![]() When we got the terrible news that all the Kedoshim in the Chabad House were murdered, I suddenly remembered where I knew him from. I couldn’t place it, but the smile on his face in every photo that flashed across the many websites and TV news programs was strong. Seeing that kindness and warmness being violated struck me deep in my heart.Īs the siege went on I started getting this feeling that I knew Gavriel. ![]() The door is always open, the food is always over flowing, the warmth is always strong, and the smiles always bright. I was never in Gavi’s Chabad House, but I was in many others just like it. It’s because of my close connection with Shluchim that when I heard that the Chabad House in Mumbai was under siege, I felt such a strong personal connection to the situation. What these Shluchim may not have known was that they had an influence on me, a frum Lubavitch Bochur, an influence that would help shape my foundation for years to come. I learned so much about not just being a Shliach, but about being a Chassid, a Mentsch and a human being from those years. I was working in an area where there was a small but loving and warm group of Shluchim within an hour’s ride from one another. Quite tragically he passed away far too young, but his kindness and love inspired many others to take over in his place and continue his work.Īfter I concluded with Yeshiva I spent many years working with Chabad Houses, including 4 years in Northern Virginia. Rabbi Bryn ( link) was a shining model of what a Shliach of the Rebbe should be. Later, when I was about 17, I went with some other Bochurim to Rabbi Dovid Bryn’s Chabad House in the California Club Mall in South Florida. I went with a group of older Bochurim to a Shliach for Yom Tov and helped out with the youth Minyan. ![]() When I was 14 I had my first experience working for a Shliach. Since I was very young I always held a special place in my heart for Shluchim. That is what is so unique about a Shliach, he stand as a leaders to us all, no matter our level of frumkeit. Even when the event is over, and the people have left whatever Holiday party took place that night, they don’t become “regular” people. The lyrics are from Maoz Tzur, where we implore Hashem to finally bring an end to the seemingly endless suffering visited upon us.Ī Shliach doesn’t have a specific Mission Statement, or a set of parameters for whom they help and when they help. It’s through the Ahava that we display towards each other that we will finally be Zoche to bring this bitter Golus to its long awaited end. One of the code names I used while discussing this track was “The Achdus Project.” The singers are not just from different communities but different music labels and different music-family dynasties (Benny and Sruly are the nephews of Avraham Fried and Mordechai Ben David, respectively.) I wanted to bring together different people to sing on this song because it is through the Achdus we all displayed in the days during and following the Mumbai tragedy that Moshiach will come. Singing on this track are Yisroel Werdyger, Yitzy Spinner and Benny Friedman.Īll the people involved in the making of this song come from different backgrounds. It was composed by Yitzy Spinner and produced by Avi Newmark. ![]() Addtional sponsorship provided by Sameach and Aderet Music. This brand new song, Chasoif, is a free download, made available to anyone who wants it by the generous support of the Wolmark family from Los Angeles, California. Since I work with many talented people in the Jewish music industry, I wanted to do something musical that would express our feelings on the upcoming Shloishim of the Kedoshim who were murdered in the Chabad House in Mumbai, India. Everyone helps out in the way that they can. ![]()
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