And while we are all looking forward to the near forgotton comforts of home, I think we are all acutely aware that we are giving up something prescious by living so far away from this place.

So before we leave, before we even have a chance to refer to this trip in the past tense, we resolve outloud, as well as in our hearts, to... Read more »»]]> Time to leave, unfortunately. We could certainly use a few more weeks here (or at least days).

And while we are all looking forward to the near forgotton comforts of home, I think we are all acutely aware that we are giving up something prescious by living so far away from this place.

So before we leave, before we even have a chance to refer to this trip in the past tense, we resolve outloud, as well as in our hearts, to come back again as soon as possible, G-d willing.

Farewell Crown Heights. We’ll be back as soon as we can, Rebbe.

For now, a “private audience” with our Rebbe’s office will have to do.

We want (read, “need”) Moshiach now!

In truth, our first full day started with a 90 minute struggle to get out of bed, but I won’t go into that with too much detail… Again, no photos.

After the Mikvah (we went to the one at 749), we crossed Eastern Parkway to daven at 770. Though we arrived a little late in the morning, minyonim were... Read more »»]]> Our first full day in Crown Heights begins as it should – With a visit to the Mikvah. No photos, for obvious reasons.

In truth, our first full day started with a 90 minute struggle to get out of bed, but I won’t go into that with too much detail… Again, no photos.

After the Mikvah (we went to the one at 749), we crossed Eastern Parkway to daven at 770. Though we arrived a little late in the morning, minyonim were breaking out all over the place, so we had no difficulties, thank G-d.

On the way out we stopped by the little Shul in the back. This is where I had my first (and thus far only) 770 Shabbos Aliah. It was 13 years ago, and it was a very memorable event in general, but the most memorable moment was when I forgot my name as I was called up to the Torah… Hey, what do you want? It’s 770!! Anyway, a very limited image of this Shul is directly below (difficult to photograph during a busy morning).

After that brief walk down memory lane, we reversed course and walked up to the front of the Shul. We visited the Rebbe’s corner. The boys were blown away. Picture of the Rebbe’s space and the big Aron Kodesh also below.