Filling Midtown Manhattan on Saturday night. (Photo: Bentzi Sasson/CTeen.com)
Dozens of groups of students—many accompanied by Chabad emissaries—from the United States, Canada, Israel, Germany, France, England, Brazil, Australia, Hong Kong (China), and for the first time, Singapore, arrived in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., for three days of Jewish experience, education and entertainment. The majority of participants stay with host families in Crown Heights. (Photo: Bentzi Sasson/CTeen.com)
Time for prayers among the activities (Photo: Bentzi Sasson/CTeen.com)
The Crown Heights community had a warm welcome as always for guests from around the world. (Photo: Bentzi Sasson/CTeen.com)
CTeen participants get a view of Lower Manhattan (Photo: Bentzi Sasson/CTeen.com)
The teens arrived in frigid weather; ice can be seen in the New York Harbor, where the East River meets the Hudson. (Photo: Bentzi Sasson/CTeen.com)
The three-day Shabbaton incorporates Jewish spirituality, education and identity. (Photo: Bentzi Sasson/CTeen.com)
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