45th Consecutive Year of Bringing Joy & Shalach Monos to Thousands in South Broward
For the 45th consecutive year, Chabad of South Broward is distributing thousands of Purim gift bags to seniors in dozens of nursing homes and retirement homes, to patients of all ages in many South Broward hospitals, and to young boys and girls in numerous preschools in South Broward.
According to Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus, Chabads’ Executive Vice President, “this is the second major outreach activity we organized since our founding in 1980. The first was the Annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah Festival in December 1980, the second was our distribution of Purim gifts to thousands of the less fortunate, in March 1981, to all those who could not attend Synagogue. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M Schneerson (1992-1994), encouraged that we bring the joy of Purim to everyone, especially to the the infirmed and the homebound”.
Over the years, distribution of Purim gifts by Chabad of South Broward volunteers and staff, has also included giving of these gifts to children in various Preschools and Community Centers.
The smiles and cheer that accompany the Shalach Monos gifts, especially to the loneliest of people, is priceless. ” We have been told by many social workers and nurses, that for some seniors, the smiles on their faces, when being remembered by our dedicated volunteers, is the first smile they’ve had, since we visited them Purim of the year before”, the Rabbi added.
As has become the custom the past 23 years, the organising, the packing and the distribution of the Purim Shalach Monos to seniors and home bound etc, is being carried out by the students of the Chaya Aydel Seminary and its principal, Rabbi Yossi Lebovics.
Facilities visited this year included numerous hospitals and preschools, Emerald Park Retirement Home in Hollywood, the Plaza at Pembroke Park, the Peninsula, Golf Crest Nursing Home, Kindred Hospital, Midtown Manner, and Lincoln Manner Retirement.
To assist in this Annual Purim Campaign, please go on to this link:
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