Rabbi Hersh and Fraidy Loschak, Chabad at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJHow Rowan is Growin’By: Chaya ChazanI grew up in a shlichus household in beautiful S Barbara, California. It’s hard to remember a time when my house wasn’t hosting a revolving clientele of visitors and guests. Students from the nearby community college often dropped by as well, so I got to know the “college lingo.”My wife and I were open to lots of different options, but soon faced a challenge unique to young, newer shluchim: without a family “in,” we’d be unlikely t
Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, Chabad of Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas, MexicoSunlit Shores & Sacred Spaces Part 2By: Chaya Chazan Those first years of shlichus were brutal. We questioned ourselves every day. Are we accomplishing anything here? Is it worth what we’ve given up? We decided to take it day by day. Cabo was an up-and-coming vacation destination. Surely by the time our son was old enough, there’d be enough children around to begin a proper school. That didn’t happen, and by that time, we had more children of our own to worry abo
Rabbi Mordechai and Rivka Glazman, Chabad of Latvia, Riga, LatviaRiga’s ReawakeningBy: Chaya ChazanI’m a born and bred Crown Heightser, accustomed to my American creature comforts. So even after I married my Israeli husband, I clearly asserted I couldn’t possibly imagine myself moving on shlichus to anywhere exotic. Even France was too foreign for me.When we were offered a position in Florida, I was thrilled. My husband flew there to check it out, and I mentally began preparing for a life in the warmth and sun.Meanwhile, Rabbi Kotlarsky AH, the vic
Rabbi Menachem Kutner, Chabad Terror Victims Project, IsraelFrom Tragedy to Hope, Part IIBy: Chaya ChazanMy shlichus is a continuation of the organization the Rebbe started after a widow of the Six Day War asked for guidance on how to carry on. The Rebbe encouraged her to help others in her situation, and thus, the Terror Victims Project began. We’re there for every wounded soldier, terror attack victim, and their families, to help them with anything we can. Once you’re part of our family, you aren’t getting away too quickly! We maintain connection
Rabbi Menachem Kutner, Chabad Terror Victims Project, IsraelFrom Tragedy to Hope, Part IBy: Chaya ChazanMy shlichus was born of tragic necessity. In 2001, the second intifada resulted in hundreds of terror attack victims all over Eretz Yisrael. At that time, I was on Sabbatical from an 8-year teaching position, looking for a shlichus that spoke to me.After the Six Day War, Mrs. Shafra Morozow of Kfar Chabad contacted the Rebbe, asking for help and guidance. Her husband was a casualty of the war, and she felt lost, unsure how to navigate the new life that
Yom Kippur Illuminations Rabbi Sholom Ber and Devora Hertzel, Chabad of the Golan Heights, IsraelLiving the Lech Lecha LifeBy: Chaya ChazanI consider myself extremely lucky. Through lots of siyata dishmaya, hashgacha pratis, and guidance from my elders, I was zoche to have experiences with the Rebbe none of my childhood friends received.When I was just five years old, my father and grandfather thought it was time for me to experience a Tishrei with the Rebbe. Since many chassidim had the same idea, not everyone was able to meet privately with the Rebbe i
Rosh Hashanah Illuminations 5785Rabbi Eliezer and Devorah Lea Klain, Chabad on Campus Hanamal, Haifa, IsraelOur Students on the Front LinesBy: Chaya ChazanChabad on Campus came to Israel just before our marriage in 2013, and Chabad student centers were popping up at universities throughout the country. The organization had their eye on a college in Haifa, and was looking for the right couple to begin. Fifteen other couples had already applied and visited before we were offered the position. Although it has its challenges - its deep downtown, so everythin
Rabbi Binyamin and (Hinda A”H) Avigayil Scheiman, Lubavitch Chabad of Niles - F.R.E.E., Niles, ILTrue and Eternal TeshuvaBy: Chaya ChazanThe Rebbe spoke so strongly about shlichus, I was ready to skip kollel altogether and move out the day after our final sheva brachos! My mashpia advised me to wait a while and give our shana rishona my full attention.My association with Chabad began in 7th grade. I was attending the yeshiva of Brighton Beach, when a new group of young Lubavitch Rabbis joined the teaching staff. Rabbi Dovid Rimler was my seventh
Rabbi Avraham and Channy Lapine, Chabad at Missouri University, Columbia, MOMitzvos in MissouriBy: Chaya ChazanI knew I wanted to go on shlichus before it was even a conscious decision. My father encouraged me to be a shliach from when I was a young boy, and my time in the yeshiva system was punctuated by farbrengens and asides about the importance of shlichus and carrying out the Rebbe’s mission.My own life was indelibly influenced by the Rebbe’s shluchim, even before I was born. My father was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri to a traditiona
Rabbi Oshy and Liba Goodman, Chabad of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, AustraliaA Ripple Effect of GoodnessBy: Chaya ChazanOur shlichus adventure first took us to the cold of Russia for five years, near my wife’s childhood home. We led youth programming for another shliach, but we were soon ready to strike out on our own. Originally, we wanted to stay close to home, but we soon realized we needed to broaden our horizons. Even so, Australia was a bit too broad. When the option first came up, we almost dismissed it out of hand. Australia was too far. All
