Remote U.S. Shluchim Gather in Portland

Many years ago, on the night the Rebbe asked that the world be divided into regions for purposes of regional Kinusim, those working on the project took a group of states from Mississippi to Washington – and many in between – and created a group they called the “Sheiris Hapleita.” Officially it was named the ‘Western Region,’ at the time encompassing about twelve Shluchim spread across twenty states.

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Video: What Motivates a Shlucha to Forgo a Life of Relative Ease?

Sandy Eller, a writer for VIN News, attended the International Kinus Hashluchos Gala dinner this past Sunday evening at the New York Hilton, where she set out to find the answer to a nagging question: What could possibly make thousands of Orthodox-Jewish women forgo the innumerable conveniences of living in a Frum community, and move out to the farthest stretches of the globe?