A crowd of more than 200 children and their parents gathered at the Chabad house of Simcha Monica on Sunday to learn about how to celebrate a Jewish birthday.
This birthday celebration was presented in honor of the birthday of the well-known Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Levitansky obm, Shliach in Simcha Monica, California, who was known for his Ahavas Yisroel and his special devotion to Jewish children.
Children signed up for the Jewish Birthday Club, received a certificate with their Jewish name and birthday, and enjoyed moon bounces, slides and other treats like cotton candy, popcorn and decorated thier own cupcakes.
A Tzivos Hashem rally was held, and the children gave Tzedakah, said Lechaim and Shehecheyanu over a new fruit. This was followed by Tehillim and the 12 Pesukim. After this they were treated to a spectacular juggling show by a CGI Simcha Monica alumnus Mendel Plotkin.
Led by the dedicated counselors of Gan Yisroel, the children enjoyed a sing-a-long and sang songs about Moshiach, birthdays and the all-time favorite “Rabbi Levitansky is a real cool cat” song.
Before leaving, the children received a goody-bag with a tzedaka Pushka, the Birthday card from Tzivos Hashem which has the Minhagim of a birthday on it, a 12 Pesukim booklet, Pushka and coins for Tzedaka.
love it
!!!!! looks like it was a HUGE success1!!!!!
love the magnet and shabbat schlepper…. 🙂
Nobody was like Avremel. What a zchus our children had to be in his camp, sit in the bus he drove and learn from him. What a zchus we had to have him as a mashpiah. How they and we grew in those years! How we miss him and how glad we are that he is remembered by so many. There is no other way to say it… Rabbi Levitansky really was “a real cool cat”!!
Where are you?;)
u rock the world! <3 gerc
they’re using the red chairs for the summer! in my times we would put them away and take out the blue ones…
GO MUSHKA U PROBALY ROCK SM
from a fellow classmate
Moshiach NOW!!!
kol hakavod lharav azman
We miss you here in O.T.
sisu vismchu bSimcha Monica heny heny MOSHIACH ba!!