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Amazing Shabbaton for Unit Chitas in Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ [CHI] — “It’s been well deserved” said one of the participants of this long awaited Shabbaton, as 10 students of Lubavitcher Yeshivah’s Unit Chitas packed a van for Atlantic City on Friday morning.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Mivtzoim on an empty boardwalk followed a very wild yet uplifting Shabbos.

At Shul, every member of the community was filled with excitement and emotion as the “bochurlets”, as they were quickly nicknamed, created a very inspirational atmosphere. It was therefore, no surprise that one member of the Shul could not hold back his tears during Davening and several people came early the next morning to spend even more time with the “bochurlets.”

Even a spontaneous dance in middle of the Street at 8:15am came as no surprise for an early Shul goer. “The atmosphere was changed from the very beginning of Shabbos” he declared.

Shabbos Afternoon continued with special activities and a one of a kind farbrengen with Rabbi Avrohom Rapaport, Shliach to the growing Jewish community of Ventnor, New Jersey. The Farbrengen evolved around the topic of Mivtzoim and many took on new Hachlotos to start going on Mivtzoim even before their Bar Mitzvahs.

Shabbos concluded with a unique Havdalah ceremony on the beach, just steps away from roaring waves. Then, not far down the Road was “Lucie” a six story Elephant, one of the city’s most well known attractions.

“Have you ever met the tallest man in the world?”

“Well, that’s precisely who we met as we topped off the trip with a stop at Ripley’s believe it or not!” said one happy, (and a little spooked) camper.

“This was the time of our lives” – believe it or not!

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Unit Chitas is a division of Chayolei Tzivos Hashem of Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Crown Heights.

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10 Comments

  • is this the right place?

    i really disagree with the choice of destination! atlantic city?!! is this a place that chassidishe bochurim should be visiting? atlantic city is synonymous with gambling and other things that are the opposite of aidelkeit.
    is this the right place that that was chosen! THIS is the exciting trip!

  • Your nephews and cousins far away

    Great Job Uncle Rabbi Shmully Turk together with cousin Rabbi Moishy Sero!!!

  • to all the critics out there,

    Thank you rabbi shmuly turk and thank you very much to rabbi rapaport!

    to all the critics out there,
    because atlantic city has so much ‘tumah’ that is why we went there! we went to bring the spirit of tomchey temimim. We had the whole beach for ourselves (and some birds).

    It might be hard to see the elephant clearly because its night, but its not real! its a musiem!

    And the best part we had a graet time with the comunity on shabos! We had chassidish games, we had farbrengens, we sang songs, it was graet.