Open Mic Day in Boca Raton!
31 March 2011
Rabbi Shmuel Levine, the principal of the largest Jewish Day School in South Florida, talks about his own yechidusen with the Rebbe.
Yesterday was our longest day yet! We started the day at 7 am heading out to Boca Raton for ‘Open Mic Day’ and got back at about 11:30 at night. Thank you Rabbi Moishe Denburg for being so gracious to give us your Chabad House!
In total, we interviewed eight (8) people throughout the day. The day was coordinated perfectly thanks to our researcher Eliyahu Benhiyoun, who made sure someone came in throughout the day. Only once did someone have to wait her turn to tell her story with the Rebbe.
A quick rundown is as follows:
9:30 am, Mrs. Esther Glouberstein.
She told us about the Rebbe’s brocha that saved her triplets. One of them had a 5% chance of living, another had a 10% chance to live and the third had a 50-50 chance. Still at the hospital, her mother disappeared and only returned a week later telling them that she had gone to New York and had a yechidus with the Rebbe where she requested a brocha for her newborn grandsons. The rest is history.
The pair of Tefillin Mr. Eckstein received from the Rebbe.
11:15 am
We had 15 minutes to spare before Mr. Dennis Eckstein came, so we ran across the street to Publix (grocery store) to buy some fruit and vegetables for breakfast.
11:30 am with Mr. Dennis Eckstein.
Dennis was very emotional as he showed us the Tefillin that the Rebbe bought for him and insisted that he pay for it. He said that few minute visit with the Rebbe changed his life from being ‘3-Day a year Jew’ to a Jew that doesn’t miss going to Shabbos davening!
1:00 pm, Rabbi Israel Drazin.
Rabbi Israel Drazin, the head chaplain of the US army reserve and two-star general, told us about his brief encounter with the Rebbe when the Rebbe told him to use his stature in the army to influence non-Jews as well about the 7 Noahide Laws. He did so preaching to chaplains of all different religions all over the world! This interview took about an hour and a half.
2:40 pm, Lunch Break.
Mendy Alevsky ran out to get lunch for the crew. Yankee Teitelbaum, our cameraman, ordered eggplant parmesan and got macaroni and cheese. He was not a happy camper.
3:30 pm, Rabbi Shmuel levine and his mother, Mrs. Levine.
At about 3 pm, Mendy Alevsky ran out to buy lunch. Yankee Teitelbaum, our trusted cameraman, ordered eggplant Parmesan. He got spaghetti instead. Yankee was not a happy camper.
Rabbi Shmuel Levine and his mother came in to tell us about their many yechidusen with the Rebbe when living in Crown Heights in the 1950s. There were so many stories…not sure where to start…
6:30 pm, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Lefkowitz.
We interviewed both Stuart and his wife about how they saved the life of a Gerrer chosid who received a brocha and dollar from the Rebbe exactly four years earlier. The Rebbe told him to have a gezunte hartz – a health heart! He didn’t realize what the Rebbe was telling him, until four years later to the day, he had a heart attack and survived.
9:00 pm, Mrs. Valerie Shore.
There are much more details, but in short, Mrs. Valerie Shore’s husband Scott ran for congress and lost a bitter and public battle with the incumbent congressman. Needless to say, Scott was a broken man not knowing where to turn next. All of a sudden when times were never so tough, he received a call from the Rebbe’s office giving him chizuk (encouragement) that put Scott back on his feet.
We ended the day about 10:30 pm and made our hour drive back North Miami Beach…
Mrs. Valerie Shore will never forget the phone call they received from the Rebbe's office giving her husband, Scott, chizuk from the devastating loss in his run for Congress.
Mr. Dennis Eckstein broke down crying a few times when telling over his story of the Rebbe buying him a pair of Tefillin.
Mrs. Esther Glouberstein preparing for her interview.
Mrs. Glouberstein's triplets that survived the impossible thanks to a brocha from the Rebbe.
A recent picture of Mrs. Glouberstein's triplets.
Mrs. Levine reminisces about her many yechidusen with the Rebbe when living in Crown Heights in the 1950s and 1960s.
