• June 16
My Mashpia
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Aronow was my Mashpia from 1979 to 1989, in fact I bought a house on his street to be close to him. ...
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Reb Menachem Mendel Hacohen Aronow
Stories & Memories of Reb Menachem Mendel Hacohen Aronow
• June 16
Mit Shich- With shoes
One Simchas Torah I was dancing with reb Mendel in Lubavitcher yeshiva in Toronto, when he turned to me and said ‘’ Mit Shich ‘’ which means ‘’With Shoes’’. I did not understand what he meant and asked him. He said he remembers...
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• June 16
Reb Mendel said: check out the yichus of this bochur
There was a bochur in yeshiva, many years ago, a very good bochur with a very good head, but he had many questions. The questions were in hashkofo issues, not questions that a "regular" bochur has, and he was very bothered by them, they disturbed him...
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• June 16
shayala on the chicken
I merited to learn in Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto for four years. I was there for two years (5758-5759) as a Talmid and two years ( 5762-5763) as a Shliach. From the very beginning of my time there, Rabbi Akiva Wagner Shlit"a (may he have a complete...
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• June 16
not fitting for his einikel to be so involved in Gashmius
I was once sitting after davening by the table of Farbrengen and was hungry. I waited for the plate of cake to be brought out and quickly stretched out my hand to take from the few pieces there. Suddenly, I felt a slap on my wrist and a big voice...
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• June 16
The Big Secret
One Purim night, we were Farbrenging with Rabbi Wagner in the big Zal, and Reb Mendel came in. We asked him to say something and he said that later on in the Farbrengen, he will reveal a big secret that was taught in Tomchei Temimim in Lubavitch. We...
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