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Tuesday, 20 Iyyar, 5784
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Chess Match in Washington Square Park Had High Stakes

Yechiel Simcha Kernish, a young bochur from Issaquah, WA, met a 102 year old man in Manhattan's Washington Square Park. When asked if he would put on Tefillin, the man challenged him to a chess match that he couldn't refuse. Full Story

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WOW!
October 30, 2023 7:50 pm

Wow! Thats a really amazing story!!!

and it's
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October 30, 2023 10:46 pm

very precious to spend time with holocaust survivors too and to bring them back to the Torah!

Who exactly was playing....
October 30, 2023 8:14 pm

I truly believe that the Rebbe was playing..
You HAD to win the game.
The Rebbe made sure the man will have a bar mitzvah. Even at 102.

it was Hashem who was playing
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October 30, 2023 10:46 pm

and it’s Hashem who is always playing the “chess game of earth”
and it’s Hashem who will always win and be in control…

David
October 31, 2023 12:59 am

The most powerful Jewish movement in the world, demonstrates its greatness every day.

Beautiful
October 31, 2023 1:46 am

Beautiful

So special!
October 31, 2023 1:14 pm

Maybe bring him some seforim as a bar mitzva present.

wow!!!!
October 31, 2023 10:23 pm

That’s so beautiful!

Wow.
November 2, 2023 7:30 pm

My teacher told us this story in school when we were learning about the bas-kol in parshas vayara very very inspiring story

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