CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Wednesday afternoon the community celebrated a Siyum and Hachnasas Sefer Torah, in honor of Rebbitzin Cherna Ushpol and HaRav HaChossid Yitzchok Dovber Ushpol OBM. The Sefer Torah was led in a traditional procession, with an escort from the CPU division 71st Precinct to 770, where hakafos was held.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Efraim Katz (Brooklyn, NY) and Sarale Fellig (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].
Binymin Eliron (Jerusalem) and Leeor Hoffinger (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
This weeks Parsha Shiur by Rabbi YY Jacobson from Wednesday, Tes Shevat now available for online playback.
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Picture Description: the Rebbe Davening at the Ohel in the winter of 1964. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Jerusalem’s Meorot Chabad becomes first Chabad School in Israel for niche demographic.
It’s almost an official tradition among many Jewish high-school graduates throughout the worldwide Diaspora: going to Israel for studies almost immediately after high school.
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Jacksonville’s Jewish community has received some manna from heaven, thanks to the new Epicurean Delight kosher bakery and delicatessen.
SURFSIDE, FL — An unlikely band of boosters helped the Million Mitzvahs campaign reach its goal.
AEPi sorority sisters, students at Hebrew Academy Day School and bar mitzvah guests all took on an extra mitzvah, act of goodness or observance prescribed in the Torah to push the mitzvah counter to one million.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Binymin Eliron (Jerusalem, Israel) and Leeor Hoffinger (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tomorrow, Thursday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — L.A.’s Frum Jewish Community Comes Together for Special Sefer Torah.
Over 1,000 Yidden—men, women and children of all ages—converged on a single house in the Beverly-La Brea area of Los Angeles this past Sunday, January 13, 2008, for a very special siyum and hachnosas sefer Torah.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (by Natan Davoodi)
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuly and Raizy (nee Wineberg) Metzger (Shluchim to Midtown Manhattan) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — We are pleased to inform you that Jewish Educational Media has obtained a previously-unreleased recording of the Farbrengen of 10 Shevat, 5728 – 1968, corresponding to this year’s chapter in the Maamar Bosi L’Gani.
SARATOV, Russia — Jews residing in the southern Russian city of Saratov, affectionately known by locals as “Students’ City” in deference to its many universities, welcomed a new Torah scroll to the Great Choral Synagogue on occasion of the shul’s 100th anniversary. Young and old celebrated by dancing throughout the cultural hub’s streets.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shai and Chany (nee Zagury) Vaknin (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Throughout Yud Shvat, the day of the Histalkus of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the day the Rebbe accepted the Nessius, the Rebbes house will be open for Tefilos. Times are as follows:
Wednesday 9th of Shvat: Maariv – 6:45pm for 770 Bochurim, Smicha Bochurim and Kvutzeh Bochurim.
Thursday 10th of Shvat: Shacharis – 9:30am for Zal Bochurim.
Mincha – 3:15pm for Mesivta Bochurim.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An elderly member of Anash was struck by a car while crossing Eastern Parkway in the crosswalk. The incident took place at around 10:45am in the intersection of Kingston Avenue where lots of bystanders witnessed the accident saying that the car came speeding into the turn with squealing and tires and short stopping as he struck the victim, who is in his 80’s.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Sholom Ber and Rivka Galperin (Kendall, FL) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
NEW YORK, NY — Believe it or not, fewer car windshields got slapped with parking tickets in Brooklyn last year.
Overall, cops wrote 59,589 less tickets in 2007, an 11% drop from 2006, preliminary city records show.
Stats in the Extended Article.
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