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Musings Of A Shliach From Montana When you find yourself standing before a soul on fire, crying from the essence of their neshamah, it’s impossible not to be moved. This past Shabbos in shul I shared a story from a few years back about Rabbi Zale Newman of Toronto arranging a funeral for a local […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana Compared to most dads, I’m around a lot. I do the early morning shift, I do one school drop-off/pickup, I’m home for dinner every night, and I do bedtime with Menny. Yet, with five kids and lehavdil two dogs, Chavie and I divvy up our operation, and she spends […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana There’s cold weather and then there’s cold weather. This past Shabbos we cancelled services due to weather for the first time in seventeen years. I probably could have made it to shul, but it would be too risky for the kids and irresponsible for many of my congregants. Starting […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana Kiruv is a word that is thrown around a lot these days. It refers to the outreach religious Jews do with their less religious Jewish brethren, bringing them closer to Torah observance. In Chabad, we don’t use the term Kiruv Rechokim to describe this bringing close of those who […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana While it’s hard to get away from Bozeman and all the activity that goes on there, Chavie and I try to get away at least twice a year with the kids for some much-needed family time. It’s a healthy way to keep our family in focus and get a […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana I don’t travel to large frum communities very often, so when I do there is a part of me that obviously feels at home, but there’s another part of me that feels like a spectator, updating myself on the new realities in religious Jewish enclaves. I told you last […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana Writing during Chanukah is challenging since we have non-stop holiday events planned without a minute to spare. So, it’s Monday morning at 5:35 a.m. and I finally found a few minutes to compose my thoughts and share with you, my dear, loyal readers, some musings on Chanukah. Chanukah comes […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana This past Friday night we hosted about twelve guests around our Shabbos table, including a Jewish mother in her 70s and her almost fifty-year-old son and his non-Jewish wife. It was a delightful Shabbos dinner where we discussed the Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus and my daughter Chaya shared a […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana It’s a big week for me and for Klal Yisrael. On the 15 of Kislev, I celebrated my 42nd birthday. We are taught that on a birthday, “mazlo gover,” our personal energetic powers come alive and are strengthened, and can bring blessings. It’s our own personal Rosh Hashanah. So, […]

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana Last week I wrote about the bris that we hosted in Bozeman while Klal Yisroel was in Washington, D.C. rallying for Eretz Yisrael. Attending the bris were Rabbi Dovber and Rebbetzin Rochie Pinson, who direct the Iyyun Center in Brooklyn and have a shul in Montebello, outside of Monsey. […]