{"id":1171,"date":"2026-07-16T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consistent-amber-anaconda.92-42-105-87.cpanel.site\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:30:35","slug":"legadels-5th-annual-event-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consistent-amber-anaconda.92-42-105-87.cpanel.site\/?p=1171","title":{"rendered":"Legadel\u2019s 5th Annual Event 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Legadel\u2019s 5th Annual Event 2018<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLegadel: Making Our Kids Great Again\n\nIt was the charity\u2019s fifth annual event and it came only one night after a massive asifah in the same venue for a similar purpose. Neither of those factors deterredthe North West London kehillah\u2019s charitable passion last Wednesday night once again as many hundreds gathered in admiration of one its most beloved causes \u2013 Legadel, for a memorable evening held at Kinloss Suite.\n\nWith \u201cearly intervention\u201d its raison d\u2019\u00eatre, Legadel offers learning assistance, six kinds of therapy and extra-curricular activities for children who struggle in school. It now operates in 11 schools in North West London and has positively affected hundreds of Yiddishe neshamos and, by extension, their families too.\n\nAs in previous years, the guests regaled in Reich\u2019s lavish buffet and the soul stirring melodies sung by Shayele Gluck\u2019s delightful voice-only choir. Throughout the evening, Rabbanim, senior askanim and friends took the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets with fantastic prizes, by committing to make a regular contribution to allow our youth to flourish spiritually, emotionally and academically.\n\nThe chairman of the trustees, the renowned askan Mr Aryeh Melinek welcomed the gathering and thanked all those who made the event the resounding success it was. He paid tribute to the therapists and keyworkers as well as the dedicated office staff members led by service-manager Mrs Sharonie Melavsky and deputy service manager Mrs Danielle Spector. Effusively praising Reb Yoel Schwartz, the founder of Legadel, Mr Melinek described him as one who, \u201clives, sleeps and dreams Legadel 24 hours a day, seven days a week.\u201d The aim of the organisation he said is \u201cto maximise the potential of every child by supporting chinuch in order to counteract problems\u201d. The chairman reiterated what is unfortunately often only realised in hindsight, that \u201cearly intervention is the cure for so many issues that become bigger issues\u201d.\n\nThe Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Reuben Thompstone whom the chairman described as a \u201ca true friend and supporter of Legadel\u201d was then called upon to address the audience. Describing his close relationship with Legadel since its start, the mayor said how delighted he was to attend and support the \u201ctireless efforts to tear down the barriers to learning\u201d and to give every opportunity to help people grow.\n\nWhen the time came for the highlight of the evening the audience soaked in the important messages contained in the keynote address by world-renowned ba\u2019al eitzah and lecturer, Rabbi Shais Taub. For close to an hour, the guest speaker took the crowd on a virtual journey across the Jewish world and throughout our glorious history, emphasising the crucial point that in every relationship it is not tolerance that is desired, rather it is interdependency – the need to feel needed. In relation to children, this starts by recognising that every child can succeed with the unique traits Hashem has given them to perform their mission in this world. \u201cEvery child can excel in something \u2013 every child is the Gadol Hador in their mission\u201d he insisted.\n\nRav Taub inimitably demonstrated this with stories of Gedolei Yisrael from Shaarei Chesed to Lakewood, \u201c770\u201d to Bnei Brak, all of whom used creative ways to ensure that people from all parts of the religious and social spectrum were made to feel that they have an exclusive purpose. \u201cEvery child can achieve excellence if we judge them by their own criteria\u201d.\n\nToo often, Rabbi Taub said, we try to \u201csell\u201d Yiddishkeit with its many benefits to our children to encourage them to adhere to it. He suggested that we reverse this message and should emphasise what we can do for Yiddishkeit and to bring light to the world at large. The tragedy of a child leaving the fold, R\u201dl, is not only that they\u2019ve lost out on Torah and Yiddishkeit. \u201cWe are not losing our kids to the world \u2013 we are causing our world to lose the kids.\u201d\n\nHis final message drew upon lessons from Chazal regarding our matriarch Leah, \u201cStop breeding shame in our children for being special and start cherishing every child by recognising that they are Hashem\u2019s only one\u201d.\n\nThe mission of Legadel was so aptly summarised by the event chairman Mr Eli Sternlicht, who described the painful niche that existed before the founding of Legadel and explained that the two chinuch-related events held one night apart both focused on pressing needs: the asifah for the chinuch of the tzibbur and Legadel caring for each individual child. As an example of the great progress that Legadel has made in the past year alone, it was publicised at the event that music lessons will now be offered to any child who is need of that outlet. This is alongside the various means of professional help that is offered to hundreds of children in need, all in fulfilment of Legadel\u2019s holy motto that, \u201cNo child will be left behind\u201d.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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