Hong Kong, China — The Jewish Community of Hong Kong was overwhelmed with joy as they were blessed with a new baby boy member. Hong Kong is well known as a business center frequented by business men from around the world. The Chabad Shaliach Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon was successful in establishing a flourishing Jewish Community in addition to providing a Jewish environment to the many Jewish visitors.
A Crown Heights Mohel leaves an Impression
Hong Kong, China — The Jewish Community of Hong Kong was overwhelmed with joy as they were blessed with a new baby boy member. Hong Kong is well known as a business center frequented by business men from around the world. The Chabad Shaliach Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon was successful in establishing a flourishing Jewish Community in addition to providing a Jewish environment to the many Jewish visitors.
On the 9th day of Kislev Moshe and Miriam Kamkin Chabad members of the Hong Kong Jewish Community were blessed with their third son. Moshe Kamkin said that “in Hong Kong there is no Mohel for us to use. We need to import a Mohel to do the Bris for our new son. Israel, Australia, England, and Canada were some options for us to consider. However I was looking for a Mohel, that in addition to the skill of doing a good Bris, can inspire the participant’s members of our community”.
Rabbi Levi Heber, a Crown Heights Mohel, and a friend of the Kamkin family accepted the challenge of flying 21 hours each way for a 7 hour stay over in Hong Kong.
Rabbi Heber said that he was encouraged by his Grandfather Rabbi Yisroel Tzvi HaLevi Heber OBM to become a Mohel. “My Grandfather was a Mohel and a Shochet. He was sent by the Rebbe to Romania as a Shaliach to assist the Jewish community there. With much devotion and self sacrifice he has performed many Brisim in distant parts of that country. My Grandfather passed away while I was on my way to Hong Kong, I was only notified of this upon my return, two days later. He was a true Chassid and a role model of someone that will endure self sacrifice just to help others”.
The Bris was held in The Jewish Community Center is in the heart of the Jewish community in Hong Kong. In significance to the baby boy’s birthday, he was given the name DovBer. May we see much Nachas from him and may he inspire his surroundings as has the Mitteler Rabbe, Rabbi DovBer Schneersohn, the one he was named after.
Ezra Solomon
Great Story. May Rabbi Levi Heber continue to do such good work in the Schus of his Grandfather AH.
bavayz
very nice
BrookAve
The title of this article is funny! How can a Mohel do a Mila without leaving an impression?
Baruch
Way to go Levi
From your friends in Texas
a friend
May you always be matzliach in your avodas hakodesh and in this case, definately get zchar halicha.
hk shliach
HONK KONG BABY!!!!
chonanosson@hotmail.com
I learned from Rabbi Shain when he did the brisos of my twin boys that there is no such word as “brisim”. Bris is a feminine word, and the plural is “brisos”. I see this mistake posted all over the place and can’t understand why. Mazal Tov
BrookAve
To chonanosson: What do you expect from an Ohelei Tora education?
Ezra Solomon
From my understanding;
The word “Brisos” (plural of Bris) is a Hebrew word.
The English use the word “BRIS” in the singular and for plural, “BRISIM”.
That’s the English language for you!
a reader
To the Baal Midakdek
A chasid was once asked by a Yekke “ where is there a word in the Toiroh that has 4 Komatzen in a row?
The chosid didn’t know.
The Yekke replied ”Horochomo“ (one of the treif birds, and conclded ”Halten Zi Daas“ (retain this).
The chosid,not willing to remain a ”Baal Choiv“ asked the Yekke, ” where do you find a word in the Toiroh that has four patachs one after another?
Now it was the Yekke who had to admit that he didn’t know of such a word.
The chosid told him “hakadachas” and concluded “halten zi daas”
Vda”l
circumcision.net
Keep up the good work Levi!
Michoel
Mazal Tov Moish and Miriam!! Tgadluhu l’Torah chupah umaasim toivim!
guess who
A bris in english is calles a circumcision! For thoose of you who like to call yourselves grammer experts
mendy
In Yiddish you might say “brissin”, which could lead to “brissim”
chonanosson@hotmail.com
And grammar is spelled with two a’s, for those of us who like to call oursleves spelling experts.
dikduk
There are many words in our lingo like “brisim” how many of you say talaisos as apposes to taleisim when you’re talking about a talis or shabbasos instead of shabbosim?