Joshua Gold, Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, Rabbi Simcha Loiterman, Aiden Zrihen, Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Siff, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Eliana Perl, Lisa Perl, Serena Perl, and Benjamin Perl at HAFTR chesed launch
Joshua Gold, Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, Rabbi Simcha Loiterman, Aiden Zrihen,  Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Siff, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Eliana Perl, Lisa Perl, Serena Perl,  and Benjamin Perl at HAFTR chesed launch
Joshua Gold, Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, Rabbi Simcha Loiterman, Aiden Zrihen,
Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Siff, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Eliana Perl, Lisa Perl, Serena Perl,
and Benjamin Perl at HAFTR chesed launch

On Monday morning, January 9, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, world-renowned speaker, author, and mohel, addressed the HAFTR Middle School student body and faculty about the importance and benefits of chesed. The program was sponsored by Lisa and Arthur Perl in honor of their daughter Eliana’s upcoming bat mitzvah. Rabbi Krohn captivated the students with inspiring stories and messages about the powerful impact of even one act of chesed. The first message was that the goal of doing chesed for someone else is to make the other person feel special and to do it with dignity. Using numerous inspirational stories and examples, he then shared a second message that chesed has powerful outcomes in this world. One quote he used in delivering this message was “any fool can count the number of seeds in an apple, yet only Hashem can know how many apples will come from one seed.”

And then the big announcement came from Rabbi Krohn about the new initiative at HAFTR. HAFTR Middle School will be starting CPH, “Chesed Program at HAFTR,” in which every student can perform amazing acts of chesed. Rabbi Krohn explained that the acronym CPH is a take from CPR. “CPR is a breath of fresh air, and CPH shows that we care.” Each student received a Chesed-A-Day Journal in which they can record an act of chesed that they performed each day. The students left the program inspired and motivated to live a life filled with performing acts of chesed. Shortly following the program, students were overheard saying, “I just held the door open for someone else” and “I already starting using my journal.”

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