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IY“H this Sunday evening the Kinnus Hashluchos Gala Banquet will be broadcast live over the internet.

The broadcast is for the Shluchos who are not able to attend the Kinnus and as well for the Shluchim around the world, who are at home with the kids.

The broadcast will begin IY”H between 5:30 PM and 6:00 PM EST.

Click link below

http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media.asp?AID=221818

Kinnus Hashluchos Banquet will be Broadcast Live Online

IY“H this Sunday evening the Kinnus Hashluchos Gala Banquet will be broadcast live over the internet.

The broadcast is for the Shluchos who are not able to attend the Kinnus and as well for the Shluchim around the world, who are at home with the kids.

The broadcast will begin IY”H between 5:30 PM and 6:00 PM EST.

Click link below

http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media.asp?AID=221818

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New Engagement!

Nathaniel Cohen (Neuilly, France) to Raquel Illouz (Paris, France)
Baby Boy!

Leiby and Mushka Brikman from Montreal, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya (nee Laber) Shepard from Albany, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Mergui (Paris, France) to Chani Galperin (Winsor, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkins 1349 President street
New Engagement!

Arik Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Elkie Havlin (Dresden, Germany) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Sternberg (New London, CT) to Devora Lea Amar (Seine Et Marne, France) L’Chaim: Thursday, Nov. 5th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Uriel and Mushky (nee Dubov) Hillel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya (nee Gordon) Drizin from Los Angeles, CA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shmuel Helman (Brazil) to Stella Washingston (Alpharetta, GA)
New Engagement!

Doniel Preston (Edgware, UK) to Chayale Russel (Edgware, UK)
New Engagement!

Dovi Borochov (Crown Heights) to Mirel Vogel (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Binyomin Beilin (Boston, MA) Rivkah Bracha Ross (Waterbury, CT)
Baby Girl!

Menachem and Sari (Nee Gottlib) Forer from Crown Heights/Hillside had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Levi Smith (N. Miami Beach, FL) to Chana Singer (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
Baby Girl!

Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)
The Daily Record
At the Rabbinical College of America in Morris Township, top photo, young men learn in pairs in study halls — one for students with traditional backgrounds and one for students without this advantage. All are encouraged to study loudly, conversing and even arguing about Jewish texts to deepen their understanding of the concepts.

Morristown, NJ — The road 20-year-old Yehoshua Florczak traveled to study at the Rabbinical College of America in Morris Township is odd and, he believes, destined.

Led by Jewish Destiny

The Daily Record
At the Rabbinical College of America in Morris Township, top photo, young men learn in pairs in study halls — one for students with traditional backgrounds and one for students without this advantage. All are encouraged to study loudly, conversing and even arguing about Jewish texts to deepen their understanding of the concepts.

Morristown, NJ — The road 20-year-old Yehoshua Florczak traveled to study at the Rabbinical College of America in Morris Township is odd and, he believes, destined.

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Fire on Lincoln Place

Erev Shabbos a fire broke out at 835 Lincoln Pl between New York Ave and Nostrand Ave on the first floor. FDNY got the call for heavy smoke in the area which was visible and smelled all the way to Kingston Ave and responded with 2 ladder trucks 4 engines and two battalion chiefs and had the fire out in under 11 minutes.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Attempted Home Invasion Evokes Massive Police Response

Wednesday night at around 7:00pm there was an attempt made to break into a home on Carroll St between Kingston and Albany. Present in the house at the time was one of the children who called 911 in a panic saying that someone was trying to open the porch window to get in. Many police officers both in uniform and plain clothed responded and surrounded the alleyway and the block with guns drawn and were searching for the perp, even a police helicopter was called in to search the rooftops to search for the perp.

The perp though was not apprehended. The Commanding Officer of the 71st precinct told CrownHeights.info that there was no chance being taken, after a rash of ‘home invasions’ and burglaries took place in the neighborhood, he said that the night before there were two perps apprehended on Crown St in regards to break-ins in the neighborhood.

