Rabbi Binyomin Moskovits, the renowned rosh yeshiva of
Midrash Shmuel, Jerusalem was a guest of the Edgware Kehilla,
on Parshas Noach. He said jokingly that he needed to
make a shehechiyonu for it was the first time he had
ever been in Edgware.
Rabbi Moskovits tried to visit as many shuls as
possible with his heavy Shabbos schedule. On Friday night he
gave a droshoh to the Machzikei Hadass shul
about the Mabul and then led the tefillos
of Kabolas Shabbos and Ma'ariv.
Later that night, many enthusiastic young adults attended an
oneg Shabbos held in his honor, the theme being the
inyan of priah urviah.
Rabbi Moskovits led the davening for Shacharis
and Musaf at the Edgware Adass Yisroel
hashkomoh minyan. After the davening he spoke
about the inyan of Dor Haflogoh and the
kedusha of languages. Rushed on from there, Rabbi
Moskovits gave a dvar Torah at the Netzach Yisroel
(SEED) Shul. A moment later, Rabbi Moskovits attended the
kiddush next door at Kehillas Kol Yaakov and gave
another drosho.
Later on in the day, Rabbi Moskovits led Mincha at the
Yeshurun Federation Shul followed by an hour shiur on
the inyonim of Olam Haboh and Olam
Hazeh.
The congregants of Edgware found Rabbi Moskovits' divrei
Torah enlightening and entertaining with his very dry,
English humor.
Rabbi Moskovits later stated that he found his stay in
Edgware delightful and was pleasantly surprised with the
thriving kehillos in Edgware.
Midrash Shmuel was founded by Rabbi Moskovits in 1992 under
the guidance of HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and HaRav Shach
zt"l. The yeshiva, which has many talmidim from
Britain, has approximately 120 bochurim and a vibrant
kollel of 60. In his yeshiva, Rabbi Moskovits stresses
the importance of realizing the potential in every one of his
talmidim.
