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Are you looking for a thought-provoking, interactive, text-based, in-person parshah class in Queens? On Monday evenings at 7:05-8:05 p.m., participants of all ages and backgrounds gather at the home of Rebbetzin Trani Rosenblatt, at 147-36 69^th Road, in Kew Gardens Hills, to enjoy an informative parshah class with Rabbi Avraham Dovid Garber, rav of Yeshiva Kesser Torah and Founder of Our Jewish Children, which provides tuition assistance for yeshivah to children who would otherwise go to public school. The class leaves the participants with practical musar ideas to apply to daily life.

On Monday evening, August 29, Rabbi Avraham Nissanian, well-known speaker and founder of Eshel Avraham, shared a virtual shiur on behalf of the organization. He began by wishing everyone a sweet and fruitful end of the year and a sweet new year.

On Monday evening, September 12, a large crowd gathered at Beth Gavriel for a night of inspiration in memory of Yosef ben Angela (Yosef Matayev). Rabbi Ilan Meirov shared a beautiful shiur highlighting the important things we should be doing now during this month of Elul, and he spoke about how inspiring Yosef Matayev was to everyone who knew him.

On Sunday, August 21, Rabbi Yaniv Meirov, CEO of Chazaq and rav of Congregation Charm Circle in KGH, shared an enlightening shiur on the power of sh’miras ha’lashon for a merit for a r’fuah sh’leimah for Netanel Shai ben Devorah. This was the Number 45 shiur of this weekly shiur on sh’miras ha’lashon, which was started last August by the grandfather of Netanel Shai, Tuvia Sablosky, as a z’chus for this baby who was born with his jaw locked tight so he cannot eat, etc. The Biala Rebbe advised the family to do these shiurim for a z’chus for a r’fuah sh’leimah.

Rabbi Shaya Cohen, Founder and Director of Priority One, shared his wisdom and experience in chinuch and parenting in a virtual interview with Rabbi Yaniv Meirov, CEO of Chazaq on Tuesday evening, August 30. Rabbi Cohen has been working in the field of chinuch for over 40 years, and he has dealt with children at risk or children who went away from Judaism. He has an outreach yeshivah, a kollel, and a branch in Israel. His emphasis is on educating and training the educators.

On Tuesday evening, August 23, Shira Smiles, well-known speaker from Eretz Yisrael, delivered a live, powerful shiur at the Young Israel of Holliswood about the month of Elul and how to approach it properly. She noted that we are used to freedom to make our own choices. We don’t want to be told what to do. That was Adam’s struggle and challenge. Do we have the ability to listen and to give of ourselves to Hashem? The greatest person who ever lived was Moshe Rabbeinu and he was an anav.