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🎤✨ Bring the Magic of Rabbi Yitzy Erps to Your Stage! 🧠📖

Looking to captivate, educate, and entertain all at once? Rabbi Yitzy Erps is your go-to performer! With his legendary storytelling, unmatched vocal talent, and martial arts mastery (hello, breaking bricks on stage! 🧱💥), Rabbi Erps delivers unforgettable shows that leave audiences laughing, learning, and totally spellbound. Rabbi Erps is a one-man wonder—blending life lessons, wild voices, and zany characters into unforgettable adventures. Perfect for schools, camps, shuls, and events of all kinds, his dynamic performances blend humor, life lessons, colorful illustrations, and interactive feats of strength into one electrifying experience! ✨📚🥋 Don’t just host a speaker—bring in a showstopper. Book Rabbi Yitzy Erps today and give your community a performance they’ll never forget! 🎭🙌 Rabbi Yitzy Erps can be contacted at 718-375-1294

🛍️ Bye-Bye Macy’s! Brooklyn’s Iconic Store Closes After 30 Years 🥲

Sad news, shopping lovers! 🥲 Macy’s legendary Fulton Street store in Downtown Brooklyn officially shut its doors for good after three decades 🏙️. The historic spot—originally home to Abraham & Straus since the 1800s—closed Sunday as part of Macy’s big plan to shrink stores and boost online shopping 📱🛒. No word yet on what’ll replace it, leaving this iconic building empty (for now!) 🕸️. Locals shared tons of memories ❤️, with one councilmember promising to keep retail alive at the site 🤞. Macy’s says it’s all about focusing on their smaller, snazzier stores✨, as shopping continues shifting online—thanks, Amazon! 📦😅

🌸 Bloom Alert! Brooklyn's Cherry Blossoms Are Back! 🌸

Spring is almost here, and Brooklyn’s famous cherry blossoms are ready for their annual pink takeover! 🌷🌸 The Brooklyn Botanic Garden says the blossoms haven’t popped yet—but expect a colorful explosion from late March through mid-April! 🎉 This year, the garden is bringing back the dazzling Hanami Nights 🌙✨ (April 22–25), where visitors can stroll under glowing cherry trees, try origami 🎎, and even join a samurai boot camp ⚔️! Want more blossoms? Don’t forget to check out Prospect Park, McCarren Park, and Green-Wood Cemetery for even more photo-worthy moments 📸! Click here for more info.

🏒 Game Over? Aviator Sports' Indoor Facility Closing Its Doors 🥅😢

Sad news for Brooklyn sports fans—Aviator Sports and Events Center’s beloved indoor facility at Floyd Bennett Field is officially shutting down on April 14, ending a 16-year run of hockey 🏒, gymnastics 🤸, volleyball 🏐, and more! After overcoming everything from hurricanes 🌪️ and pandemics 😷 to government shutdowns and migrant camps, Aviator’s indoor programs are now facing the final buzzer 🚨 due to their lease expiring. But don't hang up your cleats yet—outdoor activities like golf ⛳, Green Meadows Farm 🐄, and playing fields ⚽ may stick around through Fall 2025, pending negotiations. Locals are rallying 📣, hoping someone steps in to save the space—so stay tuned! 👀🤞

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🗽 Civic Spotlight: Keeping You Informed

🎢 "Coney Island Casino Drama: Sky Bridges, Flood Hills, and the Rise of 'The Phoney'!" 🎰

Things got spicy 🌶️ at the NYC Planning Commission as developers pitched “The Coney,” a flashy new casino 🎲 promising to turn Coney Island into a year-round party 🎉. Plans include wiping part of Bowery Street off the map 🗺️ to build an epic sky bridge 🌉, adding a hotel 🏨, gaming halls, rooftop hangouts 🌤️, and even an artificial hill ⛰️ for flood protection! Developers say it’ll bring thousands of jobs 🧑‍💼, but some locals aren't rolling the dice 🎲—calling it “The Phoney” 🤥 and warning it’ll crank up traffic 🚗, noise 📢, pollution 🌫️, and crime 🚓. One resident said it would erase Coney Island's legendary history 🎡—just like what happened in Atlantic City 🎢. Others insist it's exactly what the community needs, with plenty of new jobs to go around 💸. City officials have about a month to decide: Will it be jackpot 🎰 or bust? 💥

What's up

Fundraiser Focus 🎁

Motzai Shabbos March 29, 2025

Aishel Shabbat Auction | Kol Yaakov Hall | 1703 McDonald Ave | 8:30 pm | More info here

Tuesday 5/13/2025

👩For women only 👩| Flatbush Satmar Bikur Cholim | Annual Spring Tea | Ateres Chynka Hall | 129 Elmwood Ave | 7:30 pm

Sunday 5/25/2025

Yeshiva Torah Vodaath | 106th Annual Dinner | The Palace | 780 McDonald Ave

Lectures 🎤

Thursday 3/27/2025

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

Saturday 3/29/2025

👩For women only 👩 | Rebbitzin of Khal Sasregen will giving a Shabbos Mevorchim shiur | 1279 East 24 Street | 5:00 PM

👩For women only 👩| Tzivi Strimber |Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 5:00 pm

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | Ahi Ezer Cong | Corner Ocean Parkway & Ave S | 9:30 pm

Monday 3/31/2025 & Wednesday 4/2/2025

Gemara Shiur Masechet Rosh Hashanah | Harav Alter Frankel | Khal Beni Shlomo Zalmen | 1093 East 21st Street | 8:15 pm – 9:00 pm

HaRav Aharon Kahn Shlita | Shiur on Tehillim with Medrash and Meforshim | 10:40am | Kol Halashon 718-906-6400 press star (*) | Live stream click here.

Tuesday 4/1/2025

Navi Shiur | Rabbi Shimon Sorotzkin Shlita | Khal Beni Shlomo Zalmen | 1093 East 21st Street | 6:45 pm – 7:45pm

Halacha Shiur | Harav Alter Frankel | Khal Beni Shlomo Zalmen | 1093 East 21st Street | 8:15 pm – 9:15 pm

📅Calendar

Friday 3/28/2025 - Parshas Pekudei - פרשת פקודי

🕯️🕯️ Candle lighting: 6:58pm🕯️🕯️

Shabbos 3/22/2025 - Parshas Hachodesh - שבת פרשת החדש

For those who have the Minhag there are יוצרות

We take out two Sefer Torahs. From the second one we read Maftir in Parshas Bo (Shemos 12:1-20)

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📰 Weather 🥸

🌤️Friday | Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Friday Night | A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 8pm | Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

🌤️Saturday | Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.

🌥️Saturday Night | Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Sunday | A 30 percent chance of showers after 2pm.

🌧️Sunday Night | A 50 percent chance of showers | Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.

🌧️Monday | Showers likely, mainly after 2pm | Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68.

Monday Night | Showers likely before 2am 🌧️ | Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

🌤️Tuesday | Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Tuesday Night | Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.🌥️

Wednesday | Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

National Weather Service