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Unparalleled Power: Inside Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah – August 2014 Unparalleled Power: Inside Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah is an internationally renowned organization founded to provide surrogate Torah study and prayer services as a source of merit for the departed, as well as for those facing life challenges. In the years since its inception, Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah has been privileged to be a part of many extraordinary experiences [...]

This is the story of a shidduch – of sorts – that was made through the offices of Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah. The thing about this shidduch was that while I was the “shadchan,” the whole thing was kind of an accident! Back in the early days of Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah, I got a call from a Mrs. Katzler,* who was an avid reader of magazines and newspapers – [...]

Inyan – Hamodia Weekly Magazine Rabbi M. H., a Lakewood yungerman, was about to start his morning seder in Bais Medrash Govoha when he was asked by an acquaintance to help him learn Mishnayas for the fast-approaching sheloshim of the man’s grandmother, a”h. Rabbi H. was unable to agree to the man’s request because of the time constraint, but the incident made him realize that this was probably not an isolated case. Surely there were many others who [...]

Inyan – Hamodia Weekly Magazine Loss of a loved one is a pain-filled experience. Yet it is comforting to know that it is possible to  maintain a link with that individual and what he or she achieved in this world. Family members can strive to transcend the pain and send pekalach, “packages,” of the merits of learning Torah and performing mitzvos through which the neshamah is elevated in [...]

Jewish Press Rabbi M. H. established The Society for Mishnah Study (Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah) in 2005 to serve mourners who wish to have Mishnayos studied to earnzechuyos (Heavenly merits) for their loved ones. In particular, should a mourner find that the Mishnayos study for a loved one will not be completed in time for a siyum at the shloshim or yahrzeit, the Society for Mishnah Study will galvanize enough Torah scholars to devote themselves to study Mishnayosdedicated [...]

Yated By Rabbi Boruch Leff I once read the following story in the Me’iri’s Chibur HaTeshuva (available in any complete set of Me’iri in its own volume, page 652). Alexander the Great was a famed warrior and as history tells us, a highly successful one. Still, his mother worried that since her son was always going to war, one day his luck would dry up and he would be killed. [...]