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📸 Ideas, Inspiration, and Free Gear: Free Expo for Photographers & Creatives!📹

Calling all storytellers! Get ready to capture the magic at the B& H Bild Expo 2025, the world's biggest get-together 🎪of video and photo enthusiasts! It’s on June 17-18 at the Javits Center in NYC for two days and nights of pure creative fun. Think inspiring speakers, hands-on workshops to level up your skills, and a massive expo floor packed with the latest gear. Oh, and did we mention it's totally free?

Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, B& H Bild Expo has something for everyone. Come mingle with fellow creatives, get inspired by industry experts, and snag some amazing deals at the B&H show specials. We're talking over 100 speakers, 250+ brands, and a whole lot of excitement. Bild Expo 2023 was a huge, but 2025 is shaping up to be even bigger and better. Don't miss out – it's going to be epic! 🏰Click here for more info.

🎢Get ready for a brighter, more vibrant Coney Island🎡

Hey Coney Island crew! Get ready for some exciting changes coming your way! 🤡The City's got a fantastic new plan to make Coney North and Coney West the coolest places to be. Imagine strolling through dazzling new public spaces, enjoying vibrant streetscapes, and having a brand-new pedestrian promenade, 🪂"Parachute Way," 🪂connecting Surf Avenue right to the Boardwalk. Think family fun, community events, and maybe even some new shops and restaurants 🍦popping up around MCU Park! They’re talking about a Coney Island that's even more amazing than before!

And that's not all! The NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) and Ida Israel Health Clinic are getting upgraded and moving into new, more accessible spaces. Plus, get ready to lace up your skates because the old Abe Stark Rink is getting a major makeover! They’re building a brand-new, see-through, architecturally awesome ice rink right on the Boardwalk! They’re also making sure there's plenty of parking for everyone and that the new developments include a replacement ice rink (gotta keep those skaters happy!), and space for a new health clinic and HRA office. So get ready for a brighter, more vibrant Coney Island.🪂🎢🎡Click here for more info.

🏥Language Barrier 🚧Broken Down at Israeli Health⚕️ Clinics!

Woohoo! High five for English speakers in Israel! It's a victory 🏆for clear communication (and avoiding medical mishaps!). After a bit of a kerfuffle (okay, a major grumble) from English-speaking residents and some serious advocacy by Chaim V'Chessed, the Health Ministry has told all those Kupot Cholim (health funds, for those not in the know) that they must accept patient communications in other languages. No more Hebrew-only zone!

Remember that whole "all forms MUST be in Hebrew" thing that Meuchedet tried to pull back in December? Yeah, that didn't go over so well. Chaim V'Chessed rightly called it "unacceptable" and even "dangerous," because let's face it, medical terminology is tricky enough in your own language, let alone one you're still learning. Imagine trying to explain a throbbing headache or the specifics of your kid's rash in a language you're not fluent in! So, kudos to everyone who raised their voices – now everyone can communicate with their doctors without fear of a medical miscommunication meltdown!

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Fundraiser Focus 🎁

Sunday 2/23/2025

🍽️Bnos Leah Prospect Park 91st Annual Dinner | Kol Yaakov Hall | 1703 McDonald Ave | donations can be submitted at: here

🍴The Cheder 32nd Annual Dinner | Ateres Chynka Hall | 129 Elmwood Ave | 718-252-6333| 5:30 pm🍴

🎬 Events 👋

Sunday 2/23/25

🦜 🦜 Motzei Shabbos Learning Grand Event (Parrot Show) | Knesses Bais Avigdor | 1720 Avenue J | (718) 440-7226

Wednesday 2/26/2025

Yad Batya L'Kallah Auction | 1334 East 24th Street | Home of Blimie Zeb |12:00-3:00 | Click here for more info

Thursday 2/27/2025

Yad Batya L'Kallah Auction | 1771 East 24th Street | Home of Joyce Zebede |12:00-3:00 | Click here for more info

Friday 2/28/2025 – - Shabbos 3/1/2025

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

Saturday 3/1/2025

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

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 2/20/2025

📜 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 2/22/2025

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | Ahi Ezer Cong | Corner Ocean Parkway & Ave S | 8:00 pm

Calendar

🕯️🕯️Friday, Feb 21 Candle lighting: 5:20pm

This Shabbos is Shabbos Mevarchim Chodesh 🐟Adar 🤡

The Molad for Rosh Chodesh Adar is Thursday, February 27, 2025, 7:02 pm

Rosh Chodesh Adar 🤡 is two days it begins at sundown on Thursday, 2/27 and continues through Shabbos 3/1.

Halacha

📖Kitzur ShulchanAruch Siman 72 📖

Anyone who desecrates the Shabbos publicly is regarded as a non-Jew in every respect. If he touches wine you are forbidden to drink it; the bread he bakes is like the bread of a non-Jew; the food he cooks is like the food cooked by a non-Jew. "Publicly" means in the presence of ten Jews and it is not necessary that he actually desecrates the Shabbos in their presence, but [even] if they know of the desecration it is considered public. This law is derived from the Talmud and poskim. The Talmud asks, "Was not the incident of Queen Esther public knowledge?" The Peri Megadim ruled that "publicly" means in the presence of ten Jewish men, or when the desecration is public knowledge.

Therefore the prophet offers praise and says, "Fortunate is the man who does this, and the son of man who maintains this, he who preserves the Shabbos from desecration etc." The prophet describes the reward of one who keeps the Shabbos in accordance with Halachah, and honors it and delights in it to his utmost ability. He will be rewarded in this world besides the great reward reserved for him in the World to Come, as it is said: "If you restrain your feet [from going out of the techum] and abstain from doing your business on My holy day and you proclaim Shabbos a delightful day, and the sanctified of God, honored, and honor it by not engaging in your weekday activities, and abstain from pursuing your business affairs and (from) speaking words [pertaining to your weekday needs]; then you will delight yourself before Hashem, and I will cause you to ride over the heights of the earth, and will nourish you with the inheritance of Jacob, your father, for the mouth of God has spoken."

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

📰 Weather 🥸

Friday | Sunny🌞, with a high near 33 | Wind chill values between 10 and 20 | Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Friday Night | Mostly clear, with a low around 20 | Wind chill values between 10 and 15 | Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday | Sunny, with a high near 39

Saturday Night |🌥️Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Sunday |Partly 🌤️sunny, with a high near 43.

Sunday Night |Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Monday |Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Monday Night | Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

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