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The Daily Princetonian
Princeton, NJ — A six-foot, three-inch point guard took Dillon Gym by storm Wednesday night, effortlessly sinking 19 of 20 shots from just inside the three-point arc. As he spun, dribbled and launched the ball high into the air, the lanky player would have caught the eye of many college coaches.

But he wasn't a high school prospect aiming for a spot in the Princeton men's basketball program. He was Tamir Goodman, a player for an Israeli semiprofessional basketball team, and he was shooting some hoops with rabbi Eitan Webb, director of Princeton Chabad, and two reporters.

‘Jewish Jordan’ Speaks on Balancing Basketball with Orthodox Faith

The Daily Princetonian

Princeton, NJ — A six-foot, three-inch point guard took Dillon Gym by storm Wednesday night, effortlessly sinking 19 of 20 shots from just inside the three-point arc. As he spun, dribbled and launched the ball high into the air, the lanky player would have caught the eye of many college coaches.

But he wasn’t a high school prospect aiming for a spot in the Princeton men’s basketball program. He was Tamir Goodman, a player for an Israeli semiprofessional basketball team, and he was shooting some hoops with rabbi Eitan Webb, director of Princeton Chabad, and two reporters.

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Joshua Runyan - Chabad.edu
Washington DC — A select group of 11 Jewish student leaders from the University of Pennsylvania took part in a special tour of the West Wing two weeks ago, thanks to the efforts of a Penn alumnus and Rabbi Levi Haskelevich, associate director of the Lubavitch House at Penn.

The hand-picked ensemble of students, who included Jewish Heritage Programs regulars, Lubavitch House leaders, and members of College Republicans and College Democrats, were escorted Jan. 21 through the White House’s executive office corridors by David Copley. Copley, a 2005 graduate of Penn and a former Pennsylvania state chair of College Republicans, works in the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Penn Students Visit the White House

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.edu

Washington DC — A select group of 11 Jewish student leaders from the University of Pennsylvania took part in a special tour of the West Wing two weeks ago, thanks to the efforts of a Penn alumnus and Rabbi Levi Haskelevich, associate director of the Lubavitch House at Penn.

The hand-picked ensemble of students, who included Jewish Heritage Programs regulars, Lubavitch House leaders, and members of College Republicans and College Democrats, were escorted Jan. 21 through the White House’s executive office corridors by David Copley. Copley, a 2005 graduate of Penn and a former Pennsylvania state chair of College Republicans, works in the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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Boston.com
The entrance of the Ohel Moishe Synagogue which built in 1935, is seen Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Restoration work has begun on one of Shanghai's two remaining synagogues, and a rabbi ministering to the city's growing Jewish community said Thursday he believes officials will eventually turn over the other for regular worship service

Shanghai, China — Shanghai has started restoration work on one of its two remaining synagogues as part of China's effort to revive Jewish heritage in a city that provided refuge to tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.

Shanghai Restores Historic Synagogue

Boston.com
The entrance of the Ohel Moishe Synagogue which built in 1935, is seen Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Restoration work has begun on one of Shanghai’s two remaining synagogues, and a rabbi ministering to the city’s growing Jewish community said Thursday he believes officials will eventually turn over the other for regular worship service

Shanghai, China — Shanghai has started restoration work on one of its two remaining synagogues as part of China’s effort to revive Jewish heritage in a city that provided refuge to tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.

General

Friday night at around 3:00am Hatzalahs newest ambulance ‘CH-1’ was involved in an accident while transporting a patient to Methodist Hospital. The accident took place on Eastern Parkway and New York Ave at around 3:00am, the ambulance was en route to the hospital and made a left turn from New York Ave onto Eastern Pkwy and a Toyota of an unknown model came down the parkway at a high rate of speed and struck the ambulance.

The ambulance took significant damage to its rear on the driver’s side, while the other took heavy damage to its front end. The driver of the Toyota refused medical attention at first but at the end submitted to treatment from EMS workers that responded to the incident. One of Hatzalahs other ambulances, CH-3, responded and continued the transport of the patient.

