Susie Garber

On Monday evening, June 8, Rabbi Binyamin Pruzansky, well-known author and speaker, shared a powerful live-streamed shiur based on his new sefer, Inspired. The shiur was hosted by ArtScroll Publishers, TorahAnytime, and Chazaq. Rabbi Pruzansky began by stating, “A Yid needs to live a life of inspiration every day.”

On Sunday evening, May 24, United Kollel streamed a powerful pre-Shavuos event with three star-studded speakers. The first speaker, HaRav Shlomo Miller, Rosh Kollel and co-founder of Kollel Avreichim Institute for Advanced Talmud Studies in Toronto and head of the Toronto Beis Din, began by imparting that “marbeh Torah, marbeh life. We have a purpose in life.” Even with the batei midrash, Torah is still alive. Everyone is still learning. He shared a d’var Torah from Parshas BaMidbar that the numbers counted were all round numbers, to teach us that every Jew is alive for a purpose – “especially now, when your learning is bringing down the Sh’chinah.” When you are learning by yourself in your house, then Hashem is your chavrusa. When it is difficult to learn, we have a higher elevation in learning. Now we can really appreciate learning in yeshivah. “When we return to our batei midrash, it will be like rebuilding a beis mikdash m’at.”

On Wednesday evening, June 10, the Bais Yaakov Academy of Queens held a special Zoom tribute good-bye event in honor of Rabbi Mordechai Gewirtz, its Dean, who is retiring after ten years of dedicated service to the school.

“Good morning, time for school.” The usual phrase that gives our children security and comfort of a normal routine has changed. But thanks to incredibly gifted, creative, and dedicated educators, teachers are teaching and children are learning.

Mr. Pedro Tahay, who worked at the Wasserman Supermarket for the past 24 years serving our community, recently passed away from COVID-19.

On Monday evening, May 4, Rabbi Benzion Klatzko, founder of Shabbat.com and well-known speaker, shared valuable Torah thoughts and ideas on chinuch during this challenging time. “There’s a calling – a demand. Hashem wants us to become better people.” Rabbi Klatzko imparted, “We have a great test, which is: Can we be patient now?”