Letter to the Editor

Five Towns Far Rockaway Mikvah Project

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Dear Members of Our Community:


As we embark on this sacred season of the Yomim Noraim, and with deep gratitude to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, we are pleased to join in announcing plans for our community’s construction of a new community Mikvah.
Chazal teach us that the establishment of a proper Mikvah is the primary responsibility of a Jewish community and its leadership. For decades, the Five Towns and Far Rockaway community has been served effectively and loyally by our two existing community Mikvah locations in Far Rockaway and Woodmere. As the community continues its unprecedented growth, Baruch Hashem, sustained overcrowding and strained resources at both existing facilities have become apparent. Our merit in witnessing our community’s expansive growth has brought with it a responsibility to build a third Mikvah facility to accommodate all our families.
We are delighted that a centralized location on Spruce Street in Cedarhurst has been identified, and the properties there are being purchased for the Mikvah project. Moreover, through the hard work of lay volunteers, zoning approvals from the Village of Cedarhurst have been secured. Rabbinical experts in Mikvah construction have been consulted and have been engaged to supervise construction in accordance with the highest, universal standards. With these preparatory steps complete, we are now ready to launch this community-wide project to build a state-of-the-art, beautiful Mikvah commensurate with the sanctity of the mitzvah and the commitment of our Kehillah.
We have the special privilege of undertaking this critical project as one that unites each and every family from Bayswater to North Woodmere, with the active participation of all the shuls and the guidance of all the Rabbanim. In the days and weeks to come, you will be hearing and seeing more about our exciting new Mikvah plans and the ways in which everyone may play a role.
May the Ribbono shel Olam bless with success both our efforts to enhance the purity and unity of Klal Yisroel, and those who merit joining in this holy work.
With our profound brachah for a kesivah vechasimah tovah.

Rabbi Yaakov Bender
Rabbi Hershel Billet
Rabbi Yissachar Blinder
Rabbi Heshy Blumstein
Rabbi Aaron Brafman
Rabbi Dov Bressler
Rabbi Pinchas Chatzinoff
Rabbi Saul Chill
Rabbi Eytan Feiner
Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
Rabbi Yitzchok Frankel
Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginsberg
Rabbi Itzehek Goldshmid
Rabbi Kenneth Hain
Rabbi Yehoshua Kalish
Rabbi Moshe Katzenstein
Rabbi Samuel Klibanoff
Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz
Rabbi Simcha Lebowitz
Rabbi Yechiel Perr
Rabbi Zvi Ralbag
Rabbi Yaakov Reisman
Rabbi Shaya Richmond
Rabbi Smelka Rubin
Rabbi Pesach Schmerling
Rabbi Yehuda Septimus
Rabbi Mordekai Shapiro
Rabbi Shmuel Spiegel
Rabbi Asher Stern
Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum
Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim
Rabbi Dovid Weinberger
Rabbi Moshe Weinberger
Rabbi Shnueur Wolowik