Hatzalah’s CH-1 Involved in an Accident

Friday night at around 3:00am Hatzalahs newest ambulance ‘CH-1’ was involved in an accident while transporting a patient to Methodist Hospital. The accident took place on Eastern Parkway and New York Ave at around 3:00am, the ambulance was en route to the hospital and made a left turn from New York Ave onto Eastern Pkwy and a Toyota of an unknown model came down the parkway at a high rate of speed and struck the ambulance.

The ambulance took significant damage to its rear on the driver’s side, while the other took heavy damage to its front end. The driver of the Toyota refused medical attention at first but at the end submitted to treatment from EMS workers that responded to the incident. One of Hatzalahs other ambulances, CH-3, responded and continued the transport of the patient.

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Orange County Register
Rabbi Zalman Kantor, with supplies for making kosher pickles at Chabad Jewish Center of Mission Viejo, will join in a kosher pickle making event on Wednesday

Orange County, CA — Chabad Jewish Center of Mission Viejo is offering a workshop on making kosher pickles to appease an apparently growing appetite.

About a year ago, Rabbi Shmuel Marcus met an 86-year-old man who said he was one of the last kosher pickle makers.

Well Worth Their Salt

Orange County Register
Rabbi Zalman Kantor, with supplies for making kosher pickles at Chabad Jewish Center of Mission Viejo, will join in a kosher pickle making event on Wednesday

Orange County, CA — Chabad Jewish Center of Mission Viejo is offering a workshop on making kosher pickles to appease an apparently growing appetite.

About a year ago, Rabbi Shmuel Marcus met an 86-year-old man who said he was one of the last kosher pickle makers.

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Oholei Torah’s Gala Jubilee Dinner – Just Days Away

Brooklyn, NY — In just over one week, on Sunday February 18th, Rosh Chodesh Adar, Oholei Torah will be celebrating the culmination of its Shnas HaChamishim Campaign with a Gala Dinner. To mark this historic event, friends, parents and alumni will join together in a show of support and solidarity as Oholei Torah celebrates its glorious past and secures a most promising future.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Motzoi Shabbos L’Chaims!

Saadya Engel (Montreal, Canada) and Batya (bas Reb Moshe N.) Wolvovsky (Crown Heights) .
IY“H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [on corner of Crown St and Albany Ave].

Ziv Tamir (Miami Beach, FL) and Nitzi Drori (St. Paul, MN).
IY”H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [on corner of Crown St and Albany Ave].

Asher Zelig Silber (Chicago, IL) and Shaina Tzfasman (Crown Heights) .
IY”H at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Aves].

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov to a dear friend and news anchor ;-) Mendy Pellin (Crown Heights) for his engagement to Shulamis Nagar (Crown Heights) !

The L’Chaim will IYH be this Sunday night at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves]

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From Cleats to Tzitzit

Alan Veingrad during his talk at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County

Former football player discusses route to both the game and Jewish observance

Alan Veingrad gets asked to lift the Torah fairly often.

But the man who used to square off against some of the National Football League’s best insists he never opens the scroll too wide during Torah services. He does not like to show off.

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Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Schneur Zalman and Rivkah (nee Gopin) Kessler.
IY“H at 637 Empire Blvd, [between Kingston and Albany Aves].

Zalman and Breindy Lezell
IY”H at 846 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Albany Aves].

Menachem and Dina Gurevitch
IY“H at 426 Brooklyn Ave [between Montgomery St and Empire Blvd]

Mendel and Surie Marasow
IYH at 4965 Avenue Plamondon, Montreal, Canada.

Sholom Ber and Miriam Feigelstock
IY”H at 253 S Orange Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Moshe and Ester Raichman
IY”H at 210 Jaffa Rd. Apt. 30 Jerusalem, Israel

Chaim and Rivky (nee Rosenfeld) Drukman (Shluchim to Luzern, Switzerland) .

Unfortunately we could not get the locations for all the Sholom Zochors this week. If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.

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