The Inside Story at Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah

Inyan – Hamodia Weekly Magazine Rabbi M. H., a Lakewood yungerman, was about to start his morning seder in Bais Medrash Govoha when he was asked by an acquaintance to help him learn Mishnayas for the fast-approaching sheloshim of the man’s grandmother, a”h. Rabbi H. was unable to agree to the man’s request because of the time constraint, but the incident made him realize that this was probably not an isolated case. Surely there were many others who [...]

Inyan – Hamodia Weekly Magazine Loss of a loved one is a pain-filled experience. Yet it is comforting to know that it is possible to  maintain a link with that individual and what he or she achieved in this world. Family members can strive to transcend the pain and send pekalach, “packages,” of the merits of learning Torah and performing mitzvos through which the neshamah is elevated in [...]

Jewish Press Rabbi M. H. established The Society for Mishnah Study (Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah) in 2005 to serve mourners who wish to have Mishnayos studied to earnzechuyos (Heavenly merits) for their loved ones. In particular, should a mourner find that the Mishnayos study for a loved one will not be completed in time for a siyum at the shloshim or yahrzeit, the Society for Mishnah Study will galvanize enough Torah scholars to devote themselves to study Mishnayosdedicated [...]

Yated By Rabbi Boruch Leff I once read the following story in the Me’iri’s Chibur HaTeshuva (available in any complete set of Me’iri in its own volume, page 652). Alexander the Great was a famed warrior and as history tells us, a highly successful one. Still, his mother worried that since her son was always going to war, one day his luck would dry up and he would be killed. [...]

The Voice of Lakewood Hadassah got married around 8 years ago, and was hoping to start a family of her own. After all, that’s what the rest of her friends did. They got married and soon enough were expecting their first child. However, as her friends had one child after another, Hadassah had yet to have her first child. She davened. She gave Tzedakah. She did all sorts [...]

Yated Last Thursday, chof-daled Tamuz, marked the 107th yahrtzeit of New York City’s first Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Jacob Joseph, who was niftar in 1902 at the age of 59. In honor of the yahrtzeit, an anonymous donor sponsored the completion of the entire Shishah Sidrei Mishnah through Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah’s mishnah study program. The siyum, which was followed by a seudah, was held at Congregation Yekusiel Mordechai Mishkholtz (Coventry Shul) and was attended by a sizable crowd, including [...]