By COLlive reporter
Photos by Diel
Emphasizing the theme of this year’s Kinus, of “Ishu’beiso,” Mrs. Aidel Kuraveky of Moscow, Russia, told the shluchos last night, “Shlichus is our family and family is our shlichus, when those two meet harmoniously, that is the most beautiful thing ever.”
Kuraveky was speaking at the General Session of the Motzei Shabbos program of the International Conference of Shluchos, held in the main ballroom of Oholei Torah in Crown Heights.
Coordinated by Mrs. Bassi Feldman of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the program has seen tremendous growth in the past few years.
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Chairman of the International kinus, sounded proud.
“While once we just had a Melave Malkah, now there is the Shluchos resource fair, the main general session and a special video presentation,” he noted, as his and his staff’s mind was already on the next day’s gala banquet.
Mrs. Devorah L. Deitsch of Fort Washington in Pennsylvania, chaired the evening’s general session, which was filled with inspirational speeches and an emotional musical tribute.
Deitsch spoke of “that special feeling” that people walk away with after visiting shluchim’s homes.
“When people walk into our homes and feel the warmth, love, modesty and beautiful family life, they walk away amazed and want to be able to connect to it and bring that feeling into their own homes.”
Dietsch continued by saying, “That, my friends, is the power of “Ish u’beiso.”
Focusing on the idea of modesty and how it relates to our family life, Mrs. Ella Lerman, an advocate for tzinus, conveyed to the Shluchos that, “It is our obligation to teach and impart this most important issue, you shluchos are the role models.”
A group of Shluchos from Maryland then presented a moving musical tribute in honor of three shluchos who passed away this year – Zlata Geisinsky Maryland, Esty Cohen of Manchester and Pessia Matusof of Morocco.
Concluding the evening was a crowd pleasing and fun-filled interactive game show titled, “Shluchos are winners,” which saw shluchos from around the world win exciting prizes.
YUM.
goooooooo metzger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have some hiskafia and some cooking lessons!!!!!!!
BITAYAVON!!!!!!!
something you’ve got to read!
congrats mom!!!!! from down under.
good luck figuring out how t’use your snazzy ipad in slovakia 😀
Loovvve your comment, number 3!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Reminded me of that fantastic article the Shluchim wrote in last year, when they were left behind, to tend and fend for themselves and their kids!!! Remember how we laughed!!!??
Can we have another one, please!!!
the food looks good and it looks like people are having a fun time by the game show
Love it!:)
from myrtle beach
$300,000,000 dollars worth of sheutels in that room.
didnt know ur a shlucha. nice to see u
Funniest comment posted in a loong time!
it looks awesome cant wait to buy one
Go chanie & laky katnial
hey comment 3,
learn how to cook 🙂
My two year old is drawing a Lamed,, he made one out of Lego today,, When I asked him what that Lamed was all about,, he told me it was for Lemon ices, and lokshen concoction!! Thank You Mitzvah Boulevard.
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Great Job!!!
I don’t think it is right to show off sushi bars and ice cream stations when thousands of shluchim across the globe are surviving on tuna fish! 🙁
I love you so much you are the best mother in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope to grow up to be just like YOU!!!!!!! love Kabu
Go Chaim! Go Yanky! We want Volume 2! – Yomim Tovim, 12 Pesukim, – or whatever you have up your sleeves – Can’t wait!