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20 Av is the Yartzeit of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944), in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was Chief Rabbi of Yekaterinoslav (currently Dnepropetrovsk), and was arrested and exiled to Kazakhstan by the Stalinist regime as a result of his work to preserve Jewish life in the Soviet Union.
Teleconference Farbrengen
In honor of the special date, Vaad Or v’Chom Hahiskashrus presents a Teleconference farbrengen for all Anash to join.
When: Tuesday night, Chof Av, 9:00pm
Where: Everywhere, all you need is a phone
Who: The family of Anash, worldwide
How: Call 701-801-1220 Meeting ID 895 336 199
The program will include:
Audio Sicha of the Rebbe
Rabbi Dovid Dubov; Shliach to Princeton, N.J. – The Torah of the Rebbe’s Father
Mr. Evsey Neymotin – Personal memories
Rabbi Berel Levertov; Shliach to Santa Fe, N.M. – Emcee
The life of sacrifice lived by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, as he heroically fought for yiddishkeit in the Soviet Union, is well documented, and his Chiddushim in Kabbalah and Chassidus are legendary. Although most of his writings were confiscated and destroyed by the ruthless Soviet regime, a small amount managed to escape destruction and eventually made it to the free world and were printed by the Rebbe. Rabbi Dovid Dubov, Shliach to Princeton and renown scholar of the Torah of the Rebbe’s father, will give insight into the uniqueness of Toras Levi Yitzchok.
Mr. Evsey Neymotin recalls his father’s efforts in assisting the Rebbe’s parents, when they arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as well as the Rebbe’s expressions of gratitude when the Neymotins arrived in the United States many decades later.
Join with Chassidim from around the world to learn, gain inspiration and deepen your connection with the Rebbe on this special day.
This is a project of Vaad Or v’Chom Hahiskashrus
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Farbrengen at the Ohel
Tonight (Tuesday) a Farbrengen and Kinus Hakhel in honor of *Chof Menachem-Av*, the Yom Hahilula of the Rebbe’s father, *Harav Levi Yitzchok נ”ע* will take place at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens.
It was the Rebbe’s wish that Chassidim commemorate this special day by learning his father’s Torah during a farbrengen with fellow chasidim and give tzedaka in his zechus.
*Schedule:*
7:30 pm – a video will be shown of the Rebbe davening Mincha on Chof Av 5751, followed by a Sicha.
8:30 – Ma’ariv
8:45 – Farbrengen
*Speakers:*
*Rabbi Dovid Dubov* of Mercer County, NJ, will give over an inyan from the Torah of the Baal Hahilula with the biurim of the Rebbe, as well as an overview of Harav Levi Yitzchok’s various seforim, and how they were rescued and printed.
*Rabbi Yisroel Shmotkin* of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and *Rabbi Hershel Spalter* of S. Jose, Costa Rica will also address the crowd, followed by farbrengens with Shluchim and Mashpiyim.
A bus (with cost) will leave 770 at 6:30.
May we be zoiche that this Chof Av we should be together with the Baal Hahilula and with the Rebbe b’guf gashmi ulemata meiasara tefachim.
Rebbe’s handwritten postscript-
נ.ב. הש”ק שלאחרי ט”ו מנ”א – הוא כ”ף מנ”א, יום היא”צ וההילולא של אאמו”ר לוי יצחק בן הרב אא”ז ברוך שניאור ז”ל – זה ארבעים שנה.
ועלי החוב והזכות גדול להציע ולבקש *וכו’* – ללמוד בהתוועדות מתורתו, ולנדב ביומא דין לז”נ, שמסר נפשו על הפצת היהדות בתוככי בנ”י “מאחורי מסך הברזל”, ועי”ז הי’ חבוש בבית האסורים ונשפט לגלות ומת בגולה ושם מ”כ,
זכותו יגן עלינו ועכ”י שליט”א.
The Shabbos following Tu B’Av is Chof Av, the Yohrtzeit and Hilula of my father Rav Levi Yitchak ben Boruch Schneur z”l – forty years now.
I feel a responsibility as well as a privilege to suggest and request *etc.* that all should learn together from his teachings, and to contribute [tzedoka] on this day in his memory;
For he devoted his life to spread Yiddishkeit among the Jews behind the Iron Curtain, resulting in his imprisonment and sentence in exile, where he perished and is now interred.
May his merit protect us, amongst all of the Jewish people, Shlita.
(Motzei Tisha B’av, 5744)
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