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Baby girl to: Aharon and Leah (née Brooks) Pontos – Crown Heights

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Baby girl to: Mendy and Malka Brummel (nee Amsallem) – Crown Heights

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“Mashke For The Bashful People”

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The Rebbe distributes bottles of mashke for those who did not take on Simchas Torah or Shabbos Bereishis for their city or institution. From Maor’s Rebbedaily #2501 • Watch

Learn Maseches Nedarim with a All New Start

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Join one of the seven daily Gemara shiurim in Crown Heights (and online) that are starting to learn Maseches Nedarim, giving you a unique opportunity to learn gemara daily! Daily Gemora Shiurim starts this Thursday, 2 Cheshvan, October 27th. (Rabbi Oster’s Shiur starts Maseches Nedarim on Wednesday, 1 Cheshvan, October 26) • Full Story

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Children Raise Money for Shul With Tehillim and Lemonade Stands

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Exciting changes are happening in the East Flatbush community, and even the children are feeling it! When the kehillah went under contract last month for a new shul building, the adults got to work strategizing and fundraising • Full Story, Photos

NYS Assistance for Past Due Water or Sewer Bills

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New York homeowners: Do you need help paying for overdue water and sewer bills? The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) can help • Full Story

Ukraine Prime Minister Sends Birthday Greetings to Kyiv Rabbi

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Amid the Russian attacks, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal recognized the sacrifice and dedication of Kyiv Rabbi Yonatan Markowitz and wished him a happy birthday: “Your activity helps Ukrainian unity.” • Full Story, Photos

Peru: Massive Lubavitch Schita Operation For The Local Jews

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During the last week of the Jewish year 5782, in the country of Peru, a massive Lubavitch Shchita operation took place together with the chief rabbi of the country to benefit all the local Jews living in Peru. These activities started more than 30 years ago by the Rebbe’s Shliach’s to Peru Rabbi Shneiur Zalman Bluminfeld • Full Story, Photos

Showering Mechanchim with Appreciation and Caring

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Hundreds of mechanchim took part in the bi-annual Chasdei Lev distribution, receiving subsidized food, paper goods, cleaning materials, gifts for the children, and separately, subsidized daled minim sets from Igud Melamdim • Full Story, Photos

Inspiration in the Air: I Asked the Rebbe for $36,000

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Inspiration in the Air: When Rabbi Chaim Shapira was in urgent need of $36,000 for his new medical organization, he went to daven by the Ohel. Watch as he tells what happened next • Video

Judge Tosses NYC COVID Vaccine Mandate, Orders Fired City Workers’ Back Pay

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New York City’s controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal workers was enacted illegally and employees who were fired for refusing to comply must be immediately reinstated with back pay, a state judge has ruled • Full Story

Children’s Library to Be Built in Memory of Baby Ita Bistritzky

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A new children’s library servicing the New Haven Chabad community will be built in memory of Ita Bistritzky a”h, who tragically passed away on Yom Kippur night at only 3 months old • Full Story

First Jewish Holiday Experience for Emotional Ukrainian Refugees

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Yad L’Achim’s intensive efforts to protect the Jewish identity of Ukrainian refugees against the onslaught of well-heeled missionaries lying in wait reached their high point during the month of Jewish holidays that has just come to an end • Full Story

In Major Operation, IDF Destroys Shechem Weapons Factory, 5 Terrorists Killed, 20 Injured

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IDF and Shin Bet forces and Border Police officers overnight Monday carried out a rare ground operation in Shechem against the Lion’s Den terror organization, which has been responsible for numerous terror attacks against Israel in recent weeks • Full Story, Photos

Meta Says Issue Causing WhatsApp Outage Is Fixed

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WhatsApp said service on the popular chat app has been restored following a brief outage Tuesday that left people around the world complaining that they couldn’t send or receive messages. According to Downdetector, which tracks outage reports, people started reporting problems around 3 a.m. EDT. About two hours later, users started posting online that WhatsApp was back to normal.

Oholei Torah Boys’ Sukkos Gift To The Rebbe

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More than 675 boys from Oholei Torah in Crown Heights spent time on Sukkos doing Mivtza Lulav, and have provided an incredible mosaic of images showing their hard work in Nachas to the Rebbe • Full Story, Photo, Video

Levi Kolton: Tishrei 5783 in 50 Photos

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Another successful Tishrei in the daled amos of the Rebbe MH”M has come and gone. Chabadinfo photographer Levi Kolton spent Tishrei amongst the thousands who flooded Crown Heights for the month. At the month’s end he presents a special summary album, containing 50 of his most unique moments of Tishrei 5783 • Photos

Watch: Maor Maimon Presents a Unique Performance of ‘Shamil’

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The story of Shamil is a parable for the soul that comes down to this world and takes on a physical body. This descent is considered an exile for the soul, which longs to return to its creator from its exile. Chabad musician Maor Maimon presents the nigun in a new unique music video • Watch

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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.

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Watch: Child Targeted in Scooter Assault, Package Thief Strikes Again

In Crown Heights, a man riding an electric scooter violently knocked over a young child before fleeing the scene, while just days later in East Flatbush, a thief was caught on camera stealing packages late at night. Both incidents, captured in clear video footage, have raised serious safety concerns among local residents • Read More, Watch

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