A California farm grows citrons, known in Hebrew as the etrog, a fruit used to celebrate Sukkot. This year's crop tested the farm's owner in ways he never imagined.
A California farm grows citrons, known in Hebrew as the etrog, a fruit used to celebrate Sukkot. This year's crop tested the farm's owner in ways he never imagined.
LINK Kollel Finds a Place for Everyone in New Space
“LINK’s special nature is that you can come from unaffiliated or from a yeshivish place and there will be something here for you, something for any kind of Jew.
Rabbi Brander, left, and Rabbi Lebhar (Photo by Ari L. Noonan)
One of the best-known Torah learning centers in Los Angeles, the LINK Kollel, has moved into new, more spacious and more visible quarters in the heart of the Pico-Robertson neighborhood.
“Everything is still unfinished,” says Rabbi Asher Brander, founding dean of the 19-year-old Los Angeles Intercommunity Kollel.
The new setting, with tall, white walls and spacious rooms, is still a work in progress, but the Torah learning is uninterrupted. Hundreds of students and aspiring scholars form the heart of LINK, ranging from those who attend the 10 daily services (morning, afternoon and evening prayers between 5:20 a.m. and 11:15 p.m.) to those who engage daily in deep Torah study classes.