History was made in Africa, as Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, shliach of Chabad of Central Africa, has opened a Chabad Yeshiva in the Congo’s capital city of Kinshasa.
Rabbi Bentolila, who arrived in Africa to open the first Chabad House in Africa 20 years ago, has seen the amazing growth of Chabad in the country, with centers opening in 11 other locations in Africa since then.
On the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Chabad in Africa, Rabbi Bentolila resolved to open a Chabad yeshiva as well. Within weeks a location was found and seforim – books were sent from Israel.
Rabbi Leizer Avtzon of New York was instrumental in finding a group of bochurim who would travel from New York to learn in the new Yeshiva.
The boys, students of Oholei Torah in Crown Heights, arrived in recent weeks, and have quickly become part of the small community, and have been giving Torah classes and visiting community members in additon to their schedule of learning.
The Jewish community in the Congo consists mainly of business people, diplomats, and many Israelis.
Photos: Yisrael Bardugo
Your are an dugma chai to us all
Levi and Mordechai
are there alot of yidden there?
im sorry but i did not say they should be in the same place literally but in the same city, why is it different then crown heights? where you have ot br and bm and uly etc…
i do not see a issue,
YOU CANNOT HAVE BOCHURIM AND GIRLS IN THE SAME PLACE
they should make a program like this for post sem girls who want to adavance their studies, its very private and one can truly focus
oholei torah chai!!!!!!!!!!! oholei torah chai!!!!!!!!!!
20 they all just finnished shiur daled oholei torah
how old are they?
they look lise serious bochurim..
yankala yankala moshiach is coming
kol hakavod..
looks like 42nd and 5th ave…
baalei mesiras nefesh!!!!!!!!!
has all the bochurim!!!!!!!!!
pic# 7
rabbi bentalila is a oihev yisroel, he makes sure everyone has what they need,
it looks very very beharchava,
i hear the food is gr8
AAFFFRRRIIIICCCAAA
chasuvei hatmimim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rabbi bentalila, is so good with people, no wonder the bochurim are having such a great time!!!!!!!!
wow wow vi zugt reb nachman..
yakov go get im.
great to c u holding up the kvutzah
i know all of them personally and they are all such geshmake bochurim
mendels the best shliach out there this days
we love you mendel, your fan club
WE LOVE YOU!
g’day from australia
we miss you
Hi from AZ!
kraz! you are mamesh making us proud! please, if youre going around the world, can you get me 3 pairs of tzizis. only if youre going. around the world. thanks. 3 pairs.
its yankel
hershel, come back to melbourne!!!
Mamash Awesome!!
Go Yossi Kagan! We miss you!!
Dear Rabbi Avtzon who is behind that amazing miracle,what about somthing similiar to our children,your children in Crown Heights?
its about time to do your shlichut here ! you are truly a leader and a big bal chesed ! we need you to steo up and change things around here and not in Africa… we are waiting to your miracle
Are they starting with Masechta Shabbos? (hint) e.h.
Shlomo. Shlomo. you did it again…you’re bringing the Rebbe to Congo more and more. Mechayil el Mechayil. you should see only brachos and mazal from here
Your Family in Montreal
Go Mendel, Zayer Geshmak tzu zen az du shturemst in limud hatorah. zolst hoben asach hatzlacha
hi from yudi in Californinia
keep doing the amazing work you do !!!!
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BH. The bottom picture says it all. It is a picture of a human menorah. The center one is slightly taller, four on each side,
like a menorah, The further it gets from the center, the longer it gets, also, just like the arms of a menorah. The further the braches get from the center, the longer they get. The purpose of which is to be “neirose leho-ir”. How do I know so much about a menorah? because, BH. I made the menorah for 770. Six feet high, in 1982.
Go Doodles!!!!!
love ur fav sis
how did they pull of to get their hands on yg ,
the biggest lamdon in lubavitch
toras emes is gonna be lucky this year
nice job. Go Mendy!!!
you forgot to add the main person involved besides for shlomo and that is lazer avtzon
Dear Shlomo and 23,
You don’t stop surprising us either. The shipment from Kehos arrives and Yeshiva Lubavitch snif afrika is open for business. Yehofchu yomi eilu, shvirah habeihamidosh vikol kailehu (kolel the kli hayodua) should be akeli for all brochos.
P.S. He forgot. Kirogil.
מנחם חדאד מילאנ
Dear Reb Shlomo! You don’t stop to surprise us. Davke in the 9 days it’s so refreshing to see the peulos in Africa growing.. Yihafchu yomim eilu. amen
Ps at the ohel 3 Tammuz you said something about aug. 1st
can there be a girl’s seminary there too??
keep on shtieging
sroullllll you are the best photographer!!!!!
rabbi youre a real mentch ive heard countless times from bochurim when bochurim are by you their treated like kings
are you farbrenging shtark
go herve and jose !!!
habochur hatomim hayokor vannaleh mm kraz im sure your turning congo over one of your big supporters
yossi
KOL HAKAVOD! yeshiva in central Africa??? this is incredible!! i have goosebumps! nachas van de rebbe
Chanonia Ragalski and Rabbi Bentolita who are the trailblazers in this truly miraculous almost impossible feat. Without their constant support and work down in this forgotten part of the world, there would be no fruits bearing like you see in these pictures. If I`ve left more people out, just reply to this.
wow i knew you would some day end up in one of those type of places!!
Show ’em how we do it postville style!!
Amazing
Ka”h aza oivdim and lamdonim especially yg
Yosef, lookin serious! They’re lucky to have you there, we all miss you in NY!!
hatzlacha rabba
Go foxy!!!
Amazing!!
May they have the best of Hatzlocha, all of them.
Go Mendy Fox 🙂
Very cool that this is in Africa specially central Africa!
kagen & baumgarten we miss u in Miami they r the best your fans in Miami Beach ZK
Looks like a beutifull program
Cazak veamatz – limud hatorah in new corner of the world!!!!!!
I agree. I also think Ezagui