MKY Moments https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html As a new week begins, Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel slips into a Sephardic minyan in Brooklyn to access the brachos that come through the Kohanim Always with joy… the Loitzker Rebbe at the close of a Shabbos with the chasidim in Pennsylvania Outside a Givat Shaul office building, the most important meeting of the afternoon Before recording his motzoei Shabbos Torah Anytime shiur, Rabbi Avrohom Walkin takes a moment to deliver a different ‘Shiur’, focusing on the decor in the room of his father, Rav Moshe Yoel, and the story of unceasing ameilus beTorah Lights of our Nation: 9 Iyar- Rav Moshe Hager A rainy motzoei Shabbos in Lakewood means Chaverim of CJ members have a busy night Preparing for Shabbos…on the road, but always at home! Talmidim of Ateres Shimon join Rav Shimon Galey in Chicago on Thursday night, hearts being readied for Shabbos At the Zone, Oorah hosting 120 day school principals from across the country – because good educators always want to be educated on how to do it better! A glimpse of the radiance, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and the Lev Simcha of Gur on this date Rav Yisroel Taplin, R’M at BMG, preparing for Shabbos Rav Yaakov Bender starts off his weekly shmuess with a story about the middos of his fellow Rosh Yeshivah, who apologized for the fact that he would be missing the shmuess due to a family simchah… In a Surfside bakery, a challah as big as the excitement for Shabbos! The Rebbe of Toldos Aron counting sefira in a new beis medrash established specifically for yungeleit who work to support their families At the H3 women’s conference, Rav Chaim Meir Roth answers questions from a sincere, eager audience In North Miami Beach, even the neighborhood basketball hoop proclaims ‘Shabbos Kodesh!’ At the close of a week, Reb Meilech unburdening his soul at the center of the universe In the streets of Antwerp, an #MKY Favorite anticipates the Shabbos In the chassidic court of Pashkan, the Rebbe, a scion of Ruzhin and Vizhnitz, follows the tradition of his father in conducting a tish on Israel’s Independence Day. The energy to do for Torah comes only from…Torah. As Reb Ezra David waits for the flight to Toronto before tonight’s Mir parlor meeting, his posture and focus is that of one more yungerman in an army of thousands From the Archive: In 1965, a group of chassidim visiting the kever of the Imrei Yosef in Hungary, on this date. The Rebbe’s aron was eventually transferred to Eretz Yisroel. Less than two weeks to the great day, and on holy streets, the children are busy At the cash, valuable reminders! Chaverim of CJ powering Hatzalah of CJ, a cycle of chessed that never ends Lights of our Nation: 5 Iyar- Rav Meir Auerbach At the National Medical Advocacy Conference in Chicago, Chaskel Bennet- an advocate for all that is good and true- with a keynote address In Manhattan, near-midnight, a van headed to Mount Sinai Hospital to restock the chessed room. It’s what family does. No detail overlooked … all the way to the dips at the Bikur Cholim of Lakewood kitchen, preparing Shabbos for patients and their families Deep in the night, Reb Meilech Biderman at the kever of the Imrei Yosef, known as a place of salvation There are many ways to market a business- some of them speak to every single person alive! Lights of our Nation: 6 Iyar- Rav Yosef Meir Weiss of Spinka Maariv at the Newark shtieblach #OnTheWayHome The Rebbe of Vizhnitz, counting days and making them count, sitting at the door to the room used by his father #MKY Friend-Submitted: While using Sofer.AI, greeted with this message while waiting for an audio file to transcribe #ElevateTheWait Rav Simcha Scheinberg, and the patience and appreciation for the question of a budding talmid chacham 28 miles from Shaalvim, the talmidim complete their hike, reaching the very center of the universe #OnMyWayToYerushalayim And suddenly, hours of spirited debate dissolves into perfect silence, only the rustle of pages: mincha at BMG’s Beis Sholom (via RK) Two luminaries from Yerushalayim, Rav Simcha Scheinberg and the Loitzker Rebbe, meet in a Detroit home Rabbi Joey Haber, keynoting the H3 conference for women Tefillos of so many travelers still echoing in Krakow Airport Rabbi Walkin and the neshamos at QSI public high school, young men proud of their new ‘uniform’ In the ordinary lounge at JFK Airport, Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, at the close of a visit to New York- brachos and smiles for children and bochurim Songs of the Season: The Music of Modzitz In Vienna, en route home, a passerby who asked us if he could wrap tefillin- not his first time, and hopefully not his last Outside Yeshiva Oholei Torah, as the photographer prepares the boys for a massive school picture, Rabbeim use the opportunity to ‘breathe’! BMG’s Beis Sholom is ready for the new zman, the breadth and color of Torah on display! #MKY Glimpses: The Beis Halevi #HowJewsMourn In Yerushalayim, remembering those who fell for their homeland and davening that the Compassionate One have compassion on their souls. Hashem yikom damo. In Los Angeles, perhaps the last seudah in memory of Reb Shayele…. Home