Living Torah Archives

Most of us see the summer months as an opportunity to relax with time off from work or school. Not so the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. In fact, far from relaxing, he launched a special program to take advantage of the vacation.

My father-in-law, the Rebbe, instituted “Merkos Shlichus,” whereby Yeshiva students volunteer each summer to visit remote Jewish communities in order to raise awareness of Torah, Mitzvos and Judaism.

Rabbi Moshe Herson is Head Shliach of the State of New Jersey. As a student at 770 from 1955 to 1959, he would spend his summers visiting remote Jewish communities.