The Overlander Family invites the entire Anash community to a Siyum and Hachnasas Sefer Torah on Sunday, 7 Shevat, in memory of Rebbetzin Sara Leah Overlander obm.
The dedication marks the tenth yahrzeit of Mrs Overlander, shlucha to London, England. A mother of 10 and spiritual mother of countless others, Mrs. Overlander was a beloved figure to all who knew her. Her warm sense of humor and wisdom drew an untold number of people closer to Yiddishkeit during, and beyond, the thirty years of her shlichus.
The siyum sefer Torah marks a historic revival of Jewish life in Brownsville, NY, which once thronged with Yidden 100 years ago but mostly emptied of its Jews in the 1960s. The neighborhood has begun to see a rebirth of Yiddishkeit in recent years as a young Lubavitch community springs up on its streets, complete with bustling shul, multiple weekly shiurim and events.
The writing of the final letters will take place at 1:30 PM, at 84 Amboy St, Brooklyn NY, followed by a procession to 125 Dumont Ave, for dancing and hakafos. All are invited to join.
Worked in this neighborhood many years ago when it was the most crime-ridden in NYC. Normally I’d be amazed at it’s reclamation, however nothing that Lubavitch accomplishes with their tremendous gevurah surprises me. Yasher Koach.
So only the inhabitants of the neighborhood of Brownsville will not be saying Tachnun on that day. (This obviosly does NOT include other neighboorhoods in Brooklyn like Willimsburg, Crown Heights, Borough Park etc.)
Keep up the phenomenal hard work you do Levi Vogel and everyone else who’s involved!!
This is so special!! My grandparents lived in Brownsville over 60 years ago however many Jews left over the years…. And now Lubavitchers have moved back in….. Now they have an ongoing Shabbos minyan but they also have weekly ongoing shiurim… And now the Hachnosas Sefer Torah will definitely be an amazing event that everyone should make an effort to attend…..
We are iyh looking forward to this coming Sunday’s event!
Keep up the excellent work!!
We are very proud of you!!