STATEN ISLAND, NY — A torrent of rain sent the thousands attending Staten Island fest for Russian speakers scurrying for cover, but not Chabad rabbinical student Aharon Teleshevsky and Mark Tokar, 16.
Teleshevsky had helped Tokar wrap tefillin just moments before, a first for Tokar since his bar mitzvah. “I don’t do prayers, normally,” he said.
Dancing in the Rain At the Staten Island Russian Fest
STATEN ISLAND, NY — A torrent of rain sent the thousands attending Staten Island fest for Russian speakers scurrying for cover, but not Chabad rabbinical student Aharon Teleshevsky and Mark Tokar, 16.
Teleshevsky had helped Tokar wrap tefillin just moments before, a first for Tokar since his bar mitzvah. “I don’t do prayers, normally,” he said.
The two danced round and round as hundreds, huddling under tents set out to promote Russian-owned businesses, looked on.
“Rain is a blessing,” said Rabbi Yochanon Ivry, spiritual leader Cong. Toras Emes, who called on the Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (F.R.E.E.), the Chabad-Lubavitch Russian Program, to assist with arranging the booth, by providing its volunteers, to reach out to the gathered Russian-Jews, and provide its translated Jewish living guides and publications in the Russian language.
“I contacted the F.R.E.E. organization several hours before Shabbos, notifying them of the Russian Fest to be held on Sunday morning, and they provided an organized group of dedicated volunteers, chabad rabbinical students, armed with various publications and their unique expertise in outreach, says Ivry.
A flood of blessings is needed to reach second and third generation progeny of Russian-Jewish immigrants. Of the estimated 700,000 Russian-Jewish immigrants in the U.S., about half live in New York.
ryio
Why do we have to be meshugah?! I don’t get why this is a big mitzva or even something that we’re supposed to look up to? Looks like they’re scratching the bottom of the barrel for articles…
BP yid
The pic gave me nachas!
Shkoyach to the bochurim making a great kiddush HaShem b’Simcha!
RIght on RYIO !
LOL!!!!
Look in the dictionary for the definition of the word re-tar-ded. Perhaps it will give us a clue as to what is happening in this picture.
LOL
Only OUR bochurim… amazing!!!
Pro Mivtzoim
If you can’t do the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim, Don’t go Criticizing others who are doing the right thing. May we all look up to these Bochrim and and follow them to help bring Moshiach.
Good Job Ari. Keep up the Good work.
The Guy with the Dog
What’s wrong with you neigh-sayers? This picture really made me smile. This is the Rebbe’s work at its most basic level.
Shkoiach.
i know him
dond blame the Rebbe for somone`s crazy act. Mivztaim is good but that is crazy.
dancing in the rain is not mivtzaim. and who said the Rebbe is proud of him.
berl
way to go rabbi ivry
to i know him
the reall way to do mivtzoyim is by giving people a chayus to do more, not just putting teffilin on once and probably never again but to make him really want to do more mitzvos
to i know him
the real way to do mivtzoyim is by giving people a chayus to do more, not just putting teffilin on once and probably never again but to make him really want to do more mitzvos and to make it look to other people as something good and fun and set an example for them!!
inspired
STUNNING! This is Chabad Lubavitch!
DG. A member of the yekatrinislav crew!
Ari you are the man!! awesome work, amazing job keep it up!! And for all those square headed individuals who cant open up their minds to the thought of getting wet when its raining, dont critisize the one who is out there doing the reebes mivzoim, yes the rebbes mivzoim has to be done regardless of any weather!!
batya
BS”D
cant we just get along
to i know him w….do u feel better now?
http://lubavitch.com/news/a…
cool
wwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good job!!!!!
think befor you write
to all thous who criticize,
look at the “Eltere Chasidim” who we always looked up to, thay did the same thing!!! (like dancing in the rain to make another jew besimcha, like that painting where the chosid is making a somersault by a farbrengen) and i’m sure thay where bashed, but later they would be the story’s you tell your grandchildren.
moshe
no… you see the thing is they were’nt bashed, they were heroes! Chasidim like shmuel munkis and the like. In my opinion araleh is a modern day shmuel munkis, a shining example of what it means to be a chosid, and bring real joy to people… ivdu es hashem besimcha…vshtus d’kedusha.
Nathan V.
My Rabbi sent me this article and I was moved to tears.
Although I am not Chabad, I feel honored to be a part of something so special.
Lechaim to this lively yeshiva student!
Thank you!
puleese
what about when the Rebbe HIMSELF climbed over the gate at Botanical Gardens? Just to show an example of L’chathila Ariber. This guy put Tefilin on for the FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE! It was HIS Bar Mitzvah! Of course he should dance. nerd
cousin
i think what arele did is the right thing!!!!!!!!!!!
mivtzayim is something that is a full time responsibility not only on sunny days but in the rain as well!
way to go and keep up the great work
dont get put down from all this criticism