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Following the Unity for Justice launch Thursday, Lakewood-based music superstar Yaakov Shwekey went to 770 to learn some Gemara, had a bite at Mendy's Deli and greeted fans. Photos

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go shwekey
October 10, 2010 11:20 pm

shwekey rocks love you

To number sixteen
October 10, 2010 10:50 pm

wasn’t the entire point of the song to bring together different types of jews to help and bring awareness to sholom mordechai’s situation? for UNITY?

wow i love your songs!
October 10, 2010 10:13 am

Yaakov Shwekey is my best singer ilove him

wwow
October 10, 2010 10:10 am

i just look at the picture and it gives me a feeling that i have to go hear a song on you tube yakkov

i love u yakkov shweky!!!!
October 10, 2010 8:42 am

soooooo cool u peps saw him!!! i really wish i could of had a pic of him!!!

Sleeping???!!
October 10, 2010 7:04 am

This is #9
Why on earth is he sleeping in the middle of such a glorious day??!! It can’t be that bad….

to #20
October 10, 2010 4:27 am

where’s meidad? (i jut forgot how he looks i did NOT forget his voice. i feel like singing “im eshkachech yerushalayim!”)

sleeping...
October 10, 2010 3:19 am

over a gemoro 🙂

yosef!
October 10, 2010 2:10 am

Go my nephew yosef!

To #9
October 10, 2010 12:32 am

It’s called sleeping

to #9
October 9, 2010 11:58 pm

he is not saying tachnun he is sleeping

to #6
October 9, 2010 10:23 pm

i was actually thinking the same thing!
i was pretty suprised that the little kids recognized him!

MEIDAD TASA!!
October 9, 2010 9:16 pm

MEIDAD I SEE YOU!! LECH LILMOD!!

col paparazzi
October 9, 2010 8:47 pm
The Best
October 9, 2010 8:11 pm

The One And Only

#2?
October 9, 2010 7:45 pm

why is it sad? the are in 770 a whole day they are allowed to have some excitment!

funny
October 9, 2010 7:36 pm

im shocked ch kids knew who he was, I didnt know misnagdish singers were popular here. oh and he’s from Deal, NJ not Lakewood. Big difference.

To 2
October 9, 2010 7:35 pm

Why sad he is very talented
as the rebbe told MBD you should be mesamayach
yidden until moshiach comes
a singer has a very big zchus
his music is beautiful

to #2
October 9, 2010 7:30 pm

what is your problem?! why look at everything negatively??

Schwekey!
October 9, 2010 7:19 pm

Youre the king!! love ur music!!!

HERCHEL!
October 9, 2010 6:43 pm

In the 7th pic. in the corner, great seein you. When you off to melbourne?

schwekey fan
October 9, 2010 5:57 pm

Yaakov Schwekey sings with such sincerity, has one of the best voices and comes over as such a nice person. May he have much hatzlacha and continue to inspire.

To number 2
October 9, 2010 4:33 pm

Why was it “sad”?

B'simcha!
October 9, 2010 8:53 am

Why is the guy in the bottom right corner of the 3rd photo saying tachnun, if it was still Tishrei?

I KNOW THOSE TZFATIM ON LAST PIC!!!!!!!!!
October 9, 2010 7:54 am
hey!!!!!
October 9, 2010 7:09 am

i’m a shwekey fan but i live in china not in new york haha.

OY VEY
October 8, 2010 6:53 pm

LUBAVITCH HAS ITS OWN PAPARAZZI!!

I want
October 8, 2010 5:46 pm

Schweki to be ROV since braun is not comming….!!!!!!!!

cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
October 8, 2010 5:05 pm
Nice
October 8, 2010 5:01 pm
770bachur
October 8, 2010 4:57 pm

i was in 770 when he came in, you should have seen the excitement the bachurim were in, like small school children, very sad.

funny
October 8, 2010 4:55 pm

paparazzi 🙂

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