A reader writes: "I don't know if this interests you at all but maybe you want to write about the
Vizhnitzer Rebbe's vacationing in Llandudno (pronounced Chlandudno) and a bit of history of how
Frum Yidden ended up going there.
Llandudno has a lot going for it, The great Orme, a beach on each side and many attractions for families with children. It all started when the Jewish community started dwindling and the United Synagogue
Shul there had to ask Rabbi Jaffe for help with a
Minyan for the
Yomim Noroim. (Rabbi Jaffe's Father In-Law Sydney Beenstock had a house and boat there, that's the
Shaychus of the community to the Jaffes) So for quite a number of years The
Bochurim of
Yeshivas Lubavitch Manchester arranged a
Minyan there. Rabbi Avremi Kievman, Rabbi Jaffe's Son In-Law and a
Shliach in Liverpool used to come for
Yom Kippur. The
Rosh Hayeshiva (Rabbi
Akiva Cohen) went for a year or two for
Rosh Hashonoh. Anyway, the community was slowly slipping away, but Mr. Lee, the president wouldn't let go of the
Shul. So instead of selling it he gave it to the Jaffes to rent out the apartments above the Shul to
Yiddishe families for summer holidays etc. to keep the
Shul going and now they have a
minyan many times throughout the year where the Lees and another one or two Jews can join. There is also a "self-hating" Jew who has written anti religious articles in the Jewish Telegraph who lives near the
Shul but never attends. [
Hirshe]
Dovid Katz a professor at Vilna University stays nearby and used to join the
Minyan Yomim Noroim and enjoyed conversing with the
Bochurim in
Yiddish.
So anyway, once the Jaffes got hold of the building they called it "
Chabad Retreat Center" and many families from Manchester and London use it out and many more stay at hotels, B&Bs or rent houses nearby during the summer.
The
Horodenker Rebbe, Reb YA Weiss of Manchester bought himself a house and
Mikvah on the ocean and started going up there for breaks and
shlepping his own
Minyan along. I think he bought a second house for the extras. Then he bought a building for a mother and baby home like
Beis Brucha in London except he doesn't make you pay for it and its near the ocean so it became very popular and many
Ying Vaibelach from all over England spend time regaining their
Koiches there.
Enter
Yanky Adler,
Reb Yisroel Hager's biggest
Gvir. He also buys a house on the ocean for his
Rebbe's son to come and vacation there. RY has been going there for a month or two for quite a number of years now and
Yanky bought a second house and built a
Mikvah too. The big question was, now that RYH took over his father's throne would he still make time for Llandudno? Well, he's
feering Tish there tonight! (Friday night)
Yanky bought an old hotel with 40 bedrooms where RY is staying for
Shabbos. I think he's in Llandudno for 4-6 weeks. Last week (בלק) was a private
Shabbos. This week (פנחס) there are two
Sholom Zochors and
Brissen there. RY calls Llandudno "
Lecho Dodi"
because in Welsh it means "Queen of the Welsh resorts"."
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