Lubavitch of New Hampshire Provides an Oasis

Each summer, thousands seek respite from their busy lives and head to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for some well-deserved R&R. They come for the mountain climbing, cave crawling, hiking the Flume Gorge, driving up Mt. Washington and to see some breath-taking views.

For the past few summers, hundreds of those guests have been observant Jews, and the numbers keep multiplying.

They make the journey from Monsey, Brooklyn, Montreal, Lakewood, and several other heavily populated Jewish areas in the northeast. From as far north and south as Toronto and Maryland, these families visit the state in the summer months, but not without ensuring provisions are in place.

The phone calls and emails to the offices of Chabad of New Hampshire, located an hour and a half away, have been flooding in since the start of May.

Chabad Shliach, Rabbi Levi Krinsky, has personally taken hundreds of calls, arranging countless Minyanim and various accommodations.  Rabbi Krinsky admitted: “At times it was very overwhelming. But, hey, for a Shliach, it’s all in a day’s work.”

The local Price Chopper, at request and assistance of Rabbi Krinsky, was happy to accommodate the guests with a selection of glatt and cholov yisroel food products, and Kosher-quality wine at the local liquor store. During the peak season of the summer, Rabbi Krinsky arranged for a yungerman, Rabbi Yossi Klyne and his wife Rochel of Baltimore, Maryland, to spend two weeks as a scholar-in-residence.

Rabbi Yossi Klyne was superb at carrying out his responsibilities of giving over a Halacha Shiur in the morning and relaying Divrei Torah that were a blend of Nigleh and Chassidus between Mincha and Maariv. He engaged with a diverse crowd of Yidden, which is no easy task.

Rabbi Krinsky expresses his deep appreciation and thanks to Rabbi Yossi and Rochel Klyne for coming up to New Hampshire, Mr. and Mrs. Barry and Annette Weissman, who reside in Lincoln year round, for helping to organize the many logistics involved, and Rabbi Asher Sussman of Lakewood, NJ, who arranges the many seforim that are used during the summer months.

Minyanim in Lincoln will continue at the Days Inn until next Monday, September 5th.