No Child Left Behind: 1956 - 1961
As a rabbinic student at 770, Rabbi Aaron Cousin joined his colleagues in working under the
New York State "Released time" program, which allows Public School students to receive
religious instruction.
Rabbi Ahron Avigdor Cousin is a veteran educator from London, England. He now lives in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn with his wife, Malka.
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Released time Weds afternoons I wish so much that I would have gone out to released time when I was in third grade. I was in public school and the shul was acroos the street. I attended Hebrew school at that shul on Mon Tue and Thurs afternoons. I learned how to read Hebrew. But because I didn't go to released time I didn't find out about Chabad until 21 years later when I was 29 years old. Everything is divine providence. The lesson for me is to go out and not stay in place.