We'll end where we started...

Shalom friends,

Here's how it is. For a while now we've wanted to end this blog. We came up with a great idea of making a spoof on the Maccabeans video and making a Stollel version to go out with a bang. That, however, is not going to happen because nobody has time for such things. If you want, you can imagine the video in your head. It was going to be a similar set up of the different boxes with different Stollelnicks in each box and a chorus of Tzidkas Azriel singing: 'I throw my peyos in the air sometimes.' Other shots included Gaby in the mikveh (above the shoulders of course), Zev NaNaching in the street, and other bearded, sidelocked, creatures doing things. It also would have incorporated videos from the past 2 1/2 years throughout the video. K. There is the final video.

The blog is not ending as a result of the many people asking me to always post things (though it's certainly a part of it) but rather because the founders of the Kollel Tamid blog felt that the blog had completed it's task and had reached it's end. We opt for the burn out over the fade away.

So this is how it's going to be. With much persistence from alicht2, as well as following the path of Jawbone Valley, we are moving to Twitter. Everyone can follow us over there and any announcements will be made there and sent to all followers. For example, if there is a minyan on a given day, we will send out a tweet: "Happy Minyan: 7:30 in Muss Quiet Room tomorrow morning!" If there is a gathering on a random night: "Gathering in MTA Basement with Rebbe Reichman and friends! 10:30 Tonight!" You get the idea.

Now, as opposed to Jawbone Valley which totally abandoned the blog after the Twitter-shift, the blog will still be up and used only for posts that require an actual blog (i.e. videos of Zev.) When such a post is added to the blog, we'll tweet: "New Video on Blog." The point is, essentially, you never have to check the blog again unless tweeted about because there will be nothing new.

With all that being said, we'll end where we started...

THE STOLLEL
[3.0]

11 Shevat-17 Shevat 5771
January 16-January 22 2010
BEIS FREIDMAN
We will be learning Meseches Bikkurim this year.

THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT STOLLEL 5771:
1) The first day is Sunday. It is the day of ZPomerantz's wedding in Baltimore. Stollel will be open but I assume a bunch of people will be at the wedding.
2) Rabbi Judah Mischel of the Genesis Center will be joining for a guest lecture Monday morning.
3) Rav Avraham Schorr will be saying at the Stollel on Thursday Morning (11 AM).
4) Rebbe Reichman hopes to hold a Tu B'Shvat tish on whatever night that may be (Wednesday, I think)
5) Other speakers include HaRav Roberts of Yeshiva Gedolah (no tape recorders), The Springfielder Rav, and many others.

GENERAL DAILY SCHEDULE

7:00 - Bus to the Mikveh
7:30 - Pre-Shacharis Chassidus
8:00 - Shacharis
9:00 - Breakfast
9:30 - Opening Meseches Bikkurim remarks/Morning Seder
12:00 - Bikkurim Chabura #1
1:00 - Lunch/Break
3:15 - Mincha
3:40 - Mussar Seder
4:00 - Afternoon Seder
6:00 - Dinner
7:00 - 9:00 - Night Seder / Guest Shiur
10:00 - Ma'ariv
11:15 - (Shneur Zalman's) Seder Niggunim
12:07 - Chatzos

It's possible there will be other updates to add to the Stollel schedule so maybe check back to the lower half of this post in a while. Take care.

The Return of the Minyan...THIS THURSDAY

In case you haven't realized, there have been less crazies around this year then in the past. Some of that has to do with people getting married, some of that has to do with people moving to Eretz Yisrael, some of it simply unexplainable.

But this Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Shevat, they all come back to town...

The return of the
(REALLY) HAPPY MINYAN
feat.
REBBI REICHMAN
SETH MICHAEL RAPPS
A.P. HALEVI
REFAEL LEIZER LEICHT
MIKE S-HN
YOSSELE NEUMAN
TULI SKAIST
THE STOKE BRIGADE
COUCH YID
maybe MOSHE LORENZO
and of course everyone else!

JOIN US THIS THURSDAY. OLD SCHOOL OR NEW SCHOOL. ALL ARE INVITED.
TIME: TBD
LOCATION: MUSS (not so) QUIET ROOM
B.Y.O.I.

Things to know about...

Things to know about in the order which they will happen...

