In true Sharon style the weekends here are four days long beginning on Thursday and concluding on late Sunday night.
Thursday night, we all packed in the "condo" for a video on the Beis Hamikdash playing live off the internet, ah! now it all comes to life. After that we kratzed as we waited for our guest farbrenger who in true Chabad fashion showed up at midnight! Rabbi Shmuli Posner spoke to the hearts of the Temimim begging them to become real and realize that this is the true life. At 2:30 he stood up and walked out. Suddenly.
Too much sleep we didn't get, for at 10:00 am we loaded the buses and headed to Rhode Island. No wasting time, first we toured "Breakers Mansion" a beautiful mansion owned by the Vanderbelt family who at its prime was richer then the United States government. We kind of got a taste of what Yemos hamoshiach housing will feel like, but as one bochur pointed out "there is no modern plasma's in the walls", so for the dor hashviei it doesn't attract. Gei farshtei.
From there we headed to the Touro synagogue, the oldest standing synagogue in the United States, where we heard a talk from Mr. Friedman on the uniqueness of this place.
Pictures, some Mivtzoim and we were out. We stopped over for slurpies in 7/11, and Mashke in the local liquor store in honor of the special guests, the GlenLivet, chivas, and Grey-goose, were the special treats of this Shabbos. Ok mothers it's not that terrible, we're doch from Russian origin. Of course there's no more then four.
Back in Sharon, ready for Shabbos, with the Simpson Mishpacha, in-laws of rabbi G. and Rabbi Y. Levin and family, brother-in-law of Rabbi G.
Shabbos chazon!
Friday night was another highlight of the summer, hachlata's were flying left and right, as the new harassment between the Bochurim became: "so what's your hachlata, fe shvache maasos…"
The last guys left past 3 am…
A record number of Bochurim went to Mikva Shabbos morning. Just to remember, it's the morning, its cold, not the greatest smelling lake in the area, and there is the scare of being seen… and half an hour less of precious sleep.
The auction for aliyos this week was a tornado, as the hachlata seeking boys challenged each other who will be mechabed the birthday boys and guests… happy birthday to Rabbi L. Simpson, we wish you a shnas bracha v'hatzlacha!
There was testing in the afternoon and a Farbrengen with rabbi Levin that began after Mincha at 6:30 and extended until way past Motzoei Shabbos, culminating with a dance for a long while. Wake up Yiden… "Shabbos chazon, if you believe, you will see".
Light's out was at 12:15 am, and another week began. May this week be the first week in Geulah, and may we be zoche to the grandest "grand trip" of all time, when we will fly on clouds to Yerushalayim, speedily, now!
The staff
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