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== Mashpia in Tomchei Tmimim Kfar Chabad ==
On 19 Iyar 1971, Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Keselman, mashpia of Tomchei Tmimim Kfar Chabad, passed away. About a month and a half later, the Rebbe's secretariat told Reb Mendel that the Rebbe was asking if he could come to 770 for 12-13 Tammuz. Reb Mendel arrived at 770 before 12-13 Tammuz, and during yechidus the Rebbe announced the proposal that he be appointed as mashpia of Tomchei Tmimim Kfar Chabad. The Rebbe instructed him to travel to Eretz Hakodesh and visit Chabad institutions and holy places, and regarding settling in Eretz Hakodesh, the Rebbe said they would discuss it the following year. As the Rebbe instructed, around 12-13 Tammuz 1972, Reb Mendel came to the Rebbe and during yechidus, the Rebbe instructed him to serve as the permanent mashpia in Tomchei Tmimim in Kfar Chabad.

With his appointment to the position in the 1973 school year, he wrote a new chapter in the history of Tomchei Tmimim yeshivos in Eretz Hakodesh. He was distinguished by his educational approach and became a revered mashpia for tmimim and Anash throughout Eretz Hakodesh. In farbrengens, he dedicated significant time to the topic of hiskashrus to the Rebbe, complete mesiras nefesh for the Rebbe, and traveling to the Rebbe - topics that were not the focus of farbrengens in Chabad yeshivos in Eretz Hakodesh. In his farbrengens, he wove stories and vivid descriptions from his time in Siberia, deriving lessons about the kochos that someone who has no choice, like a prisoner, invests, to the kochos that chassidim and tmimim must invest to fulfill the Rebbe's ratzon. His farbrengens gained a good reputation, and Anash, tmimim, and many mekuravim flocked to his farbrengens, which were usually held in the zal of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Kfar Chabad. Even when he came to Beis Chayeinu, he would farbreng for long hours with a large crowd of tmimim.

He dedicated many hours to one-on-one conversations with tmimim to influence and elevate them spiritually.