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             Welcome to Young Israel                 of Kew Gardens Hills!

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150-05 70th Road
Flushing, NY 11367
Telephone: (718) 261-9723
Fax: (718) 520-2976
yikgh@verizon.net

Reserve Sunday, June 6 at 1:00pm for a virtual
Memorial Tribute to Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, zt"l

A Tribute Book will be published with appreciations, reminiscences and photographs.
Please share your memories, personal stories and photographs
and it will appear with your name and/or photo.

Please send your material to yikgh2021@gmail.com or mail to
Rebecca Wittert, 66-10 149 St, Apt 4C, Flushing, NY 11367

All donations are welcome,
but the following category sponsors of the Tribute will receive a copy of the book.
SPONSOR         $1,000
DONOR                $500
CONTRIBUTOR $360

To donate to the Memorial Tribute, click
https://www.yikgh.org/payment.php
then, on the right side, go to Visitors Pay or Donate Here, then, below that Payment Details, select Memorial Tribute from the drop-down menu

Audio/visual recollections of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, zt"l,
by Rabbi Mordechai Willig 

click here

Below is a link to a previously unknown recorded interview with Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld about his early recollections of Rav Ahron Kotler zt"l in Vienna through his days in Lakewood and his relationship with Rav Soloveitchik zt"l.

Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld recollections of Rav Ahron Kotler zt"l

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The following is a brief drasha by Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld on 12/24/2020 (Parshas Viyigash), l'ilui nishmas Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld,

                                            מורנו הרב מרדכי שרגא פייבל בן ר' שמואל שבתי הלוי

followed by some recollections of his father by his sister Debby Spero, who is in from Israel at this time.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U3a5edKooE6HZk_2s0Q9NTNVxNPg987k/view?usp=sharing

Recordings of Queens levaya AND
Israel levaya/burial of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld

The first 2 recordings are from the levaya at the Young Israel of KGH.  We apologize, but due to circumstances, the first one is only 1:20 long and the quality is diminished.   
MP4 Video file
The following is the recording in Israel:
 
For shiva information, click on the announcements tab above.
 


Shiurim Sponsorships Needed

 

Dear Friends,


Due to the lockdown, our fundraising activity has been limited.  We are not receiving funds for weekly Shalosh Seudos sponsors or monthly Kiddush sponsors.

 
I, therefore, invite you to participate in being a sponsor for any of the Shiurim taking place by Zoom. You can sponsor in honor, in memory, or just because. It will be announced before each shiur and mentioned in the weekly bulletin.


Here are some opportunities...


Daf Yomi $50 per day or $150 per week
Retirees Program $100 per day
Mishnah Berurah $50 a day or $150 per week

Sunday morning Halachic Household Shiur $100
Sunday morning Gemara Shiur $100
Monday night Gemara Shiur $100
Tuesday morning Women's Parsha Class $100
Thursday night Drasha/Perek $100

 

If you are interested, please contact the shul or email Rabbi Schonfeld yoels@ou.org

 

Thank you for your generosity.

Stuart Verstandig

Friday, May 7, 2021 25 Iyyar 5781