Lubavticher Yeshiva Celebrates Tanya Printing

This year on Chof-Daled Teves, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street launched a historical project– printing of a Tanya by tomchei temimim crown st. accompanied by a Tanya B’al Peh initiative to mark and honor the 200th anniversary yahrtzeit of the Alter Rebbe, Baal Hatanya. Children at every grade level stepped forward with a personalized commitment of how many lines in the sacred writing they would memorize, and carry with them for the rest of their lives. The day also marked the yeshiva’s

In a world where children often times rely on incentives– a prize of some sort– to propel them ahead in life, here, we find a case where there was no physical promise of reward from school to student based on the level of accomplishment. 100% of the students signed up simply because they felt a need to seize the opportunity which presented itself, the opportunity to learn the lines of Tanya which they could later recite as they walk through the streets of the world, purifying the air wherever they go.

Today, Lubavitcher Yeshiva held a ceremony celebrating the culmination of a 6 month long project consisting of the historic Tanya printing by staff and students and the tanya baal peh campaign.

Rabbi Simpson greeted the boys with congratulatory words of encouragement, and went on to distribute the newly printed volumes to each student, with their names beautifully embossed in gold on the cover.

Rabbi Rivkin of the “Chabad Teens” program told a chassidishe story and went on to deliver the first lesson of tanya that these students would ever learn with their newly printed volumes and the talmidim sang the alte rebbes nigun as hachana for recieivng their tanyas.

A highlight of the event was the beautiful museum-style display of “Tanyas From Around The World”. To emphasize to the talmidim the fundamental importance of the sefer hatanya, students were encouraged to bring in Tanyas which have been printed in different locations around the globe which were labeled with the child’s name and set on display.Rabbi Kanelsky distributed certificates and $2 bills to participants of the Tanya baal peh campaign.

A special thank you to Mrs. Lizzie Rosenberg, PTA, helping with this enormous project in any way she could, for setting up the tanya display, giving out the cupcakes and her commitment to the talmidim all year round.