By COLlive reporter
400 people gathered Sunday in Crown Heights to mark Tzivos Hashem’s 29th anniversary of working with Jewish children the world over.
The gala cocktail at the Jewish Children’s Museum honored the Mendelsohn family, Rabbi Gedaliah Shaffer OBM, Shmuly Axelrod and Shmuly Lax.
The Mendelson family, known for their charitable acts in the United States and Israel, accepted the award in memory of their mother, Rochel Leah OBM.
Her husband, Rabbi Mayer Mendelsohn opened a small pizza shop in Boro Park in 1969, which grew to become the largest in the Tri-State and a nationally distributed frozen meals company.
The award was presented to the Mendelsohns by Heshy Korenblit of the Jewish Press, Chairman of the 5770 dinner.
The second awardee was Rabbi Gedaliah Shaffer, a loving father, explorer and talmid chacham who was killed in a car accident in 2007.
Shaffer would take annual 3 week trips to exotic and far-off locations, taking thousands of photographs along the way. A collection of those were on display at the dinner.
“Gedaliah was as comfortable in a board room as he was speaking to the simplest person,” related his close friend, Rabbi Moishe Lieder of San Diego, CA, who flew in for the event.
Lieder spoke of Shaffer’s unique personality, great intelligence and love of learning. “We had an angel in our midst, and Hashem took that angel back. We were fortunate for the short time we knew him.”
Shmuly Axelrod received an award for his work on the Young Leadership Committee.
12 year old Shmuly Lax received the Power of Children award, for his volunteer work, visiting patients at Miamonides Hospital in Brooklyn.
Comedian Marc Weiner performed a comedy sketch about becoming an Orthodox Jew which had the audience in fits of laughter.
I would like to thank Gershon who did such a beautiful job of displaying R’ Gedaliah Shaffer’s pictures.
we have alot to learn from the Shaffers. Loving, bright, talented and people who do tremendous mitzvos. We have to thank HaShem for people like this for us to learn from. May they have only simchas and nachas.
I see you all! Lookin very nice Of course……Baila’s Mom!
Where’s Devorah Halberstam? Is it possible that she didn’t show up to a Tzivos Hashem event?
so prty
Kol Hakavod to Rabbi Mendel Spalter the main organizer of the event. I guess your photographer wasnt aware of this. He should be preped before he goes to an event.
Bronya Shaffer’s son-in-law Ari Kivman sang it all! He sang Elan,Elan a story from gemoro about blessing a tree that the biggest blessing is all it’s seeds should grow to be like it. This is the Shaffers family! Gedalya Shaffer ,OH, is alive in each one of his children from the oldest to the youngest! They are a most special and beautiful family and are a honor to their father!!
hey mushka! nice to see you 🙂
HELLLO not one picture of mendy spalter who if not for him would be no evening!! whatever!!
a mendy fan:)
Shmuli Akselrod you are the Man of the year…. you made us proud, keep up the good work and May Hashem bless you with all that you need!
beautiful,beautiful, beautiful……..!!!!!
MAn of the year…… you should be zoche to continue to man be of the century