The Boro Park Center is renowned for their superior service and care, and for hosting exciting events that bring the residents, their families, and the community together. Elul and Tishrei at the Boro Park Center were filled with meaningful celebrations and joyful events that were shared by the residents and their families to create many special memories.

During the year, and especially on Yom Tov, the Boro Park Center focused on family-friendly events and entertainment to bring families together. Throughout the Yomim Tovim and on Chol Hamoed the Center encourages residents’ children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to come to the Center to spend quality time with their parents and grandparents. Many families joined the Center for the delicious, gourmet seudas, and spent Chol Hamoed enjoying various activities and shows together with their grandparents.

In Elul the Boro Park Center held weekly lectures every Sunday that uplifted all the residents. The speakers included choshuve rabbanim such as Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Rebbi Moshe Tovia Lieff, and Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, who shared inspiration for the Yomim Noraim. For the convenience of the residents, the Center brought down kapparos to their building so that the residents were all easily able to shlug kapparos. Additionally, for the first time since COVID-19, wheelchair-accessible buses were seen lined up outside the center to transport the residents to the water at 1st Avenue and 58th Street for tashlich. They were accompanied by singer Volvy Tauber who inspired them with soul-stirring Yomim Noraim songs. Several local schools were doing tashlich at that time as well, and the children joined in the singing and danced with the residents, some of whom even met their grandchildren.

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur were meaningfully celebrated at the Center with beautiful, hartzig tefillos led by Rabbi Wajsfeld. Rabbi Mandelbaum, a grandchild of the famed Chazzan R’ Yossele Mandelbaum, led Mussaf on Rosh Hashana and several tefillos on Yom Kippur. The tefillos warmed the hearts of everyone there and set the tone for a hopeful new year ahead. 

The festivities continued on Sukkos with a huge, beautifully decorated Sukkah that was filled with laughter and singing from all the families who ate with their grandparents. Chol Hamoed was truly an experience at the Boro Park Center, with non-stop entertainment for the residents and their families. Children and adults enjoyed the activities and shows every day, including face painting, a fun petting zoo, and a fascinating parrot show by the “Parrot Rebbe” that delighted audiences of all ages.

The celebrations reached new heights with a lively concert by Dovid Fleishman and Yossi Eidlisz, whose music filled the Center with warmth and energy. Tanzers and jugglers added to the joyous atmosphere, and their infectious spirit and enthusiasm made the evening a truly unforgettable experience. 

Simchas Torah at the Boro Park Center was an experience like no other. Rabbi Wajsfeld led the spirited hakafos, ensuring that every resident got an aliyah and a chance to dance with the Torah. In addition to family members, several people from the community joined the spirited dancing and assisted those who are wheelchair-bound.  

As residents, family members, grandchildren, and community members all danced round and round with the Torah, celebrating our heritage in a heartwarming scene, it was easy to see why many residents described the Yomim Tovim at the Center as Gan Eden.