Beis Rivkah of Montreal marked Yud Shvat in a very meaningful way. Four bus-loads of students were transported to uplift the lives of others.
All Elementary students (from the very youngest grade-one students and up) visited numerous senior-citizen centers and nursing homes throughout Montreal and its suburbs. The children were received very enthusiastically by the staff and residents. Original interactive Mitzvah-themed games and songs kept the students involved with the seniors. There was no generation-gap! Popular songs of parts of davening encouraged the residents to join in, saying Shma, Adon Olam, etc. LED Shabbos candles were distributed. As the children left the places that they visited, the residents begged them to return more often.
One grade went to assist in the MADA Chabad Center, which also provides hundreds of meals to needy individuals.
The junior High School students presented programs for children in day-cares.
The teachers, who accompanied the children, were impressed to see how all the girls, including the shy students, interacted with the seniors. Every girl had a chance to shine.
Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz, principal of Beis Rivkah, remarked that the students returned to school full of inspiration, knowing that they merited to fulfill the Rebbe’s shlichus to brighten the lives of many people.
I spy my cousins!
You guys look like you had so much fun!
looking at the pictures proves that every neshoma is just waiting for an opportunity tor someone to make it shine .The teachers and children that went ,were given the gift of being Lamplighters in the way that the Rebbeim taught us..
This year is shnass Chayim of the Rebbes nessius.These kids really showed that mah zaro bchayim,af hoo bachayim.
As a BR Montreal alumni I remember these special Yud Shvat mivtzoim programs. The time and effort that Rabbi and Mrs. Minkowitz put into these special programs and their overall unparalleled dedication to the students have always inspired me. I will forever be grateful to them for my inspirational, motivating, educational and exciting years at Beth Rivkah Montreal. Hashem should bless them with only revealed brachos.
inspirational and what a huge Mitzvah that will leave life long memories for the students
Kol Hakavod Rabbi & Rebetzen Minkowitz
BR is so lucky to have Rabbi and Mrs. Minkowitz
They are the neshoma of the school!