New Pittsburgh Mikvah Begins To Come Together With The Next Stage of Construction
by CrownHeights.info
The new mikvah being built at the Bnei Emunah – Chabad Shul in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania took the next step towards completion this morning as the second pouring of concrete-filled out the body of the Mikvah.
Local Rabbanim and community leaders oversaw the pouring of the cement for the Mikvah, a complicated task that takes planning and halachic oversight.
The building of the Bnei Emunah -Chabad Mikvah, being built in memory of Yudi “Jeff” Sternfeld OBM, is being overseen by Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum, a well-known Halachic authority of Mikvaos.
Funding for the mikvah was raised through a campaign in memory of Yudi “Jeff” Sternfeld, an international businessman, friend of thousands, and husband of Chani Sternfeld who passed away on January 14, 2021 (Alef Shvat) due to complications from Covid-19. Married for only a year and half and only 31 years old, Yudi had passed away without having been blessed with children. Family and friends have undertaken several memorial efforts, the most significant of which being Yudi’s Legacy of the Greenfield Mikvah in Pittsburgh.
In the days after his death, Yudi’s phone was found to contain a note titled “For Future Sons” which included lessons and values he wanted to pass on. “He would have been the best of fathers,” remarked his widow, Chani Sternfeld. There is no question that the next generation from Yudi would have contributed tremendously to making this world a greater place.
The completion of the new Mikvah will bring relief to both men and women of the local Jewish community who today have had to walk 1½ miles to use the nearest Mikvah.
