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His First Mezuzah – Mivtzoim in Yehupitzvil

You thought Yehupitz was a mythical place. It isn’t. It’s in Hastings, Minnesota, a twenty minute drive from the Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. As Yehupitz’s go, this one doesn’t have many if any Jews. And out of this Yehupitz came Deke, a Coffee shop owner whose Jewish name is Chaim Branchaud-Linsk, a Jew from North Minneapolis.



When Deke heard of the Yeshiva, he made a point to come over for a visit. He met Lubavitch 25 years ago when he spent several weekends at Shabbatons with Rabbi Manis Friedman and Rabbi Moshe Feller. He wanted to know if the yeshiva would visit the coffee shop and sing some Jewish songs. Over time, Deke has become very good friends with the Yeshiva. The bochurim have visited often, and Deke always stops what he’s doing and spends some time farbrenging with them.

On Monday, after a nice schmooze with Rabbi Yosef Eizicovics, Deke was excited to have a mezuzah put up on the front door of his store. On Monday, Rabbi E. and some bochurim drove down to Hastings, and in a small ceremony, Deke became the first person in Hastings to have a mezuzah on his business’ front door!

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11 Comments

  • nice

    Lovely story, but why did it take 25 years before they put up a Mezuzah? Didn’t anybody notice there wasn’t one?

  • #1-myyeshivahfan

    go yos and yoni baby, keep up the strong mivtzoim and the rebbe’s work!!!

  • david

    may it u read more slower u would catchthat he met chabad 25 years ago not that he had the store for 25 years

  • a friend

    yoni im really happy to see you dishing out. keep up the good work, and iy”h next time i see you you will be saying mamorim baal peh in 770.

  • A Missing Floridian

    myyeshiva is still rockin.. Rabbi E. never gives up, not on his boys or his community… good stuff is coming out of cottage grove. if you need a place where your son can strive…myyeshiva is it! I miss all of you. Hanhala, keep up the wonderful work!