Rabbi Dovie and Mushkie Kivman, along with their 1-year-old son Yossele, will be moving to Erie, Pennsylvania to establish a new Chabad Center.
Despite difficulties due to the current COVID 19 pandemic, the Kivmans hope to be set up in time for Rosh Hashana.
Right off of Lake Erie, and home of the famous Presque Isle State Park, “Erie has a ‘small town’ feel to it,” Rabbi Kivman says.
“Erie contains a sizable Jewish community and attracts millions of tourists yearly. Additionally, there are a handful of college campuses, senior centers and prisons as well,” he says.
“There are Jews living out there and that’s all we need to know,” said Rabbi Yisroel Rosenfeld, executive director of Chabad of Western Pennsylvania. “We go to visit them, help them out – that’s what Chabad is all about all over the world.”
“Whatever it is there’s a need for, that’s what we’re there for,” he added.
Rabbi Dovie Kivman grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and has served there, as well as elsewhere in the U.S., in Kazakhstan, and at a yeshiva in Tzfas, Israel.
“We plan on uplifting the community, teaching and spreading Torah and Chassidus (in one-on-one settings and in Shiurim), providing kosher meals for Jewish visitors, serving as a beacon and center for Jews and all things Jewish, and much more. All with Hashem’s help and under the Rebbe’s guidance,” Rabbi Kivman says.
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Excited to see Chabad going to Erie!