Yeshiva Aide gets Ticket at Phantom Stop

NY Daily News

Moshe Zenwirth has been waiting since June for a bus that hasn’t come – and likely never will.

The Borough Park yeshiva administrator was slapped with a $115 ticket after he parked at a “bus stop” on 51st St. – even though the closest bus route is one block north.

Since the June 13 fine was issued, Zenwirth, 34, has appealed the decision, but has been stymied by two city administrative law judges, most recently in October.

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Putin Awards Rabbi for Helping Stop Rampage

Interfax

MOSCOW, Russia — President Vladimir Putin will confer a state award on a Chabad Rabbi for helping stop a young man who burst into a Moscow synagogue in January 2006 and stabbed nine worshipers, the Kremlin said.

Putin awarded the Badge of Honor order to Rabbi Yitzhak Kogan.

The Rabbis son, Yosef, a student at the Chabad school wrestled the attacker, is also due to receive an award from the Russian President.

Shiur for Women by phone!

Shiur for Women L’zchus Chana Bas Rasha Zelda

Tuesday, Dec. 18 – 10:00 PM
Mrs. Shterna Rodel – Los Angeles, CA
“Insights into Ches, Tes, and Yud Teves”

Thursday, Dec. 20 – 10:00 PM
Mrs. Ella Lerman
“1st of a two part series on the history of the Rambam” (in honor of Chof Teves)

The number for both dates is:
(605) 475-4150 Access Code: 770770

Community Comes Out in Support of Indiana Jewish Student Center

Chabad.org

The face of the Chabad House-Jewish Student Center serving Indiana University Bloomington is missing the word “Jewish” after vandals removed it last month.

More than 40 people came out in support of the Chabad House-Jewish Student Center serving Indiana University Bloomington last week after vandals three a beer bottle through one of the center’s windows and removed the word “Jewish” from its facade.

NYPD Vehicle Involved in an Accident

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A Police Car was involved in an accident with a parked car this morning, which sent both officers to the hospital. The incident took place in front of Beis Rivka on Lefferts Avenue at around 8:00 AM, as parents were bringing their children to school.

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Volunteerism Shaping our Future

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The second annual leadership weekend for teen volunteer leaders will be held Friday, February 29 -Sunday, March 2, 2008, at the Meer Family Friendship Center in West Bloomfield, MI. The Weekend is a part of The Friendship Circle organization, a Chabad-based program which pairs service-minded teens with children who have special needs. Since its 1994 inception in West Bloomfield MI, the Friendship Circle phenomenon has spread to 13 American states and four countries for a current total of 72 branches and 9,850 volunteers.

Chanukah…South Beach Style

SOUTH BEACH, FL [CHI] — Rabbi Zev Katz and Chabad House on Wheels celebrated their Annual Chanukah Festivities in Miami Beach. Each Chanukah, for the past 6 years, Chabad on Wheels has sponsored a large and growing celebration on Lincoln Road, the center of South Beach.

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Siyum Sefer Torah in Bensonhurst

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A Siyum Sefer Torah was held in Bensonhurst, by Shliach and Rabbi ‘Tiferes Torah’, Rabbi Avrohom Hertz. The Sefer Torah was dedicated by Moshe and Elka Tseitin, who have become observant by influence of Rabbi Hertz. The couple dedicated the Sefer Torah in honor of their parents and despite the snowy weather a Sefer Torah parade proceeded through the neighborhood.

Fundamental Turn-of-Century Chasidic Treatise Released in English

Chabad.org

BROOKLYN, NY — The publishing arm of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Kehot publications, released a revised translation last month of a fundamental treatise penned at the turn of the 20th century by the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson, of righteous memory.

Entitled Tract on Prayer – or Kuntres HaTefillah in Hebrew ñ the discourse was first delivered by the Rebbe on Simchat Torah in 1899. In the address, the Rebbe explains that through prayer one is able to refine their character traits. He then instructs that prayer should be preceded by proper contemplation so that one can engage in Divine service with the utmost of devotion.

Beis Rivka Head-Start Visits Fire Station

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Thursday morning, girls from Beis Rivka head start went to visit the fire station on Snyder Ave, [between Rogers and Nostrand Ave], where firefighters from engine 248 and battalion 41 call home. The firefighters showed them around on the fire truck, gave the girls a fire safety lesson and handed out fire safety coloring books.

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