Historic Footage: Rav Moshe Feinstein’s Visit to Syrian Community in Brooklyn Jun 16, 1981 | רבי משה פיינשטיין זצ״ל
Gaon Gadol Hador Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Z”L visits the generous philantropic Syrian community in support of his Yeshiva at the home of Marvin & Diana Azrak’s Chanukas Habayis.
Yeshiva Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ) (Hebrew: מתיבתא תפארת ירושלים, Mesivta Tiferet Yerushaláyim) was a yeshiva in the Lower East Side of New York City. One of the oldest yeshivas in the city, MTJ was once led by Rav Moshe Feinstein. A second campus, known as Yeshiva of Staten Island, is located in Staten Island, New York.
14 Sivan 5741 | Jun 16, 1981 | Brooklyn, New York
0:00 Welcome
3:00 R’ Jacob S. Kassin – Chief Rabbi of Syrian Community
4:40 R’ Abraham Hecht – Shaare Zion Congregation
5:00 R’ Sion Maslaton – Ahiezer Congregation
9:55 R’ Abraham Hecht – Plaques Marvin Azrak & Seymour Escava
19:00 R’ Moshe Feinstein (Yiddish / Subtitles)
27:14 R’ Abraham Hecht (Translaton)
33:00 Rabbi David Ozeri – Yad Yosef Torah Center
35:30 Hacham Avraham (Harari) Raful
38:33 Walter Carey $26,000
39:00 Mr Saul Dagmy’s Business $18,000
40:25 Escava Brothers & Marvin Azrak $10,000
40:56 Ronnie Ashkenazi $3,000
41:40 Ezra Massri $1,001
41:55 Mr Shmuel Freiger $1,001
42:13 Mr Morris Bailey $1,000
42:28 Rabbi Ruby Schron $1,800
42:37 Mr Harry Tawil & Sons $1,000
43:10 Chief Rabbi Jacob Kassin $500
43:20 Sam Dweck $500
43:31 Continental Camera – Joe Sutton, Butchie, Morris & Family $5,200
44:07 Samuel (Sonny) Laniado & Family $520
44:11 Albert Cohen & Solomon Gadeh $1,000
44:29 Ike Sutton $500
45:02 Albert Dabbah $500
45:24 Judah Aslan Safdieh $1,000
45:36 Matt Srour $1,000
45:44 David Sutton $500
45:53 Morris Dabbah & Sons $500
46:19 David E. Franco & Sons $1,000
46:55 Ike Hidary & Family $1,000
47:25 Sam Hamoui $500
47:41 Ari Feinstein $500
47:50 Joseph Dabbah $500
48:38 Anonymous $500
49:07 R’ Abraham Hecht
49:37 Ellis Safdeye & Sons $1,000
49:52 Ronald Tawil $540
50:42 Hacham Yosef (Harari) Raful $180 – Yeshivat Ateret Torah
50:55 Rabbi Isaac Dweck – Deal NJ $500
51:00 Jeff & Carey Sutton $260
Total Donations: $81,002 in 12 minutes.
(Year 2025 Value: $287,557.10; Note: According to certain metrics $100 in 1981 is worth $355.39 in 2025.)
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