Bar Mitzvah at 101 Years Old!

MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — This past week on Friday Mivtzoim the T’mimim Levi Kaye and Chaim Rosenstien finally managed to convinced Mr. Pinchus (Paul) Greenberg to put on tefilin for the very first time! Pinchus is 101 years old and is currently living at the “Care One” Old Age Home in Morristown, N.J.

He had told the Bochurim he never had put on Tefillin before, which after some research was confirmed by last year’s Mivtzoim Chevrusa Bochurim who used to visit him when he was 99. They told Levi and Chaim that they had tried but were unable to convince him to perform this Mitzva till now. Boruch Hashem on the Bochurims second visit to him this past Friday Parshas “Ki Tatzai” they finally succeeded in convincing him to put on tefilin.

The Bochurim later explained to Pinchus that it’s never too late to do a Mitzvah!

Levi Kaye is a Shliach of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Sydney Australia, currently studying in Yeshivas Tomchai T’mimim Lubavitch in Morristown, NJ.

Yeshivos Tomchei Timimim Lubavitch around the Globe celebrated this Sunday its 111th anniversary to its founding in the city Lubavitch in Russia.

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