Photos: 770 Gets a Facelift
The interior of the main building of 770 has been buzzing with activity over the past several days, as it undergoes its first serious facelift since 1978.
The work is being led by R. Gershon Laufer under the guidance of Rabbi Chaim Boruch Halberstam, who was personally appointed by the Rebbe to the Vaad Bedek Habayis.
The work is moving along at a fast and steady pace, and is expected to be complete in time for the Yomtov of Shavuos, G-d wiling, Gershon Laufer told CrownHeights.info.
The much needed work includes the refinishing of all the hallway doors and the installment of new molding – made to match the original molding of the building, which was purchased by the Frierdiker Rebbe in 1940 not long after it was built.
If you would like to take part in this important project, please contact R. Gershon Laufer at 917-627-7570.
Abba
Who remembers when they closed 770 (downstairs) to redo the floor? I still remember .
AB
And i have nice pictures of that event
Avade
they gotta fix what the Tzfatim broke!
And....
I give it 2 weeks before they break it again…
lekabel pney moshiach
wow 770 is getting ready too
Levi
Changing the objects the rebbe touched????!!!!!
Frightening!
All we have left is the original holy building! To replace that???!!!
Anonymous
It is time for a facelift but what happened to the original doors the Rebbe used? Couldn’t they just have been painted onstead of being replaced?
To the Rebbe the phyical building and walls of 770 were precious…
Anonymous
When I saw this article I had mixed feelings.
On one hand its good to see that 770 is being taken care of, and that someone is there to watch it.
But on the other hand I am not so sure that this is the way it should be done, I come to 770 at least once a day because this is the place that I feel connected to the rebbe this is the floor the rebbe walked on these are the doors the rebbe walked through, if its all gone what will I tell myself, and what will I tell my children.
But most of all the ‘kedosha’ that these doors, walls have are NOT replaceable.
I love the rebbe and I want to continue filling him in this holy place.
LOL
This is a Chossid? One who cannot feel the Rebbe because of a floor or door? HA!
The floors in 770 are so far removed from the original which the Rebbe walked on… The walls? Those are panel coverings which were installed a few years ago…
You need to feel mekushar? Go learn a maamar or do mivtzoim. Maybe go to the Ohel and write a pan (or the Igros if thats your thing), but spare me your lunacy over a door or a floor tile. Du ligt zach in drek.
Anonymous
Great job I think the rebbe house should be next at least the outside
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What did they do with the original doors???
Doors
I see you are sooooooo worried about the doors…. So I will tell you.
The hallway door was smashed open so many times that it was only glue that was holding it together, so an exact copy of it was made and it was replaced. The original was placed on another door frame in upstairs 770.
The other door which was replaced was the hallway door entering the ‘big zal’. It used to be metal and it was replaced with a wood one, which is an exact copy of the hallway door and the Rebbes rooms door. The original metal door was reused in another door frame as well.
hate to bust a bubble
btw this happened like 6 months ago (notice the wool hat)
Many Photos
This is a project that was ongoing. It began in the winter and yesterday they were ‘staining’ and ‘lacquering; the finished doors, frames and moldings.
hello
to 4 lately they have bin cracking down on them. to 7 it is ok to fix 770 as long as it looks the same. to 8 the rebbes house is not really used does not need to be fix
looking for info
To # 3 just looking for more excuses to hate & divide the truth is this is long overdue it should have been done years ago! I am sure there has to be a flooring for down stairs that can look really nice last much longer & more durable then the tiles now any Shul especially the Rebbe’s shul the Bais Hamikdash she B’Bavel should look like one not like broke down Drek!!
Shocked!
Why are stuff the Rebbe used over the years being replaced and being seized into others private possesion.
chaim
before gimmel tamuz , doors floors walls etc were also changed even though the rebbe touched them