Deep in the Kiryat Bialik night, Selichos with Rav Meilech, there to strengthen the hands of brothers building in holiness. From the Archive of a Nation: Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi z’l, learning up Avraham Frieds classic niggun- composed by Yossi Green- to the words of the pasuk in this weeks parsha. From the hands of the Mirrer Rosh Yeshivah, a wish for a year filled with sweetness and bracha The Gerrer bochurim being tested on hundreds of blatt Gemara are impressive – and through the lens of photographer Kobi Katz, they are also photogenic Rav Yaakov Bender stops off at his brothers seat, instantly drawing a crowd of bochurim, hanging on to every word The Daily Q At the Elul experience, Yaakov Shwekey, from backstage, takes his own video of a childhood hero, singing a beloved song Summer and Rosh Hashanah merge seamlessly in Woodbourne Near Starbucks, in Howell, someone is getting energized Intense moments at the Elul experience as Mordechai ben David leads the crowd in giving thanks…(via RK) At the Houston Kollel community-wide siyum Lights of our Nation: 21 Elul- Rav Yonasan Eibschutz A new Mezuzah on a new Yeshiva on the eve of a new year. Rabbi Joey Haber affixing the Mezuzah to the door way of the newly established Yeshivat Osher Hatorah At the Chabad Shul in Los Angeles, stuff Jews worry about (especially at this time of year) The Daily Q He founded the organization years ago, and there are branches across the world – but Rabbi Naftali Miller has never given up the zechus of welcoming, packing, loading and sending off one loaded car after another The morning after the Siyum in Houston, 6:00 am, Beis Medrash full for Kollel Boker, joined by Kollel Boker Ohr Shmuel founders R Moshe Gellis and R Feivish Waxman. L’maancha… for Your sake, Hashem. A glimpse from the center of the universe. So many different ways one destination. In Johannesburg, a neilas hachag on the last night of Rav Yitzchok Ezrachis visit before he heads off to France, with so much chizuk to give. The Daily Q Lights of our Nation: 20 Elul- Rav Eliyahu Lopian Today is the fifth yahrtzeit of Harav Elya Fischer, Rav of the Gerrer chassidus in NY. Rav Elya was a Gaon and a Tzaddik- and especially sensitive. He and his wife never merited biological children, so every Friday he would stay home waiting until after his wife lit the Shabbos lecht. He explained that she had no children to wish Gut Shabbos to after candle lighting so he made sure to be there to wish, and to be wished. In North Woodmere last night, Sholom Stein – who came from Lakewood to encourage the next generation of Torah supporters- in conversation with the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Leizer Yudel Finkel Reb Beri, the talmidim, and a wake-up call for a new day On the yahrzeit of the Ponevezher Rov, builder of a new world. Here, visible at the 21 second mark, in conversation with Rav Shmuel Rozovsky On the yahrzeit of the Ponevezher Rov- Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman Facing an overflow Johannesburg crowd, Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi begins his shmuess by opening hearts in song At the Mir, deep in the season of teshuvah, a portend of the joy that follows A new zman begins and Rav Hershel Shachter is back at his post, teaching… Celebrating Chai Elul at KMH, Rav Yussie Zakutinsky with Joey Newcomb and a look ahead to a world of perfect joy Like a wellspring that keeps giving fresh water… Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl shlit’a paskening shaylos this morning… The air conditioning technician sent to the Tampa Kollel turned out to be Israeli, so obviously he couldn’t leave without a few minutes of true nourishment. At the simcha of a grandchild, Rav Yisroel Simcha Schorr dances with his brother Rav Refoel, along with the mechutanim (via RK) At a Crown Heights hall, the caterer is busy Rav Shalom Kamenetzky arrives in Eretz Yisroel, joining the airport Shacharis minyan and enjoying the opportunity to sit in the back JFK Airport wake-up calls Lights of our Nation: 19 Elul- Rav Moshe Tzvi Aryeh Bick At a Jerusalem traffic light, he continues to learn Mishnayos. “This way,” the driver – who has already completed Shisha Sidrei Mishna three times!- explains, “I also don’t feel drawn to look all around me!” #MKY Inbox Hakaras hatov. It’s #HowJewsRoll #MKYFriend–Submitted: I just witnessed one of the most moving displays of kavod haTorah I have ever seen, boarding the flight to TLV. One of the younger American machzikei Torah noticed the Philadelphia Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Sholom Kamenetzky, during mincha before boarding. When he learned that the Rosh Yeshiva was seated in economy, he tried upgrading him, but there were no more seats left in business class. On the spot, he insisted on giving the Rosh Yeshiva his seat and he refused to take no for an answer! I have heard people say great things about his father, Reb Yaakov Rajchenbach a’h, but now I see the effects of that chinuch in real time, as I watch this successful businessman sit in a crowded economy row, content and happy that Reb Sholom is where he should be – in business class, learning !!!! 3 am. And the Sanzer Rebbe, who travels to Betar and Yerushalayim before the holy days to share individual brachos with each chassid, is not yet done for the night Signs of the season everywhere – even where it’s least expected Chabad Shluchim gather in Taipei, strengthening, encouraging and supporting one another, brothers rejoicing before a new year #MKY Friend-Submitted: I was sitting in the Pagi shul near Sanhedria, alone- just me and the elderly gentleman who was sweeping. Then, when he was done, and he went to the back and opened his own sefer, the broomstick standing proudly behind him as his lips started to move, one more holy Jew in the back of a newly-cleaned shul The Daily Q Talmidim of the newly opened yeshiva for Sephardic bochurim, Orach Mishor, led by Rav David Dayan, having the zechus to receive a bracha of chizuk from Rav Dov Landau At the Talmud Torah bearing the name of Baba Sali and Baba Meir, a celebration opens with traditional Morrocan piyyutim And following today’s neitz minyan, Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel there to benefit from the perpetual gift of birchas kohanim Home