In light of the financial turmoil and in an effort to bring more productivity and effectiveness to the operations, Chabad of Stamford-CT headed by Rabbi Yisroel Deren hired a communication and corporate efficiency consultant. A clip of their meeting was shown at their annual dinner this past week.

The Rebbe says:

1. Regarding the building of the Mishkan (the Tabernacle) in this week’s Torah portion the Torah says, “You should make the beams for the Tabernacle of acacia wood (Atzay Shittim), standing upright”.

2. The Previous Rebbe explained that the Hebrew word for, “acacia”, which is, “Shittim”, also means, “turning away”. In other words, there is a middle path which is the path of logic and reason, and the turning away from the middle path is called, “Shittim”, from the word, “Shtoos - Senselessness”.

However, there are two types of ways to be senseless. One way is to turn away from the middle path of logic and be senseless in the opposite way of holiness, as the Talmud states, “A person only commits a transgression because a spirit of senselessness entered him”, and another way is to turn away from the middle path of logic and be senseless in a holy way, as the Talmud states, “The senselessness of this Sage has helped him”.

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This week, Tzivos Hashem and MyShliach reached a spectacular goal in a joint project available throughout the world. Shluchim's children, members of the Worldwide Tehillim Club, said over 2000 — yes, 2000! — Kapitlach this Shabbos Mevorchim, an enormously successful figure.

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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avremi Gitler (Monsey, NY) and Chavi Kornfeld (Seattle, WA) on their engagement.

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!

The morning after President Obama's 'stimulus speech', Rabbi Moshe D. Bryski from Chabad of the Conejo, sent out his own stimulus package - in the form of a video.

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OLD BRIDGE, NJ [CHI] — On Sunday, February 22nd, Bris Avrohom held a Milestone Celebration for having performed 6000 brissin on men and boys in the 29 years of the organization’s existence. They also held a ceremony to give women their Jewish names and a Pidyon ha-Ben ceremony in which first born males were redeemed. The program chairpersons were Bruce and Michelle Berger from Livingston, NJ.

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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yaakov and Ita (nee Klar) Leaf (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Although invited, Hon. Mayor Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wasn’t able to make it to the Evening of Solidarity benefiting Colel Chabad on Sunday Night.

More in the Extended Article.

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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid Nussbaum (Montreal) and Mimi Gutnick (Sydney, Austraila) on their engagement.

The L'Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at the Jewish Children's Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Car owners in Crown Heights can breathe easy for another few days, weeks or months. Terrance Nelson, the single most known criminal who has been terrorizing the neighborhood for over 4 years, has been arrested late Wednesday night after being caught breaking into a car on Carroll Street.

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KIEV, Ukraine [JTA] — Unidentified vandals damaged a monument erected in southern Ukraine in honor of the late Lubavitcher rebbe.

The attack occurred overnight Wednesday in Nikolayev, the birthplace of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher rebbe, who died in 1994.

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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel Plotke (Los Angeles, CA) and Esther Overlander (London, England) on their engagement.

The L'Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

MIAMI, FL — Flying in from bases as far away as South Korea, Iraq and Kuwait, some 50 Jewish military chaplains and personnel bivouacked in South Florida this month for a conference on the unique role of the military rabbi.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The young adults residing at the new HASC center in Crown Heights were treated to a performance with live music in honor of Rosh Chodesh and in the spirit of the month of Adar.

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This weeks Living Torah Rebbe video is 'Month of Good Mazel'. Remember, Living Torah is a member supported project. Become a member today at www.LivingTorah.org!

Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish subtitles in the Extended Article.

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The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009. The Hakhel concert, to benefit Yeshiva Darchai Menachem, promises to be a spectacular evening headlining superb entertainers with our very own “Sparks Boys Choir” featuring all-new songs and choreography. The Rebbe always emphasized the importance of unity during the Hakhel year.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.jewishtickets.com or Judaica world.

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MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — This week, students of the Ohel Chana Werdiger Learning Institute in Melbourne, Australia were privileged to have a visit from Rabbi and Mrs. Holtzberg, parents of Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg A”H, together with Rabbi Avremi Berkowitz who is assisting them in rebuilding the Chabad house that was destroyed in India.

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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dubi and Nava (nee Lerer) Rabinowitz on the birth of their daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.

CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This one, taken on the winter of 1974, shows the Rebbe in middle of prayer in the main synagogue in Lubavitch World Headquarters 770 in Brooklyn, NY. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

Dovid Vidrin (Boston, MA) and Chana Botvinnikov (Crown Heights).
IYH at Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire blvd, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Mendel Plotke (Los Angeles, CA) and Esther Overlander (London, England).
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

Srully Rozmarin (Bnei Brak, Israel) and Baila Zaiontz (Montreal, Canada).
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Dovid Nussbaum (Montreal) and Mimi Gutnick (Sydney, Austraila),
IYH at the Jewish Children's Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!