Susie Garber

On Wednesday evening, March 22, community and shul members gathered at Congregation Ahavas Yisroel for a much-anticipated annual shiur. As always, Rabbi Herschel Welcher shlita, rav of Congregation Ahavas Yisroel, shared an inspiring and informative shiur.

On Sunday evening, March 12, Rabbi Jonathan Rietti, well-known speaker, spoke at Torah Center of Hillcrest on staying religious in a secular world, in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Eliyahu ben Istam Nisanov a”h. The shiur was sponsored by his sons, Yaakov and Baruch Nisanov, and hosted by Chazaq. The shiur can be viewed on TorahAnytime.

On Tuesday, March 14, the Navigating the Medical System Lecture Series featured Nathan Tehrani, MD FACC, attending cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Queens, on the cardiologist’s approach to evaluating chest pain. The Zoom lecture, as always, was hosted by Congregation Etz Chaim.

Despite the freezing temperatures on Motza’ei Shabbos, March 4, a large crowd gathered at Congregation Ahavas Yisroel to hear an inspiring shiur about Purim delivered by Rabbi Moshe Schwerd, well-known maggid shiur and speaker. He began by sharing that we all know that Taanis Esther and Purim are auspicious times for t’filah. Galus began with the sale of Yosef and ended with K’rias Yam Suf. G’ulas Mitzrayim is the template for the final g’ulah. The final g’ulah can come only when Amalek is gone. Amalek has to be gone at the End of Days as they are inconsistent with the idea of g’ulah.

On Sunday evening, March 12, family and community members gathered for a meaningful fourth yahrzeit commemoration of Rabbi Eyakim Rosenblatt zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshiva Kesser Torah. Rabbi Avraham Dovid Garber, rav of Kesser Torah, welcomed everyone in person and on Zoom. First, Dr. Rick Shields, well-known nutritionist and speaker, shared a heartfelt remembrance on Zoom. He related that, in his Gemara shiur, Rabbi Rosenblatt would start by saying, “Where are we holding?” He soon turned this question into a spiritual nigun that he sang to his talmidim in the beginning of shiur. The literal meaning was: Where are we holding in the Gemara daf, but the deeper question was: Where are we holding in life? This question has stayed with his talmidim for all these years.

On Sunday evening, March 5, Let’s Get Real With Coach Menachem Bernfeld, featured Rabbi Yitzchok Feldheim speaking on how to stop hiding in the bushes and get back to the gan, meaning Gan Eden. Rabbi Feldheim is a world-renowned speaker who spent the past 20 years speaking with college students.