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The Ohr Natan Youth Minyan, based in Rego Park, visited Williamsburg admurim during Chol HaMoed Pesach. Led by Rabbi Natan Kaziev of Ohr Natan, members of the weekly Chavruta program received brachos and words of encouragement from the esteemed Chassidic visionaries, including the Dinov Rebbe, the Kaliver Rebbe, the Krula Rebbe, and the Pupa Rebbe. The delegation was joined by Rabbi Naftali Rosenbaum, Chavruta Program founder. The group also spent time studying in the grand Satmar shul, and concluded the visit at a Vach Nacht for the newborn son of one of the Williamsburg community members that attends the weekly Ohr Natan Chavruta Program.

Lag BaOmer, which is the 33^rd day of S’firas HaOmer, and the 18^th of Iyar, is a festive day celebrating two prominent, yet connected events:

Those who have attended hearing after hearing in the cases against five of the six attackers of Joey Borgen understand viscerally the frustration expressed by his father, Barry Borgen, at the April 17 House Judiciary Committee hearing in New York.  Indeed, it has been almost two years since Joseph Borgen was attacked on May 20, 2021.  However, there is significant movement forward in these cases, for which there is no lack of evidence. 

This past Sunday afternoon, April 23, the Kew Gardens Hills community gathered to give their kavod ha’acharon to a beloved member of the community, Akiva Fogel z”l. During the week of shiv’ah, it was constantly mentioned how the crowd at the l’vayah was comprised of all ages. Everyone, whether they were 20, 40, 60, or 80, felt a special connection to Akiva, and his loss was deeply felt by all.

“The whole world is really interested in Jewish suffering. I wanted the whole wide world to be interested in Jewish strength,” said B.A. Van Sise of his book, Invited to Life: Finding Hope after the Holocaust.

On Sunday, April 23, Jews all around the world celebrated the conclusion of the daily study of Maimonides’ magnum opus, Mishneh Torah, also known as Yad HaChazakah or simply, Rambam—the Hebrew acronym for Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon.