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Nicaragua Shluchim Kick Off Pesach Preparations With Shechita Run

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Chabad of Nicaragua, headed by the Shliach Rabbi David Atar is starting to prepare for Passover. This week the Shochet Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui flew from New York specifically to lead a local Shechita for Pesach • Full Story, Photos

The Rebbe’s Opinion On: What If I Have Doubts?

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Chabadinfo in collaboration with Beis Moshiach Magazine presents: The Rebbe’s Opinion On, a series featuring the Rebbe’s opinion and directive on various subjects • The following is a letter of the Rebbe, on weighing the pros and cons of the above, plain reason surely dictates the sensible choice • Full Article

Life on Shlichus in Romania: The Rav of Klausenburg

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Rabbi Dovber and Fraidy Orgad, speaks about life on shlichus in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, (originally known as Klausenburg), and share a few stories in this week’s IlumniNations, a weekly magazine featuring stories direct from the frontlines of shlichus from DollarDaily.org • Full Article

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“You Want Easy? The Torah Says You Must First Toil!”

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The Zidichover Rebbe goes by the Rebbe. The Rebbe gives 13 dollars to an individual corresponding to the “13 Attributes of Mercy” connected to the beard • Maor’s RebbeDaily #2601 • Watch

50 Students Take Semicha Test With Famed Posek Rabbi Gavriel Zinner

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Around fifty talmidim of the Machon Lemaan Yilmedu took a test last Thursday given by the posek, Rabbi Gavriel Zinner, author of Nitai Gavriel. This took place in his beis medrash in Boro Park • Full Story, Photos

Terumah: Spreading The Wellsprings Outside

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Enjoy a beautiful ma’amar of the Rebbe for Parshas Terumah, in a new Chassidus class by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, on a ma’amar based on מי יתנך כאח לי, from Shabbos Terumah 5746 • Watch

From The Rebbe’s Pen: The Bracha “Shelo Asani Isha”

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Chabadinfo in collaboration with Beis Moshiach Magazine presents: From the Rebbe’s Pen, a series featuring a weekly letter or ma’aneh (response) from the Rebbe MH”M • A woman asked the Rebbe if in light of the fact that the Alter Rebbe didn’t cite in his siddur the bracha of שעשני כרצונו in lieu of שלא עשני אשה, does that mean that women should recite שלא עשני אשה? • Full Article

The Weekly Sicha: ‘How Can I Be Happy in Adar?’

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Watch a video of the Rebbe for the Parsha of Mishpotim. The video is brought to you by The Weekly Sicha, an organization that was founded in 5756 to bring videos of the Rebbe to all Chassidim • Watch

Op-Ed: Is It Time To Rethink The Bochur-Family Relationship?

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Op-Ed from Rabbi Gershon Avtzon: “We are preparing for the Yom Tov of Purim, a day we celebrate “Mishpacha-Mishpacha”, thus I feel that it is an appropriate time to discuss the importance of the relationship that today’s Bochurim should have with their families. There is a common perception in the Chinuch institutions that Bochurim should have a distant relationship with their parents and families and I feel that it is time to change the mindset completely.” • Full Article

PSA: 3 Train Suspended This Extended Weekend

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The 3 Train will be suspended on President’s Day weekend till Tuesday morning. With the 2 and 4 taking over along Eastern Pkwy • Full Story

Photos: Erev Shabbos in Crown Heights

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The weekly Friday atmosphere has captured the Rebbe’s shchunah for Shabbos. Chabadinfo’s Oded Kaizerman presents sights and scenes of Erev Shabbos Parshas Mishpotim and Shabbos Mevarchim Adar preparations in Crown Heights • Photos

Shmira Resumes Shabbos Patrol in Crown Heights

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After tremendous community support, Crown Heights Shmira is pleased to announce that they will be resuming the Shabbos Patrol in Crown Heights and starting for the first time in the East Flatbush and Remsen Village communities • Full Story

Erev Shabbos In The Holy City of Chevron

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Chabadinfo photographer Dov Ber Hechtman presents a gallery of the holy city of Chevron on Erev Shabbos including Meoras Hamachpela and the Kever of Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel whose Yahrzeit is this week – on 24 Shvat • Photos

Wedding: Greenwald – Goldberg

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The Greenwald (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Goldberg (Crown Heights) families celebrated the wedding of their children Shneur and Devorah last night in Oholei Torah • Photos

Suspect In Custody After 2 Los Angeles Shul Shootings

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The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a suspect who is believed to be responsible for shooting two Jewish men outside shuls in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood on Wednesday and Thursday • Full Story

Oholei Torah Mechina Completes Successful Mivtza L’chatchila Ariber

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The Talmidim in Oholei Torah Mechina, just participated in a Mivtza called “Mivtza L’chatchilah Ariber.” This Mivtza was initiated to bring encouragement and Chayus to the Talmidim’s learning and attendances, both in and outside of seder • Full Story, Photos

An Eye For An Eye. Really?

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An Eye for an Eye. Really? Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on Parshas Mishpotim • Video

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One of the Bochurim involved in an accident, after a van with a group of 12 bochurim from Yeshivas Chayolei Beis Dovid overturned into a ditch, benched hagomel at the Rebbe’s Minyan this morning in 770 • Please continue saying Tehillim for Shneur Zalman Hakohen ben Elisheva • Watch

Mazal Tov

Yossi Zaltzman — Toronto, Canada, to Chana Rivka Stolik — Crown Heights

Koby Berkowitz – Sydney Australia to Chana Weiss Sherman Oaks, CA.

L’Chaim: tonight (Wednesday) in The Garden House 1386 S. Johns PL

Moshe Gordon – Crown Heights to Chayale Movsikov – Crown Heights

L’Chaim: tonight (Wednesday) 571 Albany Ave.

Shmuly Golomb – Crown Heights to Mushky Steinmetz – Briarwood, NY

L’Chaim: tonight (Wednesday) in F.R.E.E. 1383 President St.

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Rabbi Moshe Dov Ginsburg, 61, OBM

We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of Rabbi Moshe Dov Ginsburg, the Rebbe’s Shliach in Haifa, Eretz Yisroel, who brought in twenty-five more Shluchim to the city and revolutionized Yiddishkeit in the third largest city in Eretz Yisroel. He passed away on Shabbos, Chof Ches Nissan, 5785 • Full Story
Vaad Hakohol Issues Alert Ahead of Planned Anti-Semitic Gathering Near Barclays Center

The Vaad Hakohol – Crown Heights Jewish Community Council has issued an urgent community advisory regarding a planned anti-Semitic gathering set to take place Monday evening near the Barclays Center. In coordination with the NYPD and security agencies, the Vaad assures residents that strong security measures are in place to protect the Crown Heights community, and urges everyone to remain vigilant and avoid any engagement with the protesters • Read More
From Confusion to Clarity: Understanding Emotional Abuse in Marriage

“My marriage has been very difficult almost from the beginning. Recently, I learned about verbal and emotional abuse, and I suspect I might be in such a relationship. But how can I know if my husband is verbally abusive? Maybe he’s just challenging, or maybe it’s my fault. I don’t know—but much of what I’ve read seems to describe my situation” • Aharon Schmidt replies, from the Living Jewish’s Farbrengen column • Read More
Flashback: Rabbi YY Jacobson Chazers The Farbrengen of Achron Shel Pesach 5751

Lubavitch lebt presents a recording of chazara from the farbrengen of Acharon Shel Pesach 5751 by Yossi Jacobson via WLCC for Anash and Shluchim world over • Full Story, Watch

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