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Two beautiful photographs taken by a New York Times photographer on Motzoai Simchas Torah in 5728 (1967) during the Farbrengen with the Rebbe.
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Motzoai Simchas Torah – 5728 (1967)
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Two beautiful photographs taken by a New York Times photographer on Motzoai Simchas Torah in 5728 (1967) during the Farbrengen with the Rebbe.
Click the Extended Article to view the additional photograph!
lizman
nice pics very nostalgic and brings back beautiful memories
can you post these in a larger format so we can zoom in and see the people more clearly
please
and thanks
Those where the days
Oh rebbe oh rebbe we need you!!!
Moish
Wrong Date.
It was 5728 (1967).
I was there.
Inquiry
Why is the Sliach and who is the ‘Balabus’ he brought to the Rebbe?
Anyone know?
truth be told
i thinkit was taken ‘on’ simchas torah and printed in the times the next day obviuosely without the consent of anyone official.
lets not rewrite history
awacs
I note that the Rebbe is further to the west than he was in later years.
Do I assume correctly that the corner building wasn’t part of 770 yet?
year 5728 - 1967
it is well known to every one this picture is from the year 1967 – 5728, it is not the first time it is published.
770
770 was expanded in 3 sections
this is the first
berel
I see:
Rabbis Mentlick, Shemtov Kazarnovsky, Chanin and berel weiss. PLease name more
Farmer
the shlich looks like "Rabbi L Alevesky"
the head shlich of Ohio
bunia
my father was there
Inquiry -- response
The shliach is Rabbi L. Alevsky from Cleveland, OH.
lizman
i see reb uziel chazanov in the back on top next to reblipskar the gabbai
chaim
notice rabbi groner is not wearing a kopote which would make me believe (contrary to popular belief) that its not simchas torah
THOSE WERE THE DAYS.
I WAS THERE, AND THOSE FARBRENGENS WERE AMAZING. YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE IN A DIFFERENT (NICER & BETTER) WORLD. I WAS ALSO THERE (AS ONE OF ONLY THREE WOMEN) WHEN THE REBBE TAUGHT SHAMIL’S NIGUN. THE WOMAN NEXT TO ME WAS AN ELDERLY DEAF LADY, YET WHEN THE REBBE FINISHED TEACHING THE NIGUN THE DEAF LADY SANG IT OVER. SHE THEN TOLD US THAT SHE DOES NOT HEAR BUT WHENEVER THE REBBE WOULD SPEAK TO HER SHE WOULD HEAR.
galus
why cant moshiach come all ready!?
Neshama
Why, Oh Why didn’t you blow this one up, so we could see the Rebbe better!
the windows behind bring back memories
when i came to Crown Heights in 1973 i was turned off and confused by the scene in 770. i was accustomed to the orderliness of a what is called Conservative Judaism. it was too much for me to join the pushing upstairs with the other women so i went to those back windows, which opened at a slant, and watched the Rebbe dance from there.
hershel
that’s not Rabbi Groner!
anon
Joe Fellig, Benzion Friedman…they are in the back right
Once and for all...
The story ran in 1967 in the Monday, October 30t, edition of the New York Times (page 39 to be exact). Simchas Torah that year fell on Friday and the next day was Shabbos Berashis. The picture, according to the article, was taken Motezi Shabbos Berashis, after midnight.
There is a quote from a young, red-bearded rabbi, by the name of Samuel Schrage.