MKY Moments https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Rebbe of Toldos Avraham Yitzchok writing in a sefer torah lezecher nishmas Dedi Graucher, by his son Shai A bracha for the new year from the Rebbe of Makova in the Bnei Brak grocery of a chasid Rav Binyamin Weinreb and his chevra from Tallymawr in Pragues Alteneu shul today In Las Vegas, a wellspring of chessed and hakaras hatov floods the desert as the boys unload the Chasdei Lev shipment Labour Day Yarchei Kallah at Kollel Oholei Yom Tov in Toronto with Rabbi Dovid Grossman Rosh Bais Havaad Lakewood The Agudah has launched its major fundraising campaign for the year, and at HQ, they are focused on results…. #MKY Glimpses: 25 Elul While in the Old City, another Yom Tov already beckons As one year gives way to another, cleaning up the slips of paper that carry so many hopes and dreams, at the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe What legal holiday ??? Rabbi Goldberg, the maggid shiur, is in Eretz Yisroel, but the early morning Kinyan Masechta shiur at the Boca Raton Synagogue continues. Labor Day in Lutzk: more time for a labor of love! Today is the yahrzeit of the Montreal Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Yankel Bistritz zt’l Not just the mitzvah, but also the simcha shel mitzvah at Chasdei Lev HQ in Brooklyn In London, Reb Chaim Heller, CEO of Adopt a Kollel, with a message to supporters Rather than allow his revered brother-in-law, Rav Dovid Cohen, step out of the car to wish him Mazel Tov, Rabbi Zevi Trenk, grandfather of the chassan, comes out to greet him and receive his berachos Hachnasas Sefer Torah to the Vizhnitzer beis medrash on 18th Ave, the Perl Family eternalizing the memory of their son, Habachur Chanina Hakohen a’h, ben Reb Mordechai Hakohen Rav Meilech Biderman and the sacred niggun of Reb Mechele of Zlotchov Lights of our Nation: 25 Elul- Rav Yechiel Mechel of Zlotchov In Florida, a small tornado threatens the Chasdei Lev distribution After going to wish Rav Dovid Cohen a gut yohr, Rav Elya Brudny with a show of reverence and love before leaving. Under a sunny Toronto sky, the Chasdei Lev assembly line gets ready to roll The last Sunday of the year and in Johannesburg, a new beginning… Not Hungary or Ukraine, but New York: Shloime Dachs joins a group led by Rav Dovid Ozeiry and Rabbi Paysach Krohn in davening by kivrei tzaddikim in Queens At the Hachtara of a new Rav in Washington Heights, Rav Mordechai Wullig, Rav Hershel Schachter, Rav Tzvi Berkowitz and Rav Yerucham Olshin there to show honor for the Torah and a revered kehillah The streets of Cote-St-Luc, Quebec, alive with Simchas HaTorah, with Moroccan minhagim and chassidishe music Home Today is the yahrzeit of the composer of Gerrer song, Reb Menachem Irenstein. “When I get to Shamayim after 120, I will simply say this- ‘I brought joy to people!” From the Archive of a Nation: An iconic color war banner hangs in Camp Munk since 1991. Inspired by embroidery art popular in Eretz Yisroel at the time, artist Normie Lowenthal created the image in wood, paying tribute to the Chofetz Chaim and the pesukim that guided his life’s work. Rabbi Zakutinsky in a post-Selichos dance with the baal tefillah and baal tokeia of Rosh Hashana, who carry such lofty responsibilities in the days ahead And the Boca shuk is open as usual, allowing Yom Tov shopping to happen with dignity and ease Talmidim of Yeshivas Zerach receiving pre-Rosh Hashana chizuk from Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern Late last night near the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe The Schwebel family opening hearts in tefillah in the moments before Selichos, in Cedarhurst As Selichos reverberate across the world, the Chasdei Lev distribution waits patiently for the next step… At the Park East Synagogue, a new voice and a new era: Rav Yosef Wilhelm with pre-Selichos words of inspiration Rav Meilech at the close of a Shabbos in Meron with RCCS patients and donors Lights of our Nation: 24 Elul- Rav Yechezkel Abramsky In Melbourne, where the various shul’s join together for a pre-Selichos seder, the Rav of Adas Yisroel takes his place in the crowd The worksheets written by Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Berkowitz when he served as a young rebbi: these primers for the 13 middos of Rachamim, recited again and again during these days, were kept by talmidim and used year after year, a reminder of a master mechanech Here’s Why: Selichos on Motsei Shabbos In the greater Mirrer beis medrash tonight, the awe is tangible Songs of the Season: Rachamana niggun After sustaining damage in a fire , Mordy’s Shtiebel held an evening of chizuk with Rav Uri Deutsch. Here, musician R’ Moshe Katz plays a sacred niggun, ushering in the season At a hachnassas Sefer Torah erev Shabbos in Passaic, Rav Pinchas Novoseller and Rav Ahron Cohen, whose shuls face one another, celebrating together Lights of our Nation: 23 Elul- Rav Yosef Babad Lights of our Nation: 24th of Tishrei- The Ribnitzer Rebbe Songs of the Season: The Pittsburgher Rebbes niggun Songs of the Season Songs of the Season Moments before the last Shabbos of the year, a cry of separation, of preparation and of anticipation