The Nibble

☎️ New Area Code Assignments Could Begin 4th Quarter of 2026📞

Hold onto your hats, NYC! The Public Service Commission (aka the folks who keep your phones ringing) has announced a new area code is coming to the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and even Marble Hill! Yep, 465 is joining the party. Why? Well, all those awesome phone numbers in your current area codes are starting to get snatched up. So, get ready to dial a little differently soon!. 📞 Click here

👒Marine Park to get ‘living neighborhood museum’ at historic Lott House🎩

🏠Hold onto your tricorne hats, history fans! That super-old, super-cool Dutch Colonial house in Marine Park, the Hendrick I. Lott House (we're talking 1720s old!), is about to get a serious glow-up. Forget your average home renovation – starting in 2026 this place is getting transformed into Marine Park's premiere museum! Prepare for time travel (the fun kind!) when this historic gem opens its doors to the public. Get ready to explore the wild and wonderful history of Southern Brooklyn and discover how it turned into the amazing city we live in today. Think less dusty artifacts and more " I can't believe they lived like that!" moments. To read more click here

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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: https://www.kollect.live/prospectpark/50-years/

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

🎬 Events 👋

Wednesday 2/19/2025

A Special Evening for our Women | Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 7:30 PM | RSVP Required: email at yimidwoodwomen@gmail.com

Program Includes:

🕍 Virtual Tour of the Bais Hamikdash - Choose between a basic tour or dive deeper into Yomim Tovim or other events in the Bais Hamikdash.

Brooklyn Nach Yomi- Join the community in completing this incredible journey of Torah learning.

Activity for Israel - Be part of creating something meaningful and sending love to Israel.

Sunday 2/23/25

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

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

🎶 🎵 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 🎤

Tuesday 2/11/2025

Rabbi Naftuli Leshkowitz | Halacha Shiur | Bostoner B.M. | 2822 Avenue J (Corner East 29) | 9;15 pm 💡 💡

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

🕯️Yom Hillula 🕯️

February 17, 2025 - 19 Shevat

Rav Yitzchak Baruch Sofer, father of the Kaf Hachaim (1905)

Rav Shmuel Weinberg of Slonim, the Divrei Shmuel (1916). Grandson of Rav Avraham of Slonim, the Yesod Ha’Avodah. He was succeeded by his sons Rav Yissochor Leib and Rav Avraham, the Bet Avraham.

Rav Shimon Greenfeld of Somihali, the Maharshag (1860-1930). Born in Chust, he became a student of the Maharam Shick. Married at 16, he became Dayan in Munkacs when he was 34. He succeeded his father as Rav in Somihali in 1908. His three-volume She’elot U’Teshuvot Maharshag contains thousands of teshuvot.

Rav Elimelech Menachem Mendel ben Dov Berish Landau, first Admor of Strikov (1859-1936).

Rav Shmuel Carlebach (1927-1999). Educational director of the Bnei Brak Or Ha’chaim Seminary and the Bet Yaakov Seminary of Ashdod.

Rav Nachum Zev ben Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1921-2011). He built the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland into a nearly 7,000-strong student body.

Kindly provided by Ohel Sara

Halacha

📖Kitzur ShulchanAruch Siman 72 📖

The holy Shabbos is the great sign and covenant which the Holy One Blessed is He gave to us, to know that in six days the Almighty made the heavens and the earth and all that is in them, and abstained from work on the seventh day. This is the foundation of our faith. Our Sages of blessed memory said: "Shabbos is equivalent to all the mitzvos." "Whoever keeps the Shabbos in accordance with its laws is regarded as though he fulfilled the entire Torah;" and "whoever desecrates the Shabbos is like one who completely denies the whole Torah." And so it is said in Ezra: "And You came down on Mount Sinai and You gave Your people righteous judgments and true laws … and Your holy Shabbos You made known to them."

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

📰 Weather 🥸

Tuesday | 🌞Sunny🌞, with a high near 31.

Tuesday Night | Mostly clear, with a low around 19.

Wednesday |Increasing clouds, with a high near 32 | Wind chill values between 5 and 15.

Wednesday Night | Mostly ☁️cloudy☁️, with a low around 21 | Wind chill values between 10 and 15

Thursday | 🌨️ 40 percent chance of snow showers or light snow, mainly after 1pm | Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31 | Wind chill values between 10 and 20.

Thursday Night | 20 percent chance of snow showers or light snow before 1am | 🌥️Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 24 🌥️ | Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 20 mph.

🌞Friday |Sunny, with a high near 36 | Breezy.

Friday Night |Mostly clear, with a low around 23.

Saturday | Sunny, with a high near 40.🌞

Saturday Night | Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

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