MKY Moments https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Daily Q Songs of the Season Moments before the last Shabbos of the year, a cry of separation, of preparation and of anticipation At the Chofetz Chaim butcher shop, Mesechta Chulin comes to life Shlomo Reich and the Holy Brothers of the Shaar – the kiruv yeshiva in the Five Towns – shteiging and farbrenging with Rav Yossi Schwartz and his chevra from Kodesh Shul in North Woodmere In Brooklyn, the song of #Thank YouDearRebbi comes to life Rav Dovid Merling’s nightly mishna berura shiur shifts locations in honour of a Simcha 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. At the Mir, deep in the season of teshuvah, a portend of the joy that follows 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. 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 From the hands of the Mirrer Rosh Yeshivah, a wish for a year filled with sweetness and bracha Lights of our Nation: 21 Elul- Rav Yonasan Eibschutz Deep in the Kiryat Bialik night, Selichos with Rav Meilech, there to strengthen the hands of brothers building in holiness. Songs of the Season Facing an overflow Johannesburg crowd, Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi begins his shmuess by opening hearts in song 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 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 L’maancha… for Your sake, Hashem. A glimpse from the center of the universe. So many different ways one destination. Lights of our Nation: 20 Elul- Rav Eliyahu Lopian 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. 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. 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!” 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 Chabad Shluchim gather in Taipei, strengthening, encouraging and supporting one another, brothers rejoicing before a new year 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 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 A new zman begins and Rav Hershel Shachter is back at his post, teaching… At the Chabad Shul in Los Angeles, stuff Jews worry about (especially at this time of year) 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… 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 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. 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