Birchas Hachamah Unites Communities in Michigan

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI [CHI] — All five orthodox Kehilos of Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield MI, which include three Chabad centers- Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills- Rabbi Chaim Moshe Bergstein, Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield- Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, and The Shul- Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov, joined together for Birchas Hachama at the Jewish Community Center of West Bloomfield. Close to five hundred people joined for the service, which began with Shachrit and was followed by a Siyum Bichoros by Rabbi Chaim Moshe Bergstein and Mendel Shemtov.

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The Birchas Hachama service was emceed by Rabbi Bergstein, and it had the participation of all the Orthodox Rabbis of the communities. It was a true display of Achdus of the various Kehilos. West Bloomfield and Farmington Hills became centers of Torah and Chassidus thirty five years ago through the Rebbes Shluchim.

3 Comments

  • to :getzel

    to #2
    if u have nothing to do don’t do it here!
    i.e. if you are looking to pick on something do it right! (berels son was there!)

  • re: Getzel

    Berel Shemtov was most likely at the Birkas HaChamah in Oak Park, where he lives. This ceremony was in a different city entirely, more than ten miles away.