TORAH → THE MOMENT Issue 1039 · December 4, 2024

The Moment: Issue 1039

In a way, the kinnus was the greatest response to the senseless terror

The Moment: Issue 1039
Living Higher

This past Sunday, thousands crammed into the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center for Chabad’s 41st Kinnus Hashluchim, honoring the many hundreds of shluchim from all around the world. The event was especially poignant, coming on the heels of the horrific tragedy one week prior where Rabbi Zvi Kogan Hyd, Chabad shaliach to the United Arab Emirates, was brutally murdered.

In a way, the kinnus was the greatest response to the senseless terror. The sheer force of energy pulsating throughout the room sent a clear message: We are on a mission and nothing can stop us.

One of the many highlights was the story shared by Dr. Brian Levin, a urologist living in Baltimore. Dr. Levin grew up knowing that he was Jewish, but this knowledge yielded little practical application.

“Every Shabbos,” Dr. Levin shared, “I would see a rabbi with a beard walking down the street. At first, I thought he’d made a mistake, but I continued to see the same man every Shabbos.”

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