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Is Social Media Making Us Less Social?

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Are social media and technology improving your personal life? Are they enhancing your relationships? With all of technology’s breathtaking advancements, connecting us in unprecedented ways, why do we feel more disconnected than ever? Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this important conversation and learn how the true challenge is not how to look at technology but how to look at yourself • Watch

Over 400 Bochurim Unite in 770 For Special Seder Hakhel

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Photos by Shimi Hershkop for Chabadinfo

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On Tuesday night, over 400 bochurim joined together a special Seder Hakhel in 770, to learn the Rebbe Rashab’s ma’amar “Heichaltzu.” The program included a raffle on a dollar of the Rebbe and a piece of cloth from the Rebbe’s tablecloth • Full Story, Photos

“Why Are You Making Hand Motions? Bring Moshiach!”

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Rabbi Moshe Stern, the Rav of Dobrozhin, goes by the Rebbe. The Rebbe requests that he issue a Halachic ruling that Moshiach should come! From Maor’s RebbeDaily #2574 • Watch

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Be’er Sheva: Rabbi Abuchatzeira and Chief Rabbi of Saudia Arabia Join 24 Teves Farbrengen

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On Tuesday evening. Chof Daled Teves, an event and Farbrengen took place in Be’er Sheva, in honor of the yom hilula of the Alter Rebbe, in the magnificent ‘Shabazi’ hall, hundreds of locals joined the farbrengen. Rabbi Pinchas Abuchatzeira and Saudia Arabia Chief Rabbi Yaakov Herzog, were among many Community leaders and Rabbonim who attended the event • Full Story, Photos

Rabbi Braun: When Should a Name Be Changed?

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From Beis Moshiach Magazine: When Should a Name Be Changed? Is It True That One Shouldn’t Share a Name with an In-Law? By HaRav Yosef Yeshaya Braun shlita, Mara D’Asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Full Article

Photo Tour: The Rebbe’s Shul in Kfar Chabad

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Photos by Dov Ber Hechtman for ChabadInfo

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Chabadinfo is pleased to present the second part of a unique project of photographer Dov Ber Hechtman to photograph unique Chabad shuls across Israel, in this chapter he presents the well-known exact replica of 770 in Kfar Chabad and is the only one to be built on the Rebbe’s instructions • Photos

Levaya of Rabbi Eliyahu Botvinnikov, OBM

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Photos: Avreimke Eisenshtien for Chabadinfo

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Dozens of family and friends attended the levaya of Rabbi Eliyahu Botvinnikov, OBM, who grew up around Chassidim in Samarkand and a resident of Crown Heights for many years, passed 770 Eastern Parkway on Tuesday morning • Photos

The Rescue of Kyiv’s Elderly Jews

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Dozens of elderly people were rescued by JCC Chabad in Kyiv and transferred to Lodz, Poland to escape the crisis • Full Story, Photos

Wanted Perp Arrested in Connection to Slashing

Crown Heights

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A perpetrator wanted in regards to a previous slashing was arrested on Monday evening. The perpetrator was previously arrested for the slashing and released. However, he failed to show up for his court dates and the judge issued a warrant for his arrest • Full Story, Photos

The Alter Rebbe’s Accomplishments

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How is this year’s Chof Daled Teves different than last year’s Chof Daled Teves? From Maor’s RebbeDaily #2573 • Watch

Yad L’Achim Distributing Authentic Russian-Language Bibles to Replace Missionary Fakes

Eretz Yisroel

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The widespread distribution of a Russian-language “Tenach” by missionaries has forced Yad L’Achim to embark on a historic initiative: The distribution of hundreds of copies of an authentic Tenach that has been accurately translated into Russian • Full Story

Package Thief Arrested After Returning for More

Crown Heights

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A package thief was apprehended on Motzei Shabbos after he returned to the same building on Eastern Parkway in attempt to steal more packages • Full Story

Mrs. Assia New, 91, OBM

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We are deeply saddened to report on the passing of Mrs. Assia New, a beloved mother and grandmother from Melbourne, Australia, who was a pillar of the Jewish community there, serving in a number of roles of community activism. She passed away on Tuesday, 24 Teves at the age of 91-years-old • Full Story

Killer Of Jewish Victim Nissan Shalom in NYPD Custody

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The NYPD has arrested a suspect in the murder of 30-year-old Nissan Shalom. As previously reported by Chabadinfo, Shalom was stabbed to death on Tuesday Jan 10, in front of Kaché Restaurant and Lounge on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn • Full Story

Toronto: Kinus Hakhel Strengthens Learning of Hilchos Moshiach on Rambam’s Hilula

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On Chof Teves – the Rambam’s Yom Hilula – this year – the year of Hakhel, in Thornhill, Toronto, a grand Kinus Hakhel was held, according to the Rebbe’s horaah to strengthen learning Rambam and especially in the last two chapters of the Rambam that deal with Melech HaMoshaich and Yemos HaMoshiach • Full Story, Photos, Video

“The Alter Rebbe Wrote My Entire Thesis In Three Lines”

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“G-d’s Physics — A New Scientific Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century” is the name of a book published a few months ago by physicist Jehonathan Bentovish PhD. The book is the result of a life-long search • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

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Dovid Ezagui to Chava Sorkin — Both from Brooklyn

Shmulik Greenberg – Kfar Chabad, Israel to Chani Hasofer – Tzfas, Israel

Velvel Reikhtman (Ben Reb Moshe) – Montreal to Channah Kagan (Bas Reb Zev Moishe) – Crown Heights

L’chayim will be Tuesday night in Ulam Chana – 556 Crown St.

Baby boy to Mendi and Devora Leah Labi (née Spielman) — Crown Heights

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