch.com

Children at the Hebrew Academy in the science lab.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — Soaking up the brilliant California sunshine, 189 new solar panels atop the roofs of Chabad's Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach are teaching students a living lesson in going green and cutting the school’s energy bills.

Chabad Hebrew Day School Goes Green

R. C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

Children at the Hebrew Academy in the science lab.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — Soaking up the brilliant California sunshine, 189 new solar panels atop the roofs of Chabad’s Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach are teaching students a living lesson in going green and cutting the school’s energy bills.

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Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
On a freezing winter night as Napoleon layed under his warm covers, he was overcome by a sudden bout of thirst. Considering that in order to satisfy his craving he would have to leave his cozy conditions and go outside to fetch some water, he contemplated ignoring his nagging discomfort, but was quickly overcome by a powerful sense of shame.

“Napoleon! You have become all but lazy,” he said to himself. “There is evidently no difference between you and the common yokel.” With that, he tore himself out of bed and proceeded out the door to fetch himself some water.

The Weekly Sedra – Vayikra – Self-Sacrifice, 
It Doesn’t Really Kill

Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

On a freezing winter night as Napoleon layed under his warm covers, he was overcome by a sudden bout of thirst. Considering that in order to satisfy his craving he would have to leave his cozy conditions and go outside to fetch some water, he contemplated ignoring his nagging discomfort, but was quickly overcome by a powerful sense of shame.

“Napoleon! You have become all but lazy,” he said to himself. “There is evidently no difference between you and the common yokel.” With that, he tore himself out of bed and proceeded out the door to fetch himself some water.

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Chayolim of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Snow-Tube Away

BUSHKILL, PA [CHI] — It’s the hottest program of the year; “Project Chayol” at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, for the Bar Mitzvah Boys and the soon to be Bar Mitzva Boys. The program is one that gives each ‘Chayol’ the knowledge and practical ability to be a Chossid, Yirei Shomayim and Lamden just as the Rebbe blesses each and every Bar Mitzva Boy.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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