By COLlive reporter
Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, Chairman of Associated Beth Rivkah Schools in Crown Heights, has publicly thanked all those that are donating to the Charidy fundraising campaign.
As a flagship institution, Bais Rivkah has pioneered the Lubavitch educational system for girls that prepares young girls for their futures as Jewish women and as community leaders, role models, and educators.
Beis Rivkah has been an anchor in the Rebbe‘s historic efforts to dispatch energetic Shluchim couples who illuminated and ultimately transformed the Jewish landscape.
An example of how the Rebbe’s cherish the school was during the groundbreaking ceremony of the large Campus Chomesh on Lefferts Avenue, named after Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, OBM.
It was on eve of the Rebbetzin’s birthday, 24 Adar 5748, and the Rebbe was on his way to the Ohel at the conclusion of the Rebbetzin’s Shloshim. The Rebbe’s car stopped at the construction site and gave Rabbi Shemtov his participation of $470.
Another example is the special leather-bound, gold-embossed notebook commissioned in 5710 in order to record the names of those that would contribute to Beis Rivkah, with the Rebbe being the first one.
“I am joining together with those that are “Mitzva-doers”, who are taking part in the special “campaign” for “Bais Rivkah” [that they should be able] to pay off their debts,” the Rebbe handwrote.
“It is my hope, that all of Ana”sh will do so, all those that the institution that my holy father-in-law established is dear in his eyes, and He (the Rebbe) will evoke mercy for them and their families, may they live and be well, that they should be blessed with that they need materially and spiritually.”
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Rabbi Shemtov is the pillar of leadership which has enabled Bais Rivkah to grow and develop into the amazing School it is today.
May HaShem grant Rav Shemtov continued gzunt, bracha, hatzlacha and simcha. He is truly a giant in our generation who has devoted his entire life to the Rebbe׳s vision for a strong and viable Bais Rivkah
A heartfelt Yasher Koach to Rav Avraham Shemtov, shlita.