About 30 Aish Kodesh members (not all of whom live in Woodmere) headed out to visit kivrei tzadikim with our Rebbe, Rav Moshe Weinberger, on Sunday May 31, 2015 from JFK. We were supposed to fly into Paris and then make a connection to Kiev, flying Air France the whole way. Because of weather problems in New York, the first flight was delayed 2.5 hours and everyone missed their flight to Kiev. Hashem always places obstacles in the way of one's efforts to connect to true tzadikim!
Most people were able to get onto a direct Air France flight to Kiev 7 hours later. Two people got a flight to Amsterdam with a 4.5 hour layover before heading to Kiev and one person got a direct flight to Kiev before everyone else on Ukranian International Airlines. Hooray! Much of the chevra with the Paris layover travled around to see Paris (pictures) and the two fellows with the Amsterdam layover saw downtown and the Anne Frank House (pictures).
Ultimately, even getting to Kiev 10 hours later than planned, the group made up for lost time by traveling, davening, and learning throughout the night so virtually nothing on the itinerary was left out (except sleep). Ultimately, we owe Yoni and Sara Mehlman, who traveled with us and made all the arrangements, and Yitzchak Mordechai Feder who organized things on the Woodmere end, for working tirelessly to make all arrangements throughout the trip.
On to the exciting part; Rav Moshe Weinberger's shiurim before each of the kivrei tzadikim. First, you should download this pdf of all of the maareh mekomos we used on the trip. Rav Weinberger refers to these and learns through them in virtually all of the shiurim that will take place on this trip.
Between the Kiev airport and Berditchev, Rav Weinberger gave over two shiurim in advance of our visit to Reb Levi Yitzchak ben Sarah Sasha's kever and we made a gas station stop.
First Pre-Reb Levi Yitzchak shiur:
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Watch the video of the shiur (please forgive the background noise and shaking due to the fact that the shiur was in a moving bus!):
Second Pre-Reb Levi Yitzchak shiur:
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Watch the video of the shiur (please forgive the background noise and shaking due to the fact that the shiur was in a moving bus!):
Short Shiur by the Tziyun of Reb Levi Yitzchak:
It is difficult to describe the energy at Reb Levi Yitzchak's kever. It was the first place we visited during the trip and watching Rebbe there was beyond words. So I will not attempt to describe it. You'll just have to talk to one of the participants about that. Here are some pictures from our visit to Reb Levi Yitzchok's tziyun (and here are a couple more).
Click HERE to download the mp3 audio of the shiur. And you can click here and here to see pictures from that visit.
First, after arriving and davening Shacharis at the Heichal Habaal Shem Tov, our good friend Yosef Karduner met the chevra and, along with Gadi Pugatch on the violin, led the chevra in some dancing after davening. Here is a short clip of some of that dancing and here are some pictures.
Click HERE to download the mp3 audio of the brief shiur by the tziyun.
Here is a short video from our dancing after the shiur. Also, you can see some pictures from our visit to Mezhibuzh here and here.
Shiur on the Baal Shem Tov Given in the Reconstructed Baal Shem Tov Shul - Part 1:
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Watch the video of the shiur:
Yosef Karduner on guitar and Gadi on the violin led the chevra in a rikud after Rav Weinberger's shiur. Here are a couple of minutes of that beautiful rikud.
Shiur on the Baal Shem Tov Given in the Reconstructed Baal Shem Tov Shul - Part 2:
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Watch the video of the shiur (please forgive the background noise and shaking due to the fact that the shiur was in a moving bus!):
[Coming Soon - Please check back every few days - this video will IY"H be added]
Click HERE to continue on to our adventures in Breslov and Uman!
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