Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Gamliel Dray (Baytar, Isreal) and Chana Nemni (London, England) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday, February 18, for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
Hascholas Sefer Torah in Manhattan
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Wednesday February 6, Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yonah Metsger joined the children of the Preschool of Arts and Supporters of the Chabad Center for Jewish Discovery on West 19th St, with the initial writing of a new torah scroll called the New York Torah. The Torah is being sponsored by the Tessler family of South Africa/New York in loving memory of Asaf Tessler OBM.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Electrical Fire Causes Alarm on Motzoai Shabbos
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A short hour after Shabbos the residents in a home on Balfore Place called 911 after strong stench of gas filled the house. Firefighters responded and began investigating the odor.
After nearly a half an hour they managed to trace the odor to an electrical malfunction in the boiler of the house.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
The Fox 5 investigative team caught the city red-handed writing parking tickets before they are supposed to. There seems to be a snafu in the system that could be responsible for tons of improper tickets being issued and literally had one neighborhood running in fear.
Outrageous Video of the Day! – “Bloomberg Time”
The Fox 5 investigative team caught the city red-handed writing parking tickets before they are supposed to. There seems to be a snafu in the system that could be responsible for tons of improper tickets being issued and literally had one neighborhood running in fear.
Mazal Tov! – Sunday Night L’Chaim!
Ran Duanius (Crown Heights) and Tova Perlman (Wilkes Barre, PA) .
IYH at Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St, [corner Schenectady Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Friday night at around 6:15pm, a resident on his way to Shul, noticed a small suitcase lying on the sidewalk of President Street between Albany and Troy Avenue and heard a buzzing sound coming from within it. He then approached a Police Officer posted on the corner and informed him of his suspicion.
Moments later the block filled with hundreds of Police Officers and Firefighters, all of whom staged a ‘safe area’ and evacuated the block. Mothers and young children were all forced out of their homes and into the cold due to the bomb scare.
Bomb Scare on President Street, Friday Night
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Friday night at around 6:15pm, a resident on his way to Shul, noticed a small suitcase lying on the sidewalk of President Street between Albany and Troy Avenue and heard a buzzing sound coming from within it. He then approached a Police Officer posted on the corner and informed him of his suspicion.
Moments later the block filled with hundreds of Police Officers and Firefighters, all of whom staged a ‘safe area’ and evacuated the block. Mothers and young children were all forced out of their homes and into the cold due to the bomb scare.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Shauli and Penina (nee Hecht) Minkowitz (Sandton, South Africa) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Miami, FL [CHI] — 50 Jewish soldiers, Chaplains and family members, from diverse ranks of the military, flew overseas and from all parts of the US for The Aleph Institute’s Military Shabbaton and training conference at The Shul of Bal Harbour last weekend.
Brothers and Sisters In Arms – The Aleph Institute Hosts Shabbaton with Jewish Troops
Miami, FL [CHI] — 50 Jewish soldiers, Chaplains and family members, from diverse ranks of the military, flew overseas and from all parts of the US for The Aleph Institute’s Military Shabbaton and training conference at The Shul of Bal Harbour last weekend.
CHAMPAIGN, IL — The individual who opened fire in a Geology (104) class at Northern Illinois University Thursday, police revealed at a press conference early Friday morning, was a former student. Steven Kamierczak killed six and wounded 22 before turning the gun on himself. No immediate motive is known.
Following Shooting, Students at NIU Turn to Chabad Reps for Help
CHAMPAIGN, IL — The individual who opened fire in a Geology (104) class at Northern Illinois University Thursday, police revealed at a press conference early Friday morning, was a former student. Steven Kamierczak killed six and wounded 22 before turning the gun on himself. No immediate motive is known.
This weeks Living Torah, titled “It's in Your Hands” (Volume 45, Episode 179).
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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid Leib and Malka Baila (nee Blasenstein) Wilansky (Shluchim to Sydney, Australia) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
This Sunday, February 17 a Chaim Fogelman Concert will take place at Bais Rivkah, 470 Lefferts Ave.
The Admission is $5 and Lunch will be sold from 12:00pm to 2:00pm, as well as an array of other activities including face painting and much more more! Boys 6 and under are invited too!
Full flyer in the Extended Article!
SUNDAY: Concert for Girls!
This Sunday, February 17 a Chaim Fogelman Concert will take place at Bais Rivkah, 470 Lefferts Ave.
The Admission is $5 and Lunch will be sold from 12:00pm to 2:00pm, as well as an array of other activities including face painting and much more more! Boys 6 and under are invited too!
Full flyer in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Yitzchok Rabiski (Toronto, Ontario) and Sara (bas R Yaakov) Chazan (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH Motzoei Shabbos at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Miranda
As with most parents who send their children off to college out of town, we savor and enjoy every phone call, note, e-mail and text message we receive from our daughter. An added beauty to these communications is our knowing that we're not only the ones back home who get to hear from her on a regular basis. She continues to correspond with her very best friend: a lovely little girl named Miranda.
Miranda is a child with special needs. During Chana Stery's four years of volunteering for our community's Friendship Circle, she and a friend, Mushka Sapo, would visit Miranda at her home at least once a week.
Witness to the Transformative Power of a Teenager’s Friendship
Miranda
Our daughter, Chana Stery, is studying in a seminary in Israel this year.
As with most parents who send their children off to college out of town, we savor and enjoy every phone call, note, e-mail and text message we receive from our daughter. An added beauty to these communications is our knowing that we’re not only the ones back home who get to hear from her on a regular basis. She continues to correspond with her very best friend: a lovely little girl named Miranda.
Miranda is a child with special needs. During Chana Stery’s four years of volunteering for our community’s Friendship Circle, she and a friend, Mushka Sapo, would visit Miranda at her home at least once a week.
New “Childrens Home” for Jewish Kids in Ukraine
KRIVOY Rog, Ukraine – In the Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog, the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School hosted a celebration to mark the opening of a dormitory for children from impoverished families. The new institution, appropriately named “Planet of Childhood”, will accommodate 12 children for now and that number may rise in future.
Thankfully accepting the offer, the wanderer climbs the stairs to the upper floor, but not before asking the innkeeper to wake him well before dawn. “Got a train to catch,” he says importantly.
Before he knows it, there’s a hand shaking him awake. “It’s well before dawn,” says a voice; “your train.”
He dresses hurriedly in the dark and rushes to the train station. On the way he passes a large mirror in an ornate frame. A Cossack in uniform looks back at him. “That idiot innkeeper!” he exclaims in dismay. “He woke up the Cossack instead of Chatzkel the tailor. I’ll never make it back in time to wake myself up and catch my train!”
The Weekly Sedra – Tetzaveh – Inside Out or Outside In?
Chatzkel the tailor wanders into a small flophouse late one cold and stormy night. “Quite full,” says the innkeeper. “Let’s see . . . we’ve got a Cossack in one of the rooms up on the top floor. You can climb into the bed beside him.”
Thankfully accepting the offer, the wanderer climbs the stairs to the upper floor, but not before asking the innkeeper to wake him well before dawn. “Got a train to catch,” he says importantly.
Before he knows it, there’s a hand shaking him awake. “It’s well before dawn,” says a voice; “your train.”
He dresses hurriedly in the dark and rushes to the train station. On the way he passes a large mirror in an ornate frame. A Cossack in uniform looks back at him. “That idiot innkeeper!” he exclaims in dismay. “He woke up the Cossack instead of Chatzkel the tailor. I’ll never make it back in time to wake myself up and catch my train!”
