By COLlive reporter
American billionaire entrepreneur and real estate investor David Lichtenstein will be the guest speaker of the gala banquet of International Kinus Hashluchim.
The banquet gathers Chabad rabbis and supporters from around the world in a lavish and celebratory event saluting the inspiration of the Rebbe and the dedication of his Shluchim.
It will be held this year at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, NJ, and will include speeches, feature videos, music and dancing.
Lichtenstein, founder and CEO of The Lightstone Group, first racked up $89,000 in credit card debt to purchase a two-story, multi-family home in New Jersey in 1986, according to Forbes.
Today, his Lightstone Group oversees some 15,000 rental units across 80 properties across 28 states. He also developed a millenial-focused city hotels with Marriott, called Moxy.
Lichtenstein is also a known Torah scholar, and the founder of the popular Halacha Headlines podcast, in which he invites various gedolim and experts on a topic of discussion each week, in Question and Answer style shiurim, to work through the halachic nuances of each issue.
“Mr. Lichtenstein is an extremely innovative businessman and a tremendous Ba’al Tzedakah,” organizers of the Kinus from Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch said in a statement.
“He is widely known for his popular weekly radio show and podcast Headlines focusing on contemporary Halachic debates relating to hot button issues. He has written several Seforim, including Mishna Acharona on the Mishna Berura and three volumes of Headlines.
“Mr. Lichtenstein will address the Kinus, highlighting his inspiration from observing and experiencing the Rebbe’s Shluchim around the world.”
What an example!
A Tzadik Gomur.
Wow ……What an Honor for Reb Dovid …..and the Shluchim.
💪💪#great #choice
Is he going to mention his experience at chabad lower west side before gimme tammuz?
Love his podcast and seforim. Mamosh a dugmah chaya
Wow. The guy learnt in Mir Brisk and Lakewood, has written the 3 best selling Halacha books in America, has four smechas, including 2 of the hardest in the world to get, hosts the biggest Halacha shiur in the world, and he’s titled as ‘frum billionaire’
There are less frum Billionaires then there are Gaonim nowadays.
and thats not a bad thing.
R’ Dovid is a true example of what a frum yid can accomplish in his professional life as well as in Limud HaTorah.
Z Greenfield is right that at least they could have said “Seforim author and billionaire…”
Just curious…
Stood up for the kavod of the rebbe and Lubavitch on possibly the largest frum stage. Multiple times.
Yasher kochacha
Reb Dovid Shlita is the son in law of Rav Shmuel Mendelowitz A”H (Menahel of Beis Shraga in Spring Valley Monsey), the son of renowned Rav Shraga Feivel Mendelowitz A”H (Meyased of Yeshiva Torah V’Daas, and more).
His Shviger Reb. Shoshana A”H (a special Mechaneches) is first cousins with the renowned Hecht brothers A”H of Lubavitch.
Good choice great Kavod for him and the Shluchim.
The Frierdiker Rebbe said a maamar for Rav Shmuel Mendelowitz when he got married.