Rohr Congratulates Kotlarsky

By COLlive reporter

Chabad’s major donor George Rohr arrived in Crown Heights Sunday to congratulate Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky on his 60th birthday.

At a Farbrengen in Kotlarsky’s home on Crown Street, Rohr raised a L’Chaim and said: “The Rebbe had generals in his army; you are certainly one of them.”

Friends for over two decades, Kotlarsky has distributed mass sums from the Rohr Family Foundation to Lubavitch causes worldwide.

Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, father of the slain Shliach in Mumbai, agreed.

“Reb Moshe is dedicated with heart and soul. He is like a friend and a brother – as if there is no day or night,” Holtzberg said.

The private event was attended by many employees of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Chabad’s educational arm, of which Kotlarsky is Vice Chairman.

Chairman Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Kehot’s Yossi Friedman, JLI’s Ephraim Mintz, Chabad.org’s Zalman Shmotkin, and JEM’s Elkana Shmotkin were there along with their staffs.

Also seen were Rabbis Azriel Chaikin, Binyomin Klein, Herbert Bomzer, Shmuel Butman, Shlomo Zarchi, Yosef Rosenfeld, Sholom Duchman, Aba Refson, Hershey Minkowitz from Georgia and Mendel Greisman from Arkansas.

Refering to the financial meltdown, Kotlarsky blessed that “those who should have, should have in abundance. We will do all we can that the Rebbe’s vision should be fulfilled.”