{"id":164142,"date":"2026-03-15T13:45:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/164142\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:45:38","slug":"building-bonds-in-the-blizzard-at-queens-mesivta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/164142\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Bonds in the Blizzard at Queens Mesivta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt-desktop\">While the recent snowstorm blanketed the streets of the Rebbe&#8217;s Shchuna, the weather provided a unique backdrop for a transformative workshop led by the renowned Rabbi Chaim Katz of Israel. <a class=\"read-more-main-single read-more-main\" href=\"https:\/\/collive.com\/building-bonds-in-the-blizzard-at-queens-mesivta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full Story<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>While the recent snowstorm may have blanketed the streets of the Rebbe\u2019s Shchuna, it did anything but chill the atmosphere at Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch (YTTL) Queens. Instead, the weather provided a unique backdrop for a transformative workshop led by the renowned Rabbi Chaim Katz of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Katz, a specialist celebrated for his expertise in fostering deep, lasting connections\u2014whether between corporate staff or fathers and sons\u2014brought his signature warmth and insight to the bochurim. Originally scheduled to present at the Menahalim retreat of MEF (Menachem Education Foundation) in Florida, Rabbi Katz found himself \u201csnowed in\u201d here in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Seizing the Hashgacha Protis opportunity, with encouragement of the Menahel, Rabbi Yossi Hendel \u2014who was participating in the Florida convention from afar\u2014Rabbi Katz pivoted to lead this intensive, hands-on session. The activities were specifically designed to train the boys in the art of building \u201clasting relationships,\u201d focusing on developing the social skills and emotional intelligence, so critical to a Tomim and Chassidishe Bochur.<\/p>\n<p>A special Yasher Koach is extended to Rabbi Yossi Soble, whose seamless organization ensured that what could have been a simple \u201csnow day\u201d became a milestone in the bochurim\u2019s personal development!<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/EeU5Vt0j6PPGMXHt0itb3F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WACo_600.gif\"\/><br \/>\n                      <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the recent snowstorm blanketed the streets of the Rebbe&#8217;s Shchuna, the weather provided a unique backdrop for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[67504,3640,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-164142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-chaim-katz","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}