Speakers Announced for 28 Nissan Mega-Farbrengen

Ahead of the 2nd Annual Mega-Farbrengen, the Moshiach Office has released the list of speakers for the globe-spanning event.

This 28th of Nissan marks thirty-one years since the Rebbe’s urgent call to action, “Tut altz vos ir kent tzu arupbrengen moshiach taikef umiyad mamosh.” To give each Chabad chossid a practical way to implement the Rebbe’s call to action, the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302 is presenting the second annual Mega-Farbrengen. In a virtual event spanning fifteen time zones and featuring fifty speakers, a single message will be hammered home; everyone’s an influencer.

Beginning on Motzei Shabbos, 29 Nissan, mashpiim, shluchim, educators, and businessmen will give the worldwide Chabad community awareness of the influence they already wield and demonstrate each person’s ability to change the lives of those near them.

When the virtual farbrengen goes live, it will be 10:00 PM in New York and 2:00 AM in London. For twenty-four hours straight, speakers from around the world will inspire the thousands set to tune in via Zoom. Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, the Shliach to the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, will speak, as will famous lecturers Rabbi Shais Taub, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, and Rabbi Shabtei Salvatitzki. The diverse mix of speakers includes shluchim and educators such as Rabbi Benny Zippel of Utah and Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt of Argentina, and Rabbi Chaim Shapiro of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Morristown. One by one, they will shine a light on the everyday influence we all have.

“We’re blessed to have an incredible lineup of speakers,” says Rabbi Shlomie Naparstek,  director of the Moshiach Office, “they’re tuning in from a dozen countries around the world, but everyone is united in a common message.” Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, director of Merkos 302, is set to speak during the Farbrengen, and says the event gives every Lubavitcher a chance to reconnect to the Rebbe’s mission. “The Rebbe constantly reminded us that even the smallest interaction can be influential,” he says, “on Chof Ches Nissan, we have a golden opportunity to recommit to take ownership of the Rebbe’s mission, that it should be our own.”

Speakers of the Mega 28 Nissan Farbrengen 5782

[List A-Z Order]

Dr. Binyomin Abrams

Professor, Boston University

Rabbi Shmuel Avtzon

Director of SIE

Rabbi Yosef Chitrik

Dean of Beit Chana, Tzfas

Rabbi Yisrael Deren

Chabad of Connecticut & Western Massachusetts

Rabbi Menachem Dubruskin

Mashpia, Migdal Haemek

Rabbi Sholom Duchman

Director of Kollel Chabad

Rabbi Shamai Ende

Rov and Rosh Yeshivah, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rabbi Levi Garelik

Rov and Lecturer

Mr. Joel Gershman

Business Coach, Melbourne, Australia

Mr. Josh Goldhirsch

Businessman, Melbourne, Australia

Rabbi Yossy Gordon

Director of Chabad on Campus

Rabbi Yosef Gourarie

Mashpia, Detroit

Rabbi Yossi Groner

Head Shliach of North and South Carolina

Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt

Head Shliach of Argentina

Rabbi Moshe Gruzman

Chabad of Rishon Letzion; Mashpia, Toras Emes

Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz

Chabad of Temecula, CA

Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Director of Meaningful Life Center

Rabbi YY Jacobson

Dean, TheYeshivahNet

Rabbi Berel Junik

Businessman, Crown Heights

Rabbi Eliashiv Kaplan

Mashpia, Keriat Gat

Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky

Executive Director of Merkos 302

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky

Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch

Mr. Robert Kremnizer

Author and Artist, Sydney Australia

Rabbi Dovid Lieder

Beit Chabad Melbourne

Dr. Mendy Loewenthal

Doctor, Toronto

Rabbi Dovid Masinter

Chabad House of Johannesburg

Rabbi Menachem Matusof

Chabad of Alberta

Rabbi Efraim Mintz

Director of JLI

Rabbi Yossi Nemes

Chabad of Metairie, New Orleans, LA

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Ofen

Mashpia, Tomchei Temimim

Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel

Chabad of Port Washington

Rabbi Mendel Raskin

Chabad of CSL, Montreal

Rabbi Mendy Schapiro

Mashpia, Los Angeles

Rabbi Ezra Schochet

Rosh Yeshiva, Los Angeles

Rabbi Yossi Serebransky

Chabad of South Denver

Rabbi Chaim Shapiro

Menahel, Morristown

Rabbi Moshe Scheiner

Rabbi of Palm Beach Synagogue

Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

Director of Curricula at JLI

Rabbi Shabtai Slavatitzki

Chabad of Antwerp

Rabbi Shloime Sternberg

Menahel, Chovovei Torah

Rabbi Shais Taub

Author and Lecturer

Rabbi Alter Tenenbaum

Chabad of Irvine, CA

Rabbi Akiva Wagner

Roch Yeshivah, Toronto

Mr. Avi Webb

CopyWriter, Crown Heights

Rabbi Shimmy Weinbaum

Brigadier General of Chayolei Tzivos Hashem

Rabbi Levy Wineberg

Shliach to Johannesburg, South Africa

Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm

Chabad of Zhytomyr, Ukraine

Rabbi Benny Zippel

Chabad of Salt Lake Cuty, UT