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Alternate Side Parking Suspended Tommorow

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Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, February 21 for Washington’s Birthday (Pres. Day).

Istanbul Intl Airport Now Offering Kosher Food Thanks to Shliach’s Hard Work

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The Jerusalem Post Istanbul International Airport now has kosher food: sandwiches, cakes and pastries sold in vending machines and even hot meals served at the business lounges. More than a million people fly Turkish Airlines from Israel every year, and naturally, many kosher-keeping Jews pass through the Istanbul Airport. The Jewish community in Turkey together with the […]

Yad L’Achim Prints Arabic Edition of Tanya in Memory of Venerated Founder

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Yad L’Achim celebrated the publication this week of a special edition of the Tanya, translated into Arabic. Work on the text, known as the “Yad L’Achim Edition,” began on Elul 24, 5781, the 10^th yahrtzeit of Hagaon Harav Shalom Duber Lifschitz, zt”l, who founded the organization and led it for 60 years. The Yad L’Achim Edition has two volumes – the regular Tanya, in Hebrew, and “Sha’ar Hayichud v’haEmunah” in Arabic. The latter volume was edited by Dr. Yechezekl Ben Aharon who is involved in Yad L’Achim operations among Jews living in Arab countries • Full Story

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A festive event was held in 770, as nine hardworking talmidim of the Tomchei Temimim – 770’s dayanus program received certificates marking their completion of the challenging course. After the distribution of the certificates, the new dayanim posed for a joint photo with Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Shneur Zalman Labkowski and the yeshiva staff.

MAJOR BREAKING: All Unvaccinated Tourists Can Enter Israel Starting March 1

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Tourists will still be required to submit a negative PCR test prior to boarding the flight to Israel and be tested again upon landing at Ben-Gurion Airport. Returning Israelis will no longer have to submit a negative PCR test before leaving to Israel, but will be required to be tested upon arriving in Israel • Full Story

The Ultimate “Vayekhel”

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Trough the spreading of Chassidus, we will merit the ultimate gathering of the Jewish people with the coming of Moshiach! To receive ‘The Daily Video’ send a WhatsApp message to 718-687-8900 or an Email to MyMaor.org • Watch

CH Beis Din Throws Support Behind New Institute for Chosson Classes

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In a letter released by the Crown Heights Beis Din, the rabbonim announced their backing of a new organization, Machon Taharas Habayis, aimed at educating chassanim and yungerleit. The new initiative will be headed by Rabbi Tuvia Kassimov, as well as Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz • Full Story

The Problem Is People Learn Maamarim, Not Chassidus

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R’ Zushe Posner was sent by the Rebbe to Eretz Yisrael in 5718 to help bolster matters of chinuch • Ever since he’s been an educator par excellence, serving also as the chairman of the Chinuch committee of Agudas Chasidei Chabad in Eretz Yisrael. But he had a definition of his own for education… • By Beis Moshiach Magazine • Full Article

SAFETY ALERT: Abbott Recalls Similac, Alimentum, and Elecare Formula Powders

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Abbott has initiated a proactive, voluntary recall of powder formulas, including Similac^®, Alimentum^® and EleCare^® manufactured in Sturgis, Mich., one of the company’s manufacturing facilities. The recall does not include any metabolic deficiency nutrition formulas • Full Story, Photos

Brooklyn Teen Charged With Hate Crime For Slapping Jewish Man

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A 17-year old has been charged with a hate crime for slapping a Jewish man and knocking his kippah off in Brooklyn, New York last week, the New York Daily News reported • Full Story

How did the Chossid pay for the Seforim to be printed if he had no money?

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How did the Chossid pay for the Seforim to be printed if he had no money? Maor KIDS presents another beautiful video of the Rebbe. To sign up for the ‘Kids Rebbe Video’ WhatsApp: 347-687-8770 or go to: MyMaor.org • Watch

How To Make a Kosher Purim Shpiel

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I am a dorm-counselor in a Chabad girls high school. One of my many responsibilities is arranging extra-curricular activities and outings for the students. Purim is coming up, and I was thinking of two ideas: (1) That the girls should put on a live production for the local community. (2) To hire a magician to come perform for the girls. Is there anything I should be aware of before I finalize my plans? • Read More

For Your Shabbos Table: Money and Spirituality

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From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: From the earliest times, wealth and religion have existed in mutually exclusive and seemingly incompatible spheres. Wealth and the process of its acquisition epitomizes ”self” and “self interest,” while religion in its ultimate expression embodies selflessness. The acquisition of wealth draws one down into one’s baser drives while religion channels man’s drives upward toward the sublime and the spiritual • Click to Read

EnerJew Tzedaka Challenge Goes Viral

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Registration is now open for dozens of EnerJew clubs across the FSU to join, together with their members, the new attractive challenge and together pick a specific charitable project they relate to and desire to strengthen. Each club first attends a special session teaching and explaining the unique attributes of giving Tzedaka and donating according to Judaism, and then proceeds to choose their preferred project • 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
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
Rabbi in Normandy Attacked by Afghan Migrant with Chair

Just one week after suffering a violent assault, Rabbi Eli Lemel was once again the target of an attack in the seaside town of Deauville, Normandy. This time, the assailant — an Afghan migrant — struck the rabbi with a chair while he was sitting on the terrace of a local café • Read More
Inspiring: Campus Shliach Donates Kidney, Discovers His Surgeon is Jewish

In a moving act of selflessness, Rabbi Yossi Sued (27), Chabad Shliach at Western University in London, Ontario, donated a kidney last Friday to a woman named Ronit, a single mother in need of a life-saving transplant • Full Story

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