On Tuesday evening, the night going out of Yud Tes Kislev, the general Baltimore Jewish community came together to celebrate the Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus as well as a Siyum Hashas.
The event was headlined with Rabbi Shais Taub, a Chassidus teacher and author of the bestselling book, “G‑d of Our Understanding.” He is a scholar-in-residence at Chabad of the Five Towns and columnist of AMI magazine.
He was joined by Maryland’s Head Shliach Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan; Rabbi Elchonon Lisbon, Rabbi of Chabad in Park Heights in Baltimore; and Rabbi Shmuel Silber, Rabbi of Congregation Toras Chaim in Baltimore.
It was a night of true Jewish unity as Jews from all different backgrounds joined in the festivities. After the event ended, Rabbi Taub farbrenged until the wee hours of the morning.
The event was held in the Kol Torah Hall which is a large, vibrant Litvishe Shul, and included a seforim sale as well, with all sorts of Sifrei Chassidus Chabad were on display for all to purchase at a discounted price.
The evening marked the conclusion of the year-long Gemara learning which began last Yud Tes Kislev and will now be divided again as part of the annual Chalukas Hashas.
The event was arranged by Rabbi Moshe Slavatitsky with Talmidim Hashluchim Levi Zarchi, Mendel Wuensch, Meir Friedman, Mendel Brawer, Yeshaya Shmotkin and Berel Feldman.
I was at a farbrengen Yud Tes Kislev. The farbrenger noted that if we are connected to the Alter Rebbe then the siuym hashas should be as instructed in Tanya by a multitude each learning a different mesechta. The daf yomi is not the derech of what chabad is all about. While i know the previous Rebbe and many other gedolei yisroel at the time were not for this kind of limud, it nevertheless surprised me that at a chassidisher farbrengen we should discourage any form of limud hatora. The Rebbe himself encouraged the learning of kol hatorah via Rambam,… Read more »
this whole thing was arranged by bochurim. so impressive. they pulled off such an amazing event.
it was an amazing event rabbi taub spoke beautifully.
thank you to all the talmidei hashluchim for arranging it!
iv been to the event the past 4 years and this is the best one yet!