1) TONIGHT (Tuesday)
Something at Moonbaz's. Not sure what. Know it includes beer and a rabbi from Israel. If you're reading about this here you probably know more then I.

2) The President's Return
THIS SHABBOS IN TEANECK
You thought you knew him...but that was before Sulam Ya'akov. BAH BAH BAH!

3) Wedding to a Girl!
January 16th, 2011 - 2 PM - Somewhere in Baltimore
ZPom and Penina Yaffa
(may or may not feature a guest appearance by Bouncing Moshe from Spanish Harlem)

Chaim Yissachar UPDATE

As many of you know, Chaim Feigenbaum is being treated for Leukemia at Sloan Kettering.

Chaim will need blood and or platelet transfusions over the course of the next several months and blood bank is being set up for donations that will specifically be used for him.

Chaim's blood type is A+. Anyone with A+, A-, O+ or O- is a match for him. For platelet donations blood type does not need to match.

Anyone that does not have a matching blood type for him, can still donate to the general ChaiLifeline blood bank to be for other Jewish patients which is a huge kiddush Hashem.

If you are available to donate, please reply to Esti at ChaiLifeline
ERosenbaum@Chailifeline.org
or text or call 646-530-3507

Just tell her that you want to donate for Chaim (Marc) Feigenbaum and she will get back to you and let you know all the details.

Thank you and tizku l'mitzvot!

If anyone as any questions about this or anything else relating to Chaim , you can email Alisa Weinberg atweinberg@gmail.com

Live from Kibbutz Moshiach (Part 2)

Not much going on these days and I spend most of my time in Kibbutz Moshiach so that's the source of most of these posts.

There I was, sitting at my table in the kibbutz and trying to study, when all of a sudden I heard screaming across the hall from HaRav Shmuel's room. It didn't sound like regular old screaming. It was a screaming that sounded familiar, a little too familiar these days...

A gutten Shabbos to one and all.
Chopstix's thing Motzei Shabbos. 8 PM in נאות דשא
1/3 of Tzavei, 1/3 of Ta Shma, and an Albert expected to play

Live from Kibbutz Moshiach

The Progression of a Chopstick...

The Progression of a Chopstick...
2000 and something until the Present

As a young man with grand entrepreneurial ideas and dreams...



In his days on the high sea/Lipa days...



At his first Tzavei gig...



In his weird "dress-up" stage...



His "gangster" days...



His professional Baseball days...



His days at the racetracks...



His streetball days at 'The Cage'...



In his creepy 5c days...



And now they say he's engaged to be married. We didn't have live cameras at the proposal but we got a photograph. He went with the 'marry me or else' proposal...



Mazel Toff to ShiaZ & Rebbetzin Miriam Stavsky, the entire Stollel Community, and all of Israel on this wondrous occasion!

Celebratory Gathering:
Motzei Shabbos VaYechi, Dec. 18th 8 P.M.
Shomrei Torah: 19-10 Morlot Avenue in Fairlawn, NJ
All are invited.

Marriage to a girl to take place bi'ezras Hashem in Eretz Yisrael on the 8th of Adar II. More details to follow.

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For those interested in catching a good show, there will be a different reunion concert/l'chaim featuring 1/3 of Tzavei and 1/2 of 2/3 of Tzavei this Motzei Shabbos in Woodmere. Call me for more details (but don't really.)

Chanukah Torah Class and Tefillah Group...

This Wednesday night R' MTW will be giving a Torah Class in the merit of the refuah shleima of our dear chazzan, R' Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit somewhere in Glunck. Ma'ariv and Tehillim to precede or follow (or perhaps precede and follow...tsss) Details can be found in the form of Adam Friedman or maybe later on this blog.

Tefillos/Learning for the Chazzan...

For those who have not heard, our beloved chazzan, R' Chaim Feigenbaum, had not been feeling well for a bit and was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. The doctors are hopeful about the treatments but it certainly a long and heavy run for him. Chaim is a fighter so it's just a matter of time until he's back on his feet but we pray and learn in his merit that it should be as soon as possible (lest R' MTW have to serve as chazzan at the new minyan...yeesh.)

He is currently receiving treatments at Sloan Kettering and despite being a grown man with children he has managed to sneak on to the Pediatrics floor where he hopes to hold court and become the rebbe of the kinder.

To sign up for praying or learning click on the links below.