Rabbi Shmuel Levine, the principal of the largest Jewish Day School in South Florida, talks about his own yechidusen with the Rebbe.
Yesterday was our longest day yet! We started the day at 7 am heading out to Boca Raton for ‘Open Mic Day’ and got back at about 11:30 at night. Thank you Rabbi Moishe Denburg for being so gracious to give us your Chabad House!
In total, we interviewed eight (8) people throughout the day. The day was coordinated perfectly thanks to our researcher Eliyahu Benhiyoun, who made sure someone came in throughout the day. Only once did someone have to wait her turn to tell her story with the Rebbe.
A quick rundown is as follows:
9:30 am, Mrs. Esther Glouberstein.
She told us about the Rebbe’s brocha that saved her triplets. One of them had a 5% chance of living, another had a 10% chance to live and the third had a 50-50 chance. Still at the hospital, her mother disappeared and only returned a week later telling them that she had gone to New York and had a yechidus with the Rebbe where she requested a brocha for her newborn grandsons. The rest is history.
The pair of Tefillin Mr. Eckstein received from the Rebbe.
11:15 am
We had 15 minutes to spare before Mr. Dennis Eckstein came, so we ran across the street to Publix (grocery store) to buy some fruit and vegetables for breakfast.
11:30 am with Mr. Dennis Eckstein.
Dennis was very emotional as he showed us the Tefillin that the Rebbe bought for him and insisted that he pay for it. He said that few minute visit with the Rebbe changed his life from being ‘3-Day a year Jew’ to a Jew that doesn’t miss going to Shabbos davening!
1:00 pm, Rabbi Israel Drazin.
Rabbi Israel Drazin, the head chaplain of the US army reserve and two-star general, told us about his brief encounter with the Rebbe when the Rebbe told him to use his stature in the army to influence non-Jews as well about the 7 Noahide Laws. He did so preaching to chaplains of all different religions all over the world! This interview took about an hour and a half.
2:40 pm, Lunch Break.
Mendy Alevsky ran out to get lunch for the crew. Yankee Teitelbaum, our cameraman, ordered eggplant parmesan and got macaroni and cheese. He was not a happy camper.
3:30 pm, Rabbi Shmuel levine and his mother, Mrs. Levine.
At about 3 pm, Mendy Alevsky ran out to buy lunch. Yankee Teitelbaum, our trusted cameraman, ordered eggplant Parmesan. He got spaghetti instead. Yankee was not a happy camper.
Rabbi Shmuel Levine and his mother came in to tell us about their many yechidusen with the Rebbe when living in Crown Heights in the 1950s. There were so many stories…not sure where to start…
6:30 pm, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Lefkowitz.
We interviewed both Stuart and his wife about how they saved the life of a Gerrer chosid who received a brocha and dollar from the Rebbe exactly four years earlier. The Rebbe told him to have a gezunte hartz – a health heart! He didn’t realize what the Rebbe was telling him, until four years later to the day, he had a heart attack and survived.
9:00 pm, Mrs. Valerie Shore.
There are much more details, but in short, Mrs. Valerie Shore’s husband Scott ran for congress and lost a bitter and public battle with the incumbent congressman. Needless to say, Scott was a broken man not knowing where to turn next. All of a sudden when times were never so tough, he received a call from the Rebbe’s office giving him chizuk (encouragement) that put Scott back on his feet.
We ended the day about 10:30 pm and made our hour drive back North Miami Beach…
Mrs. Valerie Shore will never forget the phone call they received from the Rebbe's office giving her husband, Scott, chizuk from the devastating loss in his run for Congress.
Mr. Dennis Eckstein broke down crying a few times when telling over his story of the Rebbe buying him a pair of Tefillin.
Mrs. Esther Glouberstein preparing for her interview.
Mrs. Glouberstein's triplets that survived the impossible thanks to a brocha from the Rebbe.
A recent picture of Mrs. Glouberstein's triplets.
Mrs. Levine reminisces about her many yechidusen with the Rebbe when living in Crown Heights in the 1950s and 1960s.
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