This past Shabbos, Oren Dishy and his volunteers organized the room for our annual pre-Chanuka bingo night. By nights end, there was a full house of happy people who enjoyed a Pizza /French fry Melava Malka, and many rounds of humorous bingo games. The Katchen family were the big winners, as they won many times, […]
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Father and Son – Detroit
Over fifty fathers and sons spent the weekend at the Metropolitan Hotel near the Detroit airport, on one of our best trips ever. A much nicer venue than last years’ Motel 6! Those who came early were able to either visit the Jewish part of Suburban Detroit and eat delicious treats from the kosher bakery […]
Rabbi Kessin
The ever popular Rabbi Mendel Kessin was the scholar in residence for our first Shabbaton of the 5772 season. As in the past, he “blew everyone away” with his incredible scholarship and his application of it to a diverse range of topics. A full house of dinner participants heard him present R’ Moshe Chaim Luzzatto’s […]
22 Days @ Westmount
The Kabbalists tell us that the foundation for the coming year is determined by our actions during the first twenty two days of the year, beginning with Rosh Hashana and ending with Shmini Atzeres / Simchas Torah. Just like the 22 letters to the Alef – Beis are the building blocks for our holy Hebrew […]