A Gift for the Rebbe, A Tribute to a Brother

With Yud Aleph Nissan fast approaching, energy filled the Shul at Tomchei Tmimim Ocean Parkway as the talmidim and rebbeim gathered for a special assembly: the launching of this year’s Mishnayos Baal Peh Drive. This schoolwide mivtza serves as the ultimate birthday gift for the Rebbe.

However, this year’s campaign carries an added layer of meaning. The Yeshiva is dedicating the learning cycle L’ilui Nishmas Mordechai Dovid ben Avraham Keller A”H, the brother of our beloved talmid, Yosef Keller.

The loss of Mordechai Dovid this past summer was a shock and tragedy for the community, but the talmidim are channeling their heartbreak into action. Yosef Keller, who, to this point, is TTOPs MBP leader, has his fellow chavairim rallying behind him. The Older Division has already broken an all time record surpassing an astonishing 1,000 lines in a short few days thus far. Boys can be seen reviewing lines of Tanya and Mishnayos Ba’al Peh while waiting their turn to play ping pong as seen on the video, while others pace the hallways back and forth filling the public spaces with words of Torah.

This is also a call to action for the community at large, to take on something extra in the merit of Mordechai Dovid A”H. May it be in the merit of these undertakings, that we will be zocheh to the reunion with Mordechei Dovid, with the coming of Moshiach Now!