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Crown Heights Updates

New Platform Launches to Raise Mitzvos

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The new OneMitzvah platform gives you everything you need to launch a mitzvah campaign customized for your community. It’s easy. It’s meaningful. It’s impactful. Because every one of your balabatim can do just one mitzvah • Full Story

‘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

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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

WATCH: Bochur Draws Incredibly Detailed Rendition of Iconic Rebbe Photo

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Lubavitcher bochur Shmulik Sofer spent 120 hours drawing the memorable photo of the Rebbe MH”M taken by Levi Freidin during Kos Shel Bracha at 770 Eastern Parkway. The result was a magnificent work of art, capturing all of the nuances and small details seen in the actual photo • Watch

L’Chaim: Weinstein – Gourarie

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The Weinstein (Newtown, PA) and Gouraria (Toms River, NJ) families celebrated the l’chaim of their children Uziel and Mushka last night at Beis Rivka Crown. Images courtesy of MishMedia • Photos

Mrs. Chana Fradil Boymelgreen, 97, OBM

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Chana Fradil Boymelgreen, a Holocaust survivor and matriarch of a large Chabad family. She was 97 years old. She passed away on Sunday night, 3 Nissan 5782 • Full Story

WATCH: Is this the Nineties?

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In a video tweeted by Yaacov Behrman, dedicated member of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, a perpetrator climbs through a window into a private Jewish home in broad daylight. “When I was a child”, writes Behrman, “almost everyone in Crown Heights had window bars on their homes. They are much less common today” • Watch

L’Chaim: Kleyman – Paul

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The Kleyman (Buffalo, NY) and Paul (Morristown, NJ) families celebrated the l’chaim of their children Mendel and Chani last night at The Shul. Images captured by photographer Dov Ber Hechtman • Photos

Crown Heights Shmira is Looking for Qualified Volunteers

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In addition to responding to emergency calls and regular patrols, Shmira has grown into an organization that the community relies on for events including Siyum Sifrei Torah’s, Levaya’s and other identical events to provide pedestrian safety • Full Story, Photos

Mazal Tov

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

Mendel Shloima Litzman – Monsey NY, to Rivka Polter – Orangburg NY

L’Chaim: tonight (Tuesday) in ULY crown st.

Mendy Holtzberg – Monterey, California to Leah Schmerling – Crown Heights

L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14 in the JCM

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No 3 Trains At Kingston Ave? MTA Plans Major Change to Subway Services in Crown Heights

Updated with statement from the MTA: The MTA announced it will unclog the infamous “Nostrand Junction,” just east of Franklin Ave in Crown Heights, which merges the 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines in Crown Heights. The plan means that the 3 train may no longer run along Eastern Parkway and stop at the Kingston Avenue station, and would be replaced by a new “8” subway line • Full Story
No Free Lunch: What’s Really Going On in 1414?

In recent days, WhatsApp groups have been buzzing with rumors, photos, and videos surrounding major changes to the dining hall at 1414 President Street. Amid swirling speculation and concern, Chabad Info went to uncover what’s behind the sudden enforcement measures, new dining policies, and what it all means for Bochurim learning—or not learning—in the Yeshiva • Full Article
Supporting Your Husband to Quit Smoking: A Chassidic Perspective

Question: My husband is 30 and has been smoking for about 10 years. He says he wants to stop but never follows through. I want to help him, but whenever I bring it up, he gets annoyed and tells me to stop telling him what to do and let him live his life. I’m worried about him, but don’t know what to do. Please advise. Thank you • Aharon Schmidt replies, from the Living Jewish’s Farbrengen column • Read More
YTTL Queens Celebrates Bein Hazmanim Success with Grand Prizes and Rebbe’s Ksav Yad

The atmosphere of electrifying as the Bochurim of Mesivta YTTL Queens gathered in the OM dining room for a grand finale of an intensive and multifaceted Mivtza celebrating ruchniyusdike achievements • Full Story, Photos

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