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Crown Heights Updates

My stepson and his wife are making a sholom zachor this Friday night. It is illegal for me to attend because of the NYC curfew. Am I allowed to walk there from my home after my meal and walk home again after the sholom zachor?
If I said krias shema shacharis before the zman because I had to go to work, do I need to say it later after the zman before I eat?
What is the cutoff age that boys can swim with the ladies and girls and vice versa?
What are the questions I must ask to be involved as the clergy in a civil marriage?
My three children living with me have yahrtzeit for their mother next week. Should each one light a separate yahrtzeit candle? Also, does the 11-year-old son light one?

Bochurim of Mesivta Chovevei Torah Gather for Group Picture

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Bochurim of Mesivta Chovevei Torah Gathered today for a group picture after Completing the second zman of the year. “The bochurim really grew tremendously b’ruchnius and b’gashmius, and are ready to go home and help for pesach” said Rabbi Minsky, “Many of them will continue to learn even in their own free time”. Image captured by photographer Dov Ber Hechtman • Full Story

Are You Ready?

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Celebration 120 is this Sunday night. Will you be there?

Gallery: Ukrainian and Russian Shluchim Marry Off Children

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The Weber (Dnipro, Ukraine) and Kanelsky (Moscow, Russia) families married off their children last week in Rechovot, Israel’s Orchard Hall, in what became an emotional event showcasing unity of Shluchim that transcends all and any geopolitical issues • Photos

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Gedolei Yisrael Presented with Copy of Pesach Hagaddah in Arabic

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Several special delegations from the Yad L’Achim organization, which works tirelessly to save Jewish souls trapped in Arab lands, visited several gedolim to publicize their latest work, a haggadah fully translated into Arabic • Full Story, Photos

Springfield: Shluchim Honored Guests at IL Governor’s ‘Seder Celebration’

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Monday evening, the Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, together with the First Lady, MK Pritzker, hosted a Seder Celebration in the Governor’s Mansion, in Springfield, Illinois. The annual Seder Celebration with the Illinois governor is a tradition going back many years. The Shluchim to Springfield, Rabbi Mendy and Sara Turen, were amongst the Governor’s honored guests • Full Story, Photos

Toronto: 14 Mosdos Come Together for Historic Tank Parade

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The parade took place on Sunday, Beis Nissan, ahead of Yud Alef Nissan, when chassidim and Yidden around the world will mark 120 years since the Rebbe’s birth. It is a day of celebration, and a time to reflect on the tremendous impact the Rebbe has had on world Jewry over the last century. The parade was also dedicated in memory Meir Likhovetski obm. Images captured by photographer Sholom Brummel • Full Story, Photos

CH Rov Celebrates 51st Birthday

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The 51st birthday of Harav Yosef Braun, Mara D’Asra of Crown Heights, was marked Monday night with a farbrengen in 770 Eastern Parkway. Joining the farbrengen were friends and students of Rabbi Braun, as well as Temimim and community activists • Photos

‘I Choose the King’: 600 Volumes of the Rebbe’s Torah Studied as Birthday Gift

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Standing a week before the auspicious day of Yud Alef Nissan, marking 120 years, there have already been 600 (!) volumes of the Rebbe’s Torah — Maamorim, Sichos, Igros, Reshimos, and Farbrengens — taken among the learning commitments. Due to the overwhelming response and interest, the organizers have added four more rounds of the Chalukoh, each one encompassing the 250 volumes of the Rebbe’s printed Torah • Full Story, Photos

CH Shmira Looking for Break-in Suspect

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A suspect is being sought in connection to a burglary that was captured on surveillance footage last week. CCTV footage shows the perpetrator enter the property from the alleyway and then proceed to attempt to open up multiple windows. He then found an open window and climbed in. Nobody was home at the time • Full Story, Video

Rabbi Yisroel Janowski, 74, OBM

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Janowski, a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and longtime member of Toronto’s anash community. He passed away on Tuesday, 4 Nissan 5782 • Full Story

This 28 Nissan — 24 Hours of Moshiach

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For twenty-four hours straight, fifty speakers worldwide will join together for a virtual farbrengen marking the 31st anniversary of the Rebbe’s monumental Chof Ches Nissan sicha • Full Details

‘Mega Thank You’ Event Celebrates Crown Heights Rebbis

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Dozens of community members and students showed up last Sunday to thank the 285 Rebbeim of Crown Heights and show their admiration for what they do with over $1M of gifts. Images captured by photographer Dov Ber Hechtman • Full Story, Photos

On The Edge of The Brooklyn Bridge, About To Jump!

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What would your reaction be if you saw an individual about to jump off of the Brooklyn Bridge into the river? To receive ‘The Daily Video’ send a WhatsApp message to 718-687-8900 or an Email to MyMaor.org • Watch

Levaya Held for Mrs. Chana Fradil Boymelgreen

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The levaya of Mrs. Chana Fradil Boymelgreen passed 770 on Monday en route to burial in Eretz Yisroel • Photos

Last Year this Crown Heights Family Couldn’t Make Pesach

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It was getting close to Pesach and Levi still didn’t have his meat order organized. It wasn’t because he’d forgotten to place his order or had dawdled on the pickup; he simply didn’t have the funds • Full Story

Village of Lubavitch: Lights of Replica Yeshiva Building Shine Brightly on Beis Nissan

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The lights of the soon to be finished replica of the original Tomchei Temimim in Lubavitch, Russia, shone brightly in honor of Beis Nissan, the yartzeit-hilula of the Rebbe Rashab. Work on the historic building will soon come to an end, says Rabbi Gavriel Gordon, Shliach to the village, who oversees the upkeep of the holy sites • Photos

Vienna: EnerJew Youth Movement Shabbaton Surprises Jewish Teenage Refugees

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“This was way beyond what we expected,” one of the participating girls explained. “This unique feeling of mutual responsibility, unity, care, and love, between fellow Jews – despite never having met each other before – has completely changed my perspective on life. I enjoyed 4 days packed with attractions, study, spiritual experiences, good friends, and so much more, but the highlight was undoubtedly the shared experience with teenagers my age, that I realized I so strongly care for” • Full Story, Photos

Mazal Tov

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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