Bi'zechus refuah shleima

Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit

bisoch sha'ar cholei Yisrael

In this time of nissim and yeshuos may the Ribono Shel Olam answer all our tefillos and bring a yeshua bi'karov.

PSALMS
MISHNAYOS

Chanukah Schedule...

This post will be updated throughout Chanukah as
different events and happenings come to fruition.

1) Shacharis service will begin on the first day of Chanukah - Thursday Morning 7:15 A.M. in the Muss Quiet Room. BYOI. We'll figure out other days as they come about.

Tonight...Tuesday Erev Chanukah

The Rav will be speaking in Muss classrooms at aprox. 10:30. All are invited.

Looking Ahead...

With Chanukah right around the corner, the proper preparations are underway.
Chanukah falls out Thursday, Dec. 2 - Thursday, Dec. 9.
A couple of things to consider:

1) Minyan - we don't want to have every day (or do we?) and Friday, Shabbos and Sundays are usually out so we should determine on which days we will have a special minyan. Maybe the first day (Thursday), then on Monday (5th day of Chanukah) and then Zos? Should we do more? Comment below. To be determined.

2) 5c wants to host some sort of gathering. To be determined.

3) Shabbos Chanukah is questionable. People do different things. Also to be determined.

4) Surprise event. To be determined.

Basically I was getting tired of seeing the previous Raz post and wanted to ask about the deal for a minyan on Chanukah and so i made this whole long post of nothing. Comment below if you have ideas for Chanukah.

This should get some* in the mood...

*-some being the three people in the video

Dovi F. noted that this video of Zev's brother might be good for other people to get in the mood.

Raz's North American Tour...

If you know anybody who would be interested in any of these gatherings and lives in those areas spread the word...

Mechon Hadar. 190 Amsterdam at 69th St.
Monday Nov. 15th 9 Pm
Contact: Avram Sand
sand@mechonhadar.org

Rubin Shul, 185th and Amsterdam.
Tuesday Nov.16th 1030 pm.
Washington Heights
Contact: Adam Friedman
adamz.friedman@gmail.com

Highland Park, NJ, Home of the Silvers, 292N. 5th Ave.
Wednesday Nov.17th 8pm
Contact: R' Moshe Silver
tikkun.olam@hotmail.com

Sharon MA. Home of the Lapins, 30 Ames Ct
Thursday Nov. 18th
Contact: Sabrina Burger
sabrinac@hotmail.com

Riverdale, NY Home of the Kranzlers, 4640 Delafield Ave.
Motzaei Shabbat Nov. 20th 8 p.m.
Contact : Tuli Skaist
tuliskaist@gmail.com

Carlebach Shul, 305 West 79th, NY NY
Sunday Nov. 21st 11am
Contact: R' Naftali Citron
rabbi@carlebachshul.org

NYU's Bronfman Center 7 East 10th Street.
Sunday Nov 21 730 p.m.
Contact: – Rebecca Schrag
rebecca.schrag@gmail.com

Raz on Tuesday night...

Tell your friends, tell your family...

In case you some how missed this one...

I have copies if anyone is interested, sometimes in my pocket, sometimes in Morg 507. I'm selling them for $10-15. You can decide the price.

Minyan Tomorrow...

There will G-d willing be a minyan tomorrow.
TIME: 7 A.M.
PLACE: Muss Quiet Room
BRING: Prayer Books, Shawls, and Instruments

It could be we'll just do a slower Shacharis and Hallel and then team up with the 7:40 below us for laining but maybe not. We'll see.

Enjoy this video from the East in honor of Rosh Chodesh:



A gut chodesh!

Minyan Anyone?

Monday morning Rosh Ḣodesh minyan anyone?
I assume around 7 o'clock start time. Comment if you're in. Don't be lazy.

A gutten chodesh!

A few matters...

Many people have asked me to post various things in the past week or two. I was a little busy (still am) but here are some things people should know about:

1) This past Monday night there was a gathering in 5c featuring the Radziner rebbe from Eretz Yisrael. You already missed this one. Reb Hirsch Meilech came. See dark phone picture below.

2) Got two emails about this one today (Tuesday)...

GUEST SHIUR AT Y.U.

"WHAT THE CARLEBACH MINYAN DOES TO DAVENING, BIRCAS HATORAH DOES TO LEARNING GEMARA" [Ed. note - no idea what that means.]

