Last week, the Toronto community held an “Evening of Tribute, Honor and Inspiration” to recognize Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet and Rebbetzin Jettie Schochet.
As reported on COLlive.com, more than 500 people attended the event held at “the BAYT” to show their gratitude to the couple for their lifetime of work.
The highlight of the evening came as the couple’s son, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, a frontrunner for the soon-to-be-vacant post of Chief Rabbi of England.
Schochet, Rabbi of Mill Hill Synagogue in London and Chairman of the United Synagogue’s Rabbinical Council in the UK, spoke on the theme of positive thinking and revealed a wild story of how joy breaks through barriers involving himself, his father and a broken dining room table.
Towards the ends of his speech, Schochet presented his parents with a framed piece of the broken table bearing a golden plaque with the engraving “Simcha Poretz Geder.”
VIDEO: Courtesy of Chabad.org’s Jewish.TV
Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet’s speech
Rabbi Immanuel Schochet’s speech
GO MENDY SHOCHAT
i cried……….than smiled and burst into joy at this truly inspiring speech, i cant describe just really immence!!!
thank you rabbi schochet i love you.
such inspirational words – worth watching again and again.
Having been to so many Tribute dinners in the past, this is by far the most inspirational heartfelt tribute dinner I have event been honoured to attend. Rov and Rebbitzen Schochet are truly deserving couple who have given so much to Beth Joseph , the Toronto community and the the Jewish world. May we be selfish enough to continue to have them leading us for many years to come. As for the table…. It would be fitting to beleive that the Angels are dancing on the other half in shimayim!
if you listen to the story it was at a farbrenegen after Pesach in the shul. It was a shul table and sure looks like one in the picture. Still it was a very, very inspiring talk and a great finish. He’s got a real koiach hadibur.
The Schochets are truly “Zoiche lishtei shulchonos”
It was not the dining room table, it was a fabrenegen in the Rebbes shul, Beth Joseph I was there and still inspired.
The best MC ever!
if you have no patience, just watch the last 5 minutes of R’ Yitzchak. You will have to smile just picturing what he’s describing there.
I urge everyone to watch this. Such a powerful message especially this time of year. Actually any time of year. Watch it again and again. Yasher koach Rabbi Shochet
I just watched this. It spoke to me so real like. Very very appropriate. Thank you!