The serenity before the joy Chessed of Monsey, all-volunteer, on a busy erev Yom Tov Erev Sukkos in Inwood! A busy day- but this is where all the energy comes from In Syria, a wooden hut that sends such a strong message!!! Last minute erev Yom Tov errands On the yahrzeit of Mr. Benny Fishoff Toronto Bikur Cholim, proclaiming that family is always nearby From the Archive: The tzaddik of Amshinov and an esrog as pure as a Yiddishe heart Lights of our Nation: 14 Tishrei- Rav Yisroel Hopstein Even away from home, a home Outside the Monsey Shatnez Center: a line moves forward slowly, a thread of loyalty and devotion Sukka by Columbia Friendship House built by Bikur Cholim of Lakewood Volunteers The New Normal: Dancing in the Rain Preparing the young Talmidim at Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz for the joy and excitement of Simchas Torah Rav Yussie Zakutinsky and the perpetual search for purity Different species, different people, different questions for the posek sitting at the Daled Minim shuk- one Torah guiding them all The narrow streets of Nachlaot are exploding with a vast simcha…. Leaves on a branch, sprouting forth (VS Photography) In Waterbury, a full yeshivas bein hazmanim hears a shiur from Rav Pinchos Jochnowitz The radiance of an esrog, reflected in the smile of Rav Binyamin Eisenberger Rav Yoel Marton of Hampshire Hills, a Rov who has his people prepared for whatever comes their way… Sefarim and extension cords and decorations and Crocs and a million ways children say I love You to their Father It’s bein hazmanim but the boys are thirsty, so Rabbi Wiesenfeld is delivering shiur On the yahrzeit of Rav Shmuel Lubavitch The Newark shtieblach are hopping! MKY on top of MKY: chavivus hamitzvos and the trust reflected by thousands of dollars worth of merchandise left unattended overnight, cause it’s all family Photographer Eli Cobin has a longstanding tradition of presenting his highly regarded Lulavim to gedolei Yisroel. As he is in America, his son had the privilege of bringing joy to Rav Dov Landau A popular singer looking for a lulav that can hit the high notes A season of opportunity…. Reb Itche Meir, overseeing the process of building something lasting Lights of our Nation: 13 Tishrei- Rav Akiva Eiger A Jew finds a way! Outside the Regency in Lawrence, being mekadesh the levana In North Woodmere, Rabbi Witkin delivers a daled minim shiur…. to children !!!! Outside Memorial Sloan Ketterering Hospital’s 14th floor balcony, a reassuring and welcoming home – with thanks to Dr. Neil Halpern, Rabbi Sholom Freundlich, Robert Spitz and MSK builders (& decorators!) Rabbi Walkins JWave students, after a long day at public school, find time and headspace to speak to the Ribbono shel Olam Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik: a man who can uproot mountains, but the world stops as he examines the precision of the point atop the Lulav. Nine measures of that beauty, Yerushalayim took! See My children! Kollel Chazzu’s inaugural season in Woodmere, with Bochurim from 5+ yeshivos in the Five Towns creating a new zman during bein hazmanim The Daily Q A Maariv coming forth from Abu Dhabi, on the way home #StuffJewsKnow Elul is gone. The aseres yemei teshuvah have passed. Yom Kippur is over. But Rav Yaakov Ades stands in prayer, as if this is the most important tefillah ever He might have hosted a presidential visit to his yeshiva an hour earlier, but Rav Yaakov Bender finds koach to show real respect for R’ Naftali Miller, heart and soul of Chasdei Lev and director of development at Agudah, celebrating the bar mitzvah of his son Dovid An airport netz minyan not in the tristate area but in Milwaukee, one more pathway leading home… Lights of our Nation: 12 Tishrei- Rav Avrohom Friedman At Scheiner’s, the Selichos tents come down, and Rav Naftali Rubin, Rov of Chevra Beis Dovid in Queens, in shul now – doing what Rabbanim do so his people can do what Jews do The Daily Q Home