This 28th of Nissan marks thirty-one years since the Rebbe’s urgent call to action, “Tut altz vos ir kent tzu arupbrengen moshiach taikef umiyad mamosh.” To give each Chabad chossid a practical way to implement the Rebbe’s call to action, the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302 is presenting the second annual Mega-Farbrengen. In a virtual event spanning fifteen time zones and featuring fifty speakers, a single message will be hammered home; everyone’s an influencer.
Beginning on Motzei Shabbos, 29 Nissan, mashpiim, shluchim, educators, and businessmen will give the worldwide Chabad community awareness of the influence they already wield and demonstrate each person’s ability to change the lives of those near them.
When the virtual farbrengen goes live, it will be 10:00 PM in New York and 2:00 AM in London. For twenty-four hours straight, speakers from around the world will inspire the thousands set to tune in via Zoom. Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, the Shliach to the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, will speak, as will famous lecturers Rabbi Shais Taub, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, and Rabbi Shabtei Salvatitzki. The diverse mix of speakers includes shluchim and educators such as Rabbi Benny Zippel of Utah and Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt of Argentina, and Rabbi Chaim Shapiro of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Morristown. One by one, they will shine a light on the everyday influence we all have.
“We’re blessed to have an incredible lineup of speakers,” says Rabbi Shlomie Naparstek, director of the Moshiach Office, “they’re tuning in from a dozen countries around the world, but everyone is united in a common message.” Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, director of Merkos 302, is set to speak during the Farbrengen, and says the event gives every Lubavitcher a chance to reconnect to the Rebbe’s mission. “The Rebbe constantly reminded us that even the smallest interaction can be influential,” he says, “on Chof Ches Nissan, we have a golden opportunity to recommit to take ownership of the Rebbe’s mission, that it should be our own.”
Speakers of the Mega 28 Nissan Farbrengen 5782
[List A-Z Order]
Dr. Binyomin Abrams
Professor, Boston University
Rabbi Shmuel Avtzon
Director of SIE
Rabbi Yosef Chitrik
Dean of Beit Chana, Tzfas
Rabbi Yisrael Deren
Chabad of Connecticut & Western Massachusetts
Rabbi Menachem Dubruskin
Mashpia, Migdal Haemek
Rabbi Sholom Duchman
Director of Kollel Chabad
Rabbi Shamai Ende
Rov and Rosh Yeshivah, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rabbi Levi Garelik
Rov and Lecturer
Mr. Joel Gershman
Business Coach, Melbourne, Australia
Mr. Josh Goldhirsch
Businessman, Melbourne, Australia
Rabbi Yossy Gordon
Director of Chabad on Campus
Rabbi Yosef Gourarie
Mashpia, Detroit
Rabbi Yossi Groner
Head Shliach of North and South Carolina
Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt
Head Shliach of Argentina
Rabbi Moshe Gruzman
Chabad of Rishon Letzion; Mashpia, Toras Emes
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz
Chabad of Temecula, CA
Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Director of Meaningful Life Center
Rabbi YY Jacobson
Dean, TheYeshivahNet
Rabbi Berel Junik
Businessman, Crown Heights
Rabbi Eliashiv Kaplan
Mashpia, Keriat Gat
Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky
Executive Director of Merkos 302
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky
Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch
Mr. Robert Kremnizer
Author and Artist, Sydney Australia
Rabbi Dovid Lieder
Beit Chabad Melbourne
Dr. Mendy Loewenthal
Doctor, Toronto
Rabbi Dovid Masinter
Chabad House of Johannesburg
Rabbi Menachem Matusof
Chabad of Alberta
Rabbi Efraim Mintz
Director of JLI
Rabbi Yossi Nemes
Chabad of Metairie, New Orleans, LA
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Ofen
Mashpia, Tomchei Temimim
Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel
Chabad of Port Washington
Rabbi Mendel Raskin
Chabad of CSL, Montreal
Rabbi Mendy Schapiro
Mashpia, Los Angeles
Rabbi Ezra Schochet
Rosh Yeshiva, Los Angeles
Rabbi Yossi Serebransky
Chabad of South Denver
Rabbi Chaim Shapiro
Menahel, Morristown
Rabbi Moshe Scheiner
Rabbi of Palm Beach Synagogue
Rabbi Naftali Silberberg
Director of Curricula at JLI
Rabbi Shabtai Slavatitzki
Chabad of Antwerp
Rabbi Shloime Sternberg
Menahel, Chovovei Torah
Rabbi Shais Taub
Author and Lecturer
Rabbi Alter Tenenbaum
Chabad of Irvine, CA
Rabbi Akiva Wagner
Roch Yeshivah, Toronto
Mr. Avi Webb
CopyWriter, Crown Heights
Rabbi Shimmy Weinbaum
Brigadier General of Chayolei Tzivos Hashem
Rabbi Levy Wineberg
Shliach to Johannesburg, South Africa
Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm
Chabad of Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Rabbi Benny Zippel
Chabad of Salt Lake Cuty, UT
