As part of a community service and chesed program, Yeshiva Simchas Chaim in conjunction with Bikur Cholim of Boro Park, is offering to build Sukkahs free of charge for those who are unable to build one on their own.
Yeshiva Simchas Chaim is a yeshiva which opened this September in Brooklyn, NY. Under the guidance of prominent rabbonim and experienced professionals the yeshiva seeks to fill a tremendous need in the Brooklyn Jewish community. The yeshiva is geared toward boys in eleventh and twelfth grade who have struggled while in other yeshivos in both hashkafic views and learning style. Yeshiva Simchas Chaim seeks to reach today’s generation of struggling teens in a manner that is effective and innovative; they bring the teen to the table as an equal partner in his development and growth, allowing them to begin to take an interest and some element of control over their own lives and set out on the path of becoming a respectable and productive member of his community and a ben Torah. The yeshiva offers an individualized learning program with classes and discussions that are designed to emphasize the beauty of yiddishkeit and its relevance to daily living, in addition to a therapy program featuring both individual and group therapy, and a vocational training and GED program. These three programs are supervised by R’ Elchonon Schwarz, Yoni Hikind LMSW, and Yisroel Tabi respectively.
A particularly timely community project will take place during their bein hazmanim period, where the students, under the supervision of the yeshiva’s teachers and rebbeim will be volunteering to build sukkahs in the Boro Park and Flatbush areas for those in need. The Bikur Cholim of Boro Park, a tremendous chesed organization will help pair up families in need of this service, be it due to illness, age or other personal reasons, with the student program.
Those seeking further information can call Yeshiva Simchas Chaim at 646-671-3587.
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It is about time that bochurim get involved in chesed programs too. The girls yeshivas always mandated the girls to be involved and the boys are busy roaming the streets for weeks during bain hazmanim doing nothing.
Kol Hakavod to the Rosh yeshivos.