Morristown
Morristown is a town and the county seat of Morris County in New Jersey, United States.
Chabad Community in the City[edit | edit source]
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Visits of the Rebbe Rayatz[edit | edit source]
Extended article - Morristown Visits
The Rebbe Rayatz (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn) visited the "Sanatorium Morristown" health resort three times. In the years 5701 (1941), 5702 (1942), and 5704 (1944). During these visits, he would typically leave after Tisha B'Av and return before Chai Elul.
During his first visit in 5701 (1941), he traveled alone. He also traveled in 5702 (1942), and a trip was planned for 5703 (1943) but did not materialize[1].
On the 17th of Av 5704 (1944), the Rebbe Rayatz traveled, and during his stay there, news arrived about the passing of the Rebbe's father - Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson. The Rebbe (Menachem Mendel Schneerson) sat shiva in New York, and the Rebbe Rayatz wrote him a letter regarding mourning matters. On the 5th of Elul, the Rebbe traveled to the health resort in Morristown, and the Rebbe Rayatz delivered a sicha (talk) for him[2].
However, even in Morristown, the Rebbe's work did not cease, and he testified that "I could not rest."
Rabbi Nissan Mindel testified that the Rebbe Rayatz said in Morristown that "here there is an atmosphere of Torah."
These visits formed the foundation for Tomchei Tmimim Morristown.
Chabad Institutions in the City[edit | edit source]
- Tomchei Tmimim Morristown - The yeshiva was opened in Newark and moved to Morristown after the Black takeover in Newark. In a yechidus (private audience) with the yeshiva's director, several locations besides Morristown were suggested to the Rebbe, but the Rebbe wanted Morristown. The yeshiva influences the life of the Jewish community in Morristown, with many becoming closer and relocating near the yeshiva. The yeshiva publishes the Kovetz Haoros Hatmimim V'Anash which received references from the Rebbe. In the 5775 (2014-2015) academic year, the yeshiva went through a financial crisis but eventually emerged from it. The yeshiva is headed by Rabbi Chaim Shapira[3].
- Tiferes Bochurim Morristown - 'Tiferes Bochurim' yeshiva is a department within Tomchei Tmimim Morristown designed for baalei teshuva (returnees to Judaism). The department was established by Rabbi Avraham Lipsker. The yeshiva was headed by Rabbi Chaim Dovid Nota Veichinin. Today the yeshiva is managed by Rabbi Yaakov Wagner.
- Machon Semicha Beis Medrash Menachem L'Hora'ah - Managed by Rabbi Chaim Shapira.
- Kollel - Headed by Rabbi Chaim Brafman.
- Cheder Lubavitch for Boys - Managed by Rabbi Aharon Wilshanski.
- Cheder Lubavitch Morristown for Girls - Managed by Mrs. Sarah Shochat[4].
- Levi Yitzchak Synagogue - Headed by the Mara D'Asra Rabbi Shneur Zalman Wilshanski.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ He wanted to travel alone, and when some of the chassidim traveled after him, he stopped the journey and said a sicha [talk] before them that began like this: "Indeed, one doesn't tell those accompanying to leave, but it was already agreed at the beginning that he would travel alone." And thus they understood that they should leave.
- ↑ Regarding the conduct of his honor, my father, my master and teacher, the holy Rebbe in his days of mourning after his honored mother the righteous Rebbetzin". The Rebbe recorded after this the content of the sicha (printed in Sefer HaSichos 5704 [1944] page 160).
- ↑ Marked: The Yeshiva in Morristown Will Close After Seventy Years - on the website, 29 Teves 5775 (2015)
- ↑ The wife of Rabbi Chaim Shochet, and rabbi of the Sephardic community of Wesley Hills, New York.