Daily Archives: May 30, 2006

Oholei Torah’s Ground Breaking Event And Gala Banquet This Isru Chag Shavuos

As Oholei Torah prepares for its upcoming Annual Dinner together with a Ground Breaking Ceremony, we recall the special attention given to this affair in earlier years by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Then, as now, putting together a dinner to raise funds for the institution was no small feat. Rabbi Dovid Deitsch, who was known as the “Tatteh of Oholei Torah,” would seek out friends and acquaintances from the business world to participate in the festive evening to benefit the yeshiva. Once, R’ Deitsch suggested to the Rebbe that instead of investing so much time and effort into the dinner, he would volunteer to raise the funds from his friends by telephone. “I am prepared to collect the same sum of money without the effort,” he told the Rebbe. The Rebbe replied in the negative: “Ah dinner Darf Men Hoben – A dinner we must have,” he said.

Each year the organizers of the dinner look to bring new vitality and energy to the occasion. This year we honor Mr. and Mrs. Yeshaya and Sarah Boymelgreen, whose abundant generosity and constant support has made this dinner a reality.

The scroll that binds them

Families line room to kiss Torah as it arrives at Chabad house

Munster, IN — On a day when many Americans reflected in sorrow on lives lost, one group took a day to celebrate.

Music and singing could be heard for blocks along Ridge Road on Monday as the Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Indiana welcomed its new Torah scroll. The ceremony began with a procession from Grove Park to the Chabad house on Ridge Road in Munster.

Perhaps the most noticeable aspect of the festivities was the spirit behind the smiling faces of participants young and old. Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov said the Torah is significant not only as the first the Chabad owns, but also for the community the Chabad house represents.