Stories of the House of Love and Prayer

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Succot - Torah of the Fallen Leaves

Dear Friends, 40 years ago we built a huge succah, big enough for hundreds of people, in the back yard of the House of Love and Prayer. Do you remember? Reb Shlomo came and spent the week of Succot with us. Hundreds of people came and