KBY Shabbaton in LA Reaches Many

Park. Pico Robertson was visited by renowned speaker and KBY Ram Rav Shalom Rosner, who spent Shabbos with Young Israel of Century City. At the same time, Yavneh/YULA/KBY alumnus Rabbi Raphi Stohl, the Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of South Florida and a Rebbe at the Masimidim program of Katz Yeshiva High School (Hollywood, Florida) spoke at Adas Torah and led a packed Teen Oneg at the

The Clubhouse had the privilege to co-host a Bar-Mitzvah celebration for Menachem Gruen. The Sunday event took place at Yeshivas Toras Emes. Over 50 of Menachem’s friends, including Clubhouse volunteers, attended the event.

As a special treat, Rebbe Hill flew in from New York for the entire Shabbos weekend and was the featured entertainment for all the boys at the Sunday Bar Mitzvah. Rebbe Hill shared his amazing middos stories with his kosher magic while engaging the bar mitzvah boy and his friends.

The BBQ King put on a sumptuous seudah for the boys. The boys began with a rikkud and sat down for the seudah. Menachem led the bentch- ing with Shmueli Greenfield and then sat down for some fantastic entertainment from Rebbe Hill. The guests and Menachem danced all afternoon to the music of DJ Shmuel of Elevation. Thank you to the Gruen family for allowing The Clubhouse to share in the simcha.

Yeshiva Kerem B’Yavneh (KBY) held its first-ever Los Angeles Shabbaton on Shabbos Parshas Yisro. KBY, which pioneered the Hesder Yeshiva model and is celebrating its 70th anniversary, has a long history with many alumni from Los Angeles. The Shabbaton featured 4 Rabbanim at 5 shuls in 3 different LA neighborhoods: in La Brea/Hancock Park, HaRav Menachem Mendel Blachman, longtime Ram at KBY and talmid muvhak of Rav Yitzhak Hutner zt”l, spoke Friday Night at Rav Kalmenson’s Minyan and Shabbos Day at Young Israel of Hancock home of YULA Dean of Students Rabbi Shimon Abramzcik. Finally, Rabbi Natanel Wiederblank, Magid Shiur at Yeshiva University, served as Scholar in Residence at Valley Village’s Shaarey Zedek Congregation. A packed Melaveh Malka capped the meaningful Shabbos, with the four Rabbanim enthralling their audience with a conversation about the unique nature of Jewish Education in 5783.

Yaakov and Miriam Gruen

Dear Friends,

Reaching the milestone of our youngest son Menachem Zev’s bar mitzvah brings with it a deep feeling of Hakaras Hatov. For over two decades, we have been the beneficiaries of incredible chasodim from the very special community in which we live. It has never been taken for granted! We are writing this letter of appreciation to everyone who was and is involved with our children in any way.

לארשי ךמעכ ימ

And so that others reading this letter are inspired to do more chesed, let it be a zchus for the amazing people who have helped us.

!ודסח םלועל יכ בוט יכ ’הל ודוה

הקב״ה is always here with us, holding us, embracing us, and bringing just the right people into our lives, at just the right moments!

THANK YOU to those who gave and gave selflessly to us and our children.

THANK YOU for entertaining with music and song and with your cheer, fun, and positivity.

THANK YOU for all the time and arrangements to settle two of our boys in a home in Eretz Yisrael.

THANK YOU to all who moved in with our kids giving us the opportunity to attend family simchos.

THANK YOU for taking Eliezer home every Shabbos after mincha. This was no simple act. Only we were privy to all the personal details that went into this chesed.

THANK YOU for having Boruch for every Shabbos seuda! When he didn’t show up, you came to pick him up!

THANK YOU to your children who learned from you to befriend our boys and include them in their games.

THANK YOU to the bochurim that came many Shabbosos to play with our boys. This was no small feat. Weekends, when special-needs children are out of their routine, can be very taxing. You gave us relief and time to spend with the other children.

THANK YOU for making your house a haven. Ha’Maven Yaven!

THANK YOU Your friendship and generosity to Moshe know no bounds!

THANK YOU or warmly welcoming Eliezer to visit. Your house was a relaxing and comfortable place to be!

THANK YOU for swinging with Eliezer in our living room and…

THANK YOU, dear neighbors, for putting up with the squeaking and clanging