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🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️ Two Wheels, Five Boroughs: NYC's Epic Bike Tour🍎

Imagine trading the usual New York City hustle for a breezy, 40-mile pedal through all five boroughs! That's exactly what the TD Five Boro Bike Tour offers, a massive, joyful cycling adventure where you can ditch the subway and experience the city's iconic landmarks from a whole new perspective. This isn't about racing; it's about soaking in the sights, from the bustling streets of Lower Manhattan to the scenic heights of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, all while streets are magically closed to cars just for you. Picture cruising through Central Park, exploring historic Harlem, and feeling the thrill of conquering bridges normally reserved for roaring traffic.

The route is a carefully crafted journey, weaving you through the heart of Manhattan, up to the Bronx, and back down along the East River's FDR Drive. You'll then glide through Queens and Brooklyn, culminating in the exhilarating climb and descent of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, a moment that's become a legendary part of the tour. Finishing in Staten Island, you’ll have conquered a truly unique New York City experience. Beyond the breathtaking views and the sheer fun of it all, you're also supporting a worthy cause, as this event helps fund cycling education programs. It’s a chance to explore, celebrate, and contribute, all on two wheels.

Rain or shine Sunday, May 4, 2025. For more info click here

What's up

Fundraiser Focus 🎁

Wednesday 3/4/2025

Yad Batya L'Kallah Auction | 2122 Ave N | Hirsch Home | 7:00pm | Purchase tickets here 

🎬 Events 👋

Friday 2/28/2025 – - Shabbos 3/1/2025

The Traveling Chassidim | Kingsway | Kabbalas Shaabbos - Hallel | Friday Night Dinner & Kiddush Lunch (reservations required) | click here for reservations | $$ 🍷

Saturday 3/1/2025

👩For women only 👩 | Rebbitzin of Khal Sasregen will giving a Shabbos shiur | 1279 East 24 Street | 4:30 PM

🎶 🎵 Kol Haneshomo | Young Israel Beth El of Boro Park | 4802 15th Ave | 8:00 pm | Click here | $$ 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶

Monday 3/3/2025 and Wednesday 3/5/2025

Tehillim with Medrash and Meforshim | Shiur by Harav Kahn | Knesses Bais Avigdor | 1720 Avenue J | Live stream click here | Kol Halashon 718-906-6400 For live shiurim, press star (*) | 10:40 AM

Monday 3/17/2025

👩For women only 👩| Shaindy Plotzker LIVE 2025 2nd Show - Benefiting EFRAT | Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT | Kings Theatre 1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn | | $$ 🎭| Click here

Nothing in this section is sponsored. They're just the things you need to know. I'll always let you know when something's sponsored.

Lectures 🎤

Thursday 2/27/2025

📜 Mishmar | Agudah of Madison | 2122 Ave. S (Ave S & East 22) | 10:00 pm

Rabbi Frand | Parsha Ha’Shavua | Y.I. of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 9:00 pm

Saturday 3/1/2025

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | Ahi Ezer Cong | Corner Ocean Parkway & Ave S | 8:30 pm

Sunday 3/2/2025

Rav ElyaBrudny | Monthly Vaad | Chaim Berlin Minyan | 3007 Ave L | 8:45-9:15 pm

Calendar🗓️

Thursday 2/27/2025

Erev Rosh Chodesh | Yom Kippur Koton | No Tachanun by Mincha

Moled is 7:02 pm

🌙Friday 2/28/2025 - א' דראש חדש אדר🌙

🕯️🕯️ Candle lighting: 5:26pm🕯️🕯️

🌙Shabbos 3/1/2025 - ב' דראש חדש אדר🌙

Parashas Shekolim - פרשת שקלים

And of course do not forget יעלה ויבא in your Tefillos and in Bentching as well as

🕯️Yom Hillula 🕯️

2/27/2025 - כ"ט שבט

Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Alter of Slabodka) 1849–1927

He was a key figure in the Mussar movement, which emphasized ethical and moral development in Jewish learning. The Alter's teachings and leadership had a profound impact on the yeshiva world, and his students went on to establish and lead many prominent yeshivas in Europe and the United States.

3/1/2025 - א' אדר

Rabbi Avraham ben Meir ibn Ezra (Ibn Ezra) (about 1092 - 1167)

Was a Spanish Jewish scholar, rabbi, philosopher, poet, astronomer, and grammarian. He is considered one of the most important figures in medieval Jewish history, known for his influential biblical commentaries and his contributions to Hebrew grammar

3/2/2025 - ב' אדר

Yisrael Alter (Beit Yisrael) 1895 – 20 February 1977

He was the fifth Gerrer Rebbe, a position he held from 1948 until 1977

Halacha

📖Kitzur ShulchanAruch Siman 72 📖

It is written, "Remember the Shabbos day to keep it holy," which means: you must remember the Shabbos every day of the week to keep it holy. Thus, if you happen to find a rare delicacy which is not available every day, and which will not spoil, you should buy it in honor of Shabbos. On the eve of Shabbos it is a mitzvah to rise early in the morning to purchase your Shabbos needs. You may shop for them even before saying the [morning] prayers, provided that doing so will not cause you to miss praying with the congregation. It is preferable to make purchases on Friday in honor of Shabbos rather than on Thursday. But something that requires preparation should be purchased on Thursday. With each purchase you make you should say, "This is in honor of Shabbos." In accordance with the ordinance of Ezra, clothes should be laundered on Thursday in honor of Shabbos, and not on Friday, because on Friday you must be engaged in preparations for Shabbos.

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, trans. Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Pub., 1996, Digitization: Sefaria, License: CC-BY

📰 Weather 🥸

Thursday | showers likely ☔

Thursday Night | Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear

Friday | 🌞Sunny, with a high near 46

Friday Night | chance of showers

Saturday | Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday Night | Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

😎Sunday | Sunny, with a high near 35.

Sunday Night | Mostly clear, with a low around 21.

National Weather Service