This weeks Living Torah, titled “Groundbreaking” (Volume 45, Episode 178).
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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel Meir Abramson (Monsey, NY) and Shira Green (S. Diego, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Parents, Students, and Teachers gather at the Shluchim Online School’s annual Celebration
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Hand in hand with the concurrent Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchos, dozens of young Shluchos who attend The Shluchim Office’s Online School converged on Chovevei Torah’s social hall on Thursday January 24th, 2008 for a grand luncheon and class reunion, with many meeting their virtual classmates and teachers for the first time in real life.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
DIMONA, Israel — Rabbi Yisroel Gellis had just finished hanging a big sign over the new branch of Chabad-Lubavitch of Dimona when 60 meters away, a Palestinian suicide bomber's explosion rocked the Israeli city's downtown shopping center and the relative calm that had descended of late on the country's interior.
Rabbi Sees Miracle in Dimona’s Low Casualty Figure
DIMONA, Israel — Rabbi Yisroel Gellis had just finished hanging a big sign over the new branch of Chabad-Lubavitch of Dimona when 60 meters away, a Palestinian suicide bomber’s explosion rocked the Israeli city’s downtown shopping center and the relative calm that had descended of late on the country’s interior.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzvi and Shayna Margo (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
BEIJING, China — Dini’s Kosher Restaurant, the only one in China’s capital city, will open a second location in the Olympic Village in Northern Beijing in time for the 08 Olympics, Chabad representative to Beijing, Mrs. Dini Freundlich, told Lubavitch.com.
Chabad in Beijing Prepapres for ’08 Olympics With a Second Kosher Eatery
BEIJING, China — Dini’s Kosher Restaurant, the only one in China’s capital city, will open a second location in the Olympic Village in Northern Beijing in time for the 08 Olympics, Chabad representative to Beijing, Mrs. Dini Freundlich, told Lubavitch.com.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Asher and Rivkkah (nee Goldstein) Putter on the birth to their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Parsha Shiur by Rabbi Jacobson Tonight
Today, Wednesday, Lamed Shvat, (Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon) at 10:00 PM EST, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha. There will also be a live Q+A following the shiur, email your questions to weeklylearning@gmail.com during the shiur.
Click here to watch this weeks Shiur LIVE at 10 PM.
Or you can call 785-686-2400 Access code: 770770#
Can you find all the hidden objects?!
I shpy, from the new Tzivos Hashem Kids magazine, (only eight days left to order).
I Shpy – From the New TH Kids Magazine
Can you find all the hidden objects?!
I shpy, from the new Tzivos Hashem Kids magazine, (only eight days left to order).
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 2:15 Tuesday afternoon, a DHL delivery van was carjacked in Crown Heights. The driver was assaulted, dragged from the van, and the perpetrators fled with the van. The incident took place on Crown Street between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues behind the Medger Evers College.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Strong-armed Carjacking of a DHL Van
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 2:15 Tuesday afternoon, a DHL delivery van was carjacked in Crown Heights. The driver was assaulted, dragged from the van, and the perpetrators fled with the van. The incident took place on Crown Street between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues behind the Medger Evers College.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Devorah Leah (nee Levitin) Brownstein (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.
QUEENS, NY — Numerous headstones were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in the Ozone Park section of Queens.
A worker is believed to have discovered the vandalism at the Mokom Sholom cemetery at 80-07 Pitkin Avenue Tuesday morning.
Cemetery Headstones Vandalized in Queens
QUEENS, NY — Numerous headstones were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in the Ozone Park section of Queens.
A worker is believed to have discovered the vandalism at the Mokom Sholom cemetery at 80-07 Pitkin Avenue Tuesday morning.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Gary Avital (Melbourne, Australia) and Nomi Osbourne (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Wednesday and Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Wednesday and Thursday, February 6 and 7, for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Greenfeld (Crown Heights) and Beila Weiss (Manchester, UK) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Rabbi Boruch and Chaya Susman are joining the Shluchim of Kentucky. Boruch will be Chabad program director in Louisville, Kentucky, including activities at University of Louisville. Chaya will be teaching in the Chabad school.
The shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Avrohom Litvin head shliach to the state of Kentucky.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
New Shluchim To Kentucky
Rabbi Boruch and Chaya Susman are joining the Shluchim of Kentucky. Boruch will be Chabad program director in Louisville, Kentucky, including activities at University of Louisville. Chaya will be teaching in the Chabad school.
The shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Avrohom Litvin head shliach to the state of Kentucky.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
JERUSALEM, Israel — Hundreds of revelers packed a Jerusalem ballroom Saturday night in tribute to an institution that from thousands of miles away has managed to unite Israelis of all political affiliations and modes of religious observance: Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand.
Thai Tourism Veterans Unite in Cross-Section of Jewish Life
JERUSALEM, Israel — Hundreds of revelers packed a Jerusalem ballroom Saturday night in tribute to an institution that from thousands of miles away has managed to unite Israelis of all political affiliations and modes of religious observance: Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand.
