MKY Moments https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html At Detroit Chessed Carnival, an MKY Favorite adds simchas Yom Tov Home On the yahrzeit of Rav Nota Greenblatt In Lakewood, marking holy boundaries #MKY Friend-Submitted: A picture of the Rebbe of Kaaliv doing that which he loved most- teaching Yiddishe kinderlach in Cleveland, Ohio In Woodbridge, NJ, joining to build a bridge between heaven and earth Tastes of home for those forced to be elsewhere Here’s Why: Key Challos Chessed 24/7 returning the chametz warmers to area hospitals…cause Shabbos is coming! On the yahrzeit of Rav Menachem Mendel Taub of Kalev, a recollection of the moment in which he had committed to devoting his life to emunah See dear Creator, the washing machines of Your people, how they churn and whirl and pound and cleanse clothing that has remained unwashed for a week, as you commanded us: see the holy waters and cleanse as well, Creator… Together, again After a week of laying still, the machinery at an Israeli pita factory comes back to life Here’s Why: Moroccan Minouna The Rishon L’Zion- #MKYEyes In Bnei Brak, a siyum on a Mesechta completed…primarily during air-raid sirens, transforming fear into accomplishment Bais Faiga’s hall boasts simchos every night of the year – today, it’s filled with the ultimate simcha At Ohr Shlomo, Reb Moshe Auslander leads the crowd out of chol hamoed to the shores of the Yam Suf with teshuva At a Kinnus Torah at Chabad of Portland, Oregon The line on the final day of chol hamoed, Yidden eager to receive a bracha from Rav Yitzchak Kolodetzky Rav Daniel Kalish, talmidim and the light of Yom Tov In the house of Brisk, visiting the Wall on Yom Tov is not just an expression of longing, but also of obligation: Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik sits alone, so connected. Noontime on chol hamoed in the beis medrash of Yeshiva Gedolah of Montreal In Montreal, simchas Yom Tov at a shiur from Dayan Aryeh Posen of the Montreal Kollel On the yahrzeit of Rav Menachem Ziemba Har Hatzofim- the Mount of the seers…from where you can see, long, dream and ask! Chol hamoed, in an image: trampoline socks, to help one keep their grip, and veisse zucken, to help one keep their grip In the Kinar Hotel, Rav Shalom Rosner learns the daf with a live audience of one – and an online audience of thousands Is there a longing as intense as this? Reminders to holy people, in holy streets The ABC’s on the magnet wall formed into a message for visitors to a Brooklyn entertainment center Today is the yahrzeit of Rav Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer, a prominent Rov in Montreal and later in Petach Tikva, shown here in conversation with the Lubavitcher Rebbe In Chaim Berlin, the power and joy of the Yom Tov, at the Maamar In Arizona, Rabbi Eli Mansour does not just inspire – he also makes music At the side of the I80, a familiar sight: unknown to each other, but family just the same Please, don’t buy our product! #WhatJewsAsk At the chol hamoed shiur of Rav Shaul Alter, seated to his left, his older brother and Rav Pinchas Friedman, Rosh Kollel of Belzer Kollelim Chol Hamoed…leisure time, right? Not for Chessed of Monsey volunteers, though… drive after drive, happily snatched up by willing members At Gan Sacher, the shtieblach have reopened for the season An eager crowd of talmidim waiting to greet Rav Shlomo Prager, Rosh Yeshiva of the popular yeshiva in Yerushalayim, in Far Rockaway today Chol Hamoed afternoon at BellWorks…a piano, a talented bochur, a random assortment of visitors joining to create harmony. Rav Yussie Zakutinsky and the simchas Yom Tov that can be found anywhere The New Normal: Chol Hamoed Survival Guide At Zichron Yaakov in Lakewood, the long line of people waiting happily to wish – and be wished – a gut Yom Tov by the Rosh Yeshivah, Rav Yerucham Olshin The tzaddik of Amshinov, a pillar of prayer at the center of the universe In the hospital, a sign makes it clear that every day has its meaning and message! Rav Berel Povarsky, alone, but carrying the burdens and hopes of tens of thousands On the hills just outside the holy city, new buds, a bright future…and a bracha Warnings, in Jerusalem! In Connecticut last night, Yaakov Shwekey with the takeaway from the Yom Tov, words that reassure us all year long: always, He saves us from their hands!