Based upon the Ramcha"l sefer about how to learn gemara, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah, over the past 20 years, has developed, used, and taught a proven method of how to approach learning Gemara. How to analyze and appreciate its wisdom, and most importantly- how to make learning exciting and self inspiring.

The co-Rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Tagger, will be coming to YU this Wed. Nov. 3rd. (today) to present a shiur in the yeshiva's exciting and interactive way in which they learn.
Come see for yourself why people are buzzing about Bircas HaTorah.

Where: Y.U. in the Gleuck building on the 3rd floor.
When: 10:20pm Wed. Nov. 3rd

Additionally this is what our very own Adam Gidding has to say about Bircas HaTorah...

"Bircas is a gevalt place to learn, especially if you want a chill environment in the old city, but amazing gemara skills building, they have a unique style that is very amazing which helped me tremendously. I was there over the summer for about a month, awesome/extremely extremely learned rabbeim, amazing location, perfect for a guy looking to learn for a bit after college or in the middle. I wasn't expecting anything crazy when I went in, turns out its very pashut times in there. Feel free to get in touch w me if you have any more q's"

3) Some also wished for this video to go up. This is living proof that if you do too much accounting you will eventually snap.

4) Raz is coming to town.

He will be in YU on November 16th, i believe a Tuesday night, and will be playing at 10:30 in Rubin Shul. It will be a pre-Chanuka gathering with a suggested (read: demanded) donation of $10. More to follow on that one.

5) When Raz is in, there was an interest to have a Shabbos somewhere, probably Teaneck, with him and us. Comment if you're interested. It would be the Shabbos on the 20th of November.

6) If Shabbos with Raz doesn't happen I also received this email...

The entire stollel, including stollel families are invited, and invited to invite for a big Shabbos in Delaware at the community of Elliot Margules. Only catch is that it's a "shul-shabbaton" and they really really need numbers by that monday, the 15th. It will fo sho be really awesome for all the chevra, and the Delaware community would really really benefit from what would surely be their unparalleled contribution to an extraordinary Shabbos.

So that's what's going on. Sup diller.

Weekend with Reb Shlomo...

Don’t feel like writing it all out but here are highlights from the Reb Shlomo Weekend…

Gaby and I headed downtown to Tzidkas Azriel’s house for Shabbos on the West Side. Friday night found us at the Carlebach Shul for a heady 3-hour kabbalas Shabbos led by Reb Yehuda Green. The Azriel’s didn’t wait for us and so we showed up a little late. Sabba Azriel spoke with Gaby in Hebrew for most of the seudah. Shabbos morning Tzidkas and I made our way to The Shtiebel on 84th Street while Gaby headed to lengthier Carlebach option. Mincha/Shalosh Seudos was back at Carlebach with guests R’ Avraham Sutton, R’ Shalom Brodt, Rav Citron, and some other rebbes (and rebbetzins.) All colors and flavors were present – felt a little bit like being back at the Machlis’ shalosh seudos. After havdalah some guy in a light blue turtleneck, cowboy hat, and long hair asked us what we do. We told him we go to Y.U. He paused - ‘Oh...I hear they do weird stuff over there.’ And so even after an Egalitarian service at the Carlebach shul Y.U. is still treif. What can I tell you.

While the West Side Institutional housed the big ($) concert for the Monsey and Brooklyn chevra, we were tipped off about a secret gathering back upstairs in the shul where the old timers reminisced and sang well into the night. The gathering was led by one of Reb Shlomo’s right-hand men, R’ Itzik Eisenstadt, the “treasurer of the niggunim.” Stories, niggunim, and machloksin in nusach were abundant. At 4 something Gaby and I finally made it back to the Morg.

The festivities began Sunday night in the Heights at 7 P.M. It looked like it was going to be one of the smallest Reb Shlomo Hilula’s in YU history, but as usual, as the night progressed more and more people trickled in. Despite the numerous obstacles in getting this year’s hilula together, it turned out to be a truly special night. Enjoy this video of some of Sunday nights festivities.

Tonight...

JOIN REBBE REICHMAN
and many others for the

6th ANNUAL Y.U. HILULA FOR
REB SHLOMO
SUNDAY NIGHT
RUBIN SHUL (or maybe Morg Beis)
7:00 P.M. (or maybe 10:30 P.M.)
Lots of tunes and food.

SPONSORED BY GABY