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[Rosenman later prided himself that the building became the Lubavitch center] | [Rosenman later prided himself that the building became the Lubavitch center] | ||
On Tuesday, 9th of Adar I 1940, the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in America after leaving Nazi-occupied Europe. Upon arrival in the USA, he stayed at the Greystone Hotel in Manhattan, and the chassidim established a committee to search for a suitable location for Agudas Chasidei Chabad as a private home and beis medrash for the Rebbe, called the Committee for Building Beis Chayeinu by Agudas Chasidei Chabad. | On Tuesday, 9th of Adar I 1940, the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in [[The United States|America]] after leaving Nazi-occupied Europe. Upon arrival in the USA, he stayed at the Greystone Hotel in Manhattan, and the chassidim established a committee to search for a suitable location for Agudas Chasidei Chabad as a private home and beis medrash for the Rebbe, called the Committee for Building Beis Chayeinu by Agudas Chasidei Chabad. | ||
The committee members were: Rabbi Nissan Telushkin - Honorary Chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman Kramer - Chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad Rabbi Shlomo Aharon Kazarnovsky - Committee Chairman Rabbi Avraham DovBer Kramer - Treasurer Rabbi DovBer Chaskind - Secretary | The committee members were: [[Rabbi Nissan Telushkin]] - Honorary Chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman Kramer - Chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad Rabbi Shlomo Aharon Kazarnovsky - Committee Chairman Rabbi Avraham DovBer Kramer - Treasurer Rabbi DovBer Chaskind - Secretary | ||
As well as: Rabbi Shmuel Levitin Rabbi Moshe DovBer Rivkin Rabbi Eliyahu Simpson Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kunin | As well as: Rabbi Shmuel Levitin Rabbi Moshe DovBer Rivkin [[Rabbi Eliyahu Yeichil-Simpson|Rabbi Eliyahu Simpson]] Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kunin | ||
Initially, Rabbis Jacobson and Kunin wanted the Rebbe to remain living in Lakewood where he first stayed upon arrival, but the Rebbe responded: "Among my people I dwell" - meaning that Lakewood was merely a tourist destination compared to New York which was an active residential area for most European immigrants. | Initially, Rabbis Jacobson and Kunin wanted the Rebbe to remain living in Lakewood where he first stayed upon arrival, but the Rebbe responded: "Among my people I dwell" - meaning that Lakewood was merely a tourist destination compared to New York which was an active residential area for most European immigrants. | ||