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On Wednesday evening, March 22, community and shul members gathered at Congregation Ahavas Yisroel for a much-anticipated annual shiur. As always, Rabbi Herschel Welcher shlita, rav of Congregation Ahavas Yisroel, shared an inspiring and informative shiur.
On Thursday evening, March 30, Chazaq hosted a night of inspiration commemorating the third yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Walkin zt”l at Congregation Charm Circle.
On Sunday evening, March 26, Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem featured Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier, director of The Shmuz and author of 10 Really Dumb Mistakes Very Smart Couples Make, in a Zoom shiur on roles of the husband and wife and taking marriage to the next level.
Are King Charles and Prince William or Prince Harry visiting our neighborhood? No, but our community is filled with royalty. We left Mitzrayim to be free so we could serve the true Master, Hashem, as His royal servants. We can see this so clearly in Queens, where there is so much chesed that Hashem has to be smiling.
On Monday evening, March 27, The Jewish Board / Jewish Community Services and The Schwartz Brothers, Parkside, and Sinai Chapels presented a Passover Bereavement Program titled “The Empty Chair at the Seder Table.” The program was presented by Miriam Herscher, BCC, LMSW, and Adam Huttel, LMSW, at Schwartz Brothers Memorial Chapel in Forest Hills.
On Tuesday evening, April 18, Chazaq hosted a beautiful shiur l’zeicher nishmas Luba bat Mazal at the Beth Gavriel Center.
