Rabbi Simcha Zirkind’s Life in Photos
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a collection of photos from the fascinating life of Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, pioneer of Chabad in Quebec.
Rabbi Zirkind was a charismatic rabbi, who made it the goal of his life to make a difference in people’s lives.
He greeted every individual with smile and an encouraging word. He was unbashful with his mission and goal and did anything to reach it. While
While he would rather sit and study all day, he was guided by the Rebbe, to dedicate his life to others, just with one caveat: continue to maintain a rigorous study routine. Which is what he always kept to doing.
Over the years he made it his mission to bring thousands of Jews to the Rebbe to ask for his advice and guidance. Every words of the Rebbe was precious to him and thus he initiated the publishing the Advice for Life series in the last ten years of his life. Here you will find some of the photos of him in the Rebbe’s court.
The photos are from his as a travelling rabbi (with Rabbi Moshe Feller) as a part of the Chabad peace corps, to being a head counselor in Camp Gan Israel in Montreal, QC, and to his Tunisian passport.
Always looking to assist another, he paved the road for Chabad in the Canadian parliament, where he and his son Rabbi Mendy are there to help anyone in need.
As the photos tell, he held a special place in the hearts of many of the Canadian prime ministers, who always greeted him with a warm smile, listening to every word he passionately spoke.
Read more about Rabbi Zirkind here: http://lubavitch.com/news/
mendel
was he one of the 9 students who went to canada on shlichus?
amazing
What a amazing man he was. I remember him as a bochur. He was a true Yid to klall Yisroel, & to his family. He will be missed.
Yehuda
No. He came to Montreal on shlichus after he left Tunis in 1967