Lubavitcher Yeshiva Ocean Pkwy & Mr. Joseph Gruss

Sholem Aleichem welcome we're here with the background of the united Labov achieve at 8:41 - 843 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn between avenues H&I this yeshiva is my alma mater I studied here from 1970 to 1978 after attending the yeshiva at Bedford and Dean for the first three years of my life when I went to yeshiva do you see where that Fernand Dean had a fire in 1969 and 1970 we moved to this brand-new building many memories many experiences wonderful atmosphere all types of children all types of backgrounds Chabad octopod in my class ninth grade I remember we had a boy a student whose father owned the Cova hat store in Borough Park they were not lebarge they sent their children here others as well I want to tell you a few things about this yeshiva and how special the Lubavitch yeshiva was in its relationship with other communities and I want to begin with the name on the building the Joseph s and Caroline goose building of Yosef soil grab you took the AUSA higher but abnormal growths known as Joseph gross Joe gross Joe gross who was he and a special story that happened with him and the Reba and Rabbi kirari who was the Dean of this yeshiva under the rebus auspices I heard this in Beth Shemesh three years ago from a person named mr. Joffe role ever Joe Froelich was an account in the lift here in Brooklyn during the 60s 70s and Joe moved to Erica's row and he lives in Haifa and - but his son lives in bet Shemesh and I met him there and spoke to him he told me the following story it was 67 or 68 you didn't say exactly what year and the yeshiva was preparing to build its building mr. gross had a policy that he gave the orthodoxy shiva's buildings Torah vadas Torah crema and many others including Lubavitch mr. gross came from Poland he was a survivor and he did very well and he dedicated a tremendous amount of money visa fee building buildings for Jewish Orthodox institutions he Sivas but he wouldn't give money per se he gave you a building for whatever reason rabbi ger re and his helpers rabbi Weinberg by cats and others for whatever reason they felt that they wanted and needed the money and that gonna build the Achieva themselves Joe who was the CFO for I'm sorry it Joffe Rolla who was the CFO for Joseph gross said to mr. gross dilip aperture yeshiva arbitrary and his staff wants the money they're giving me a hard time and he said well I'm sorry it's against our policy but they were persistent so brother Gary said what if I brought you to my brother-in-law of the river and we had a meeting would you agree that whatever he says that's what we should do and mr. grew snoo about the river and he said fine and Joe accompanied intro Froelich and he told himself what happened this is a first time revelation of the story never before has this been heard or broadcast and he said they went into you see this they had a private audience with their ever and each side presenter the case a bigger re rather Weinberg presented their side and Joe Froelich on behalf of mr. gross presented their side and they said to the rebel what is the rebus opinion should the money be given directly to a beggar re to build the building or should we follow our old-time policy we don't give the money we build you a building and that's it the rabbit heard both sides and remember the rebus all the brother-in-law standing there who runs and was appointed as the mana hill of the yeshiva phlebology achievers by his father-in-law the previous rabbit at the rabbits and which I wrote about extensively in my book tour of a docile abhava CH how he had 14-day schools and Sheba's under him in the 1940s and there was a major article in 1948 all about him and what he was doing that his rabbi kirari for the previous read but with the achieve is running the achievers so you would think that if this were a big rally wanted there ever would say they never would say of course that ever heard both of them he looked up to mr. gross and Joe Frollo and he said the following words and Yiddish fart fighter which means go further don't procrastinate do as you've been doing till now no need to make a change the meeting ended and that's the way it was and I think we see here many things but one thing we see here is that you couldn't buy the revaz opinion changes opinion even if it's his own Hassidim his own brother-in-law he felt and sensed that the right thing to do is to do what mr. gross was always doing and that's the way it should be this is about this building here the United the poverties even it stands here so many years later this yeshiva was 4years the main labaki receiver time treat women the Babbage was here when I was here from 70 to 78 we always had elder elderly Baccarin students and a bureau car would come here and it would give them children and he would test us and hear what the fabric is you test Kissel when he was praying all night and that's a show for itself to describe the image and the feeling of those all-night fabrini ins and people came from the outside community to participate there was something fascinating it was walk out 6 7 in the morning here and they go home with a taxi to Crown Heights and many other things happen in this special yeshiva who had such special people at grab i-10 abound our principal such a lovely holy person Rabbi Yosef ow rabbi bukit rabbi Garfinkel rabbi shui rabbi marlow rabbi rim lobby bar netsuke rabbi folks rabbi Eckhouse rabbi Goldman rabbi Bernstein rabbi mendel of it rabbi Weingarten and anyone else that I forgot so it's years later and it's important to understand that this is a edifice on Ocean Parkway that represents an entire ethos it represents an entire velch stoned it represents the babitch about and with the able to help with God's help very soon we will march with this building to Yerushalayim and hater bo may know very speedily with the coming of messiah or main