Editing Menachem Mendel Futerfas (section)

== For the Benefit of the Community ==
In parallel with his role as a Mashpia, he continued, following the Rebbe's instructions, in his position as a Shadar (emissary fundraiser) which he would fulfill during the months of Elul - Kislev. In this capacity, he would travel to the United States for fundraising with the Shadar Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Reitzik.

Reb Mendel would farbreng together with Reb Meir Blizinsky. Alongside his role in the yeshiva, he became one of the leading Chabad askanim (activists), working energetically for Kfar Chabad, particularly for Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim and Beis Rivka Kfar Chabad where he served as a board member. He founded the Yiddish Cheder in Kfar Chabad. In 1974, he received a letter in which the Rebbe wrote him a blessing "in the holy work in Tomchei Tmimim and in Kfar Chabad," which he saw as the Rebbe's consent to be involved in the village's affairs. It is also reported that he had an instruction from the Rebbe "to stick his nose" into all Chabad matters in Israel and to do what needs to be done.

When Rabbi (Burke) Shiff returned from our holy courts with clear instructions to establish an institution for immigrants arriving from Russia, he stood by his side to help and was appointed as a board member of the Bukharian Yeshiva institutions until his passing.

He was also among those who worked extensively for the Rebbe's shluchim to the Holy Land.