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On Thursday evening, March 30, Chazaq hosted a night of inspiration commemorating the third yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Walkin zt”l at Congregation Charm Circle.
On Wednesday evening, March 22, community and shul members gathered at Congregation Ahavas Yisroel for a much-anticipated annual shiur. As always, Rabbi Herschel Welcher shlita, rav of Congregation Ahavas Yisroel, shared an inspiring and informative shiur.
On Monday evening, March 27, The Jewish Board / Jewish Community Services and The Schwartz Brothers, Parkside, and Sinai Chapels presented a Passover Bereavement Program titled “The Empty Chair at the Seder Table.” The program was presented by Miriam Herscher, BCC, LMSW, and Adam Huttel, LMSW, at Schwartz Brothers Memorial Chapel in Forest Hills.
On Tuesday, March 14, the Navigating the Medical System Lecture Series featured Nathan Tehrani, MD FACC, attending cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Queens, on the cardiologist’s approach to evaluating chest pain. The Zoom lecture, as always, was hosted by Congregation Etz Chaim.
On Sunday evening, March 26, Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem featured Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier, director of The Shmuz and author of 10 Really Dumb Mistakes Very Smart Couples Make, in a Zoom shiur on roles of the husband and wife and taking marriage to the next level.
On Sunday evening, March 12, family and community members gathered for a meaningful fourth yahrzeit commemoration of Rabbi Eyakim Rosenblatt zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshiva Kesser Torah. Rabbi Avraham Dovid Garber, rav of Kesser Torah, welcomed everyone in person and on Zoom. First, Dr. Rick Shields, well-known nutritionist and speaker, shared a heartfelt remembrance on Zoom. He related that, in his Gemara shiur, Rabbi Rosenblatt would start by saying, “Where are we holding?” He soon turned this question into a spiritual nigun that he sang to his talmidim in the beginning of shiur. The literal meaning was: Where are we holding in the Gemara daf, but the deeper question was: Where are we holding in life? This question has stayed with his talmidim for all these years.
