In 1987, Reb Boruch Mordechai Lifshitz, right—or Mottel der Shoichet, as he was affectionately known—received a lulav and etrog set for the holiday of Sukkot as a gift from the Rebbe.
Remembering Reb Mottel der Shoichet, 97
Reb Mottel der Shoichet, 97, was a fierce survivor of decades-long Soviet persecution. Exiled to the Soviet gulags for seven years for the crime of Torah study and his connections to Chabad, he went on to serve for decades as Moscow’s only shochet (kosher slaughterer) and mohel (circumciser).
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