Just ahead of the Kinus Hashluchim taking place this week, R’ Abraham Banda, owner of Pomegranate Supermarket in Flatbush, paid a visit to the Shluchim office in Crown Heights.
Banda, accompanied by his friend Duddy Farkash, was greeting by Rabbi Gedalya Shemtov and R’ Moshe Pinson of the Shluchim office and Farkash’s father Rabbi Yekusiel Farkash of Israel.
During the meeting, Banda reported on the progress of the renovations he is sponsoring for a Shluchim Hotel at 695 East New York Avenue in Crown Heights, which has reached over $100,000. He has also donated new furniture for the state-of-the-art hotel which will be free for Shluchim’s use year round.
Rabbi Yekusiel Farkash expressed his appreciation to Banda for his generosity towards the Shluchim, and to his brother Yoeli Banda for his many hours of work dedicated to overseeing the renovation project.
The Shluchim Office is set up to welcome Shluchim throughout the Kinus, offering computer stations and refreshments.
They will also be launching many programs and initiatives, including CGI Central, Mini Messengers – a kosher, private Social Network for Yaldei Hashluchim, and the Nigri International Shluchim Online School Album.
The annual Shluchim Farbrengen will take place Thursday night at 10:30 pm.
Haya is the best!
mazal tov to gedalya and thanks to him and moishie pinson both excellent and great in their own way. i also thank them for being in the forefront with many shluchim in forging new ways and building bridges to and with other chassidisher kreizehn which will bring about true ahavas and achdus yisroel. its about time and about time the rebbe should have nachas ru’ach for all the blood sweat and tears he has poured into us and kelal yisrael.
Reb Moshe is the man!!!
CH’s true Shaliach!
He is the “pomegranite” of our neighborhood.
BEST employee at the Shluchim Office award goes to….Haya Yanni!!!…..You always greet everyone with a smile, & without a doubt the place would just not run as smoothly as it does without you…
R’ Bandas deserves the best and all the brachos Hashem can possibly give. Baal chessed par excellence.
Ps Pomegranate is the most courteous place in NY!
Good work!
Mr. Banda is a very special Neshama who gives loads of Tzedaka to the right places. May Hashem Bench him with lots of parnossa so he can keep it up.
Looking good
oh yeah you rock yidy yo my uncle
rabbi banda, wow, you have amazing foresight. these shluchim are the best to invest in, and you’ve got a big zechus to help them in such a beautiful way!!
GO BANDAS U ROCK
Mazal Tov Gedaliya!! Only Simchas!
Amazing work and dedication to the Shluchim, the online school is the best thing ever for 500 of the Rebbes kinderlach! If we were ever looking for a reason the internet was created, the online Shluchim school is one of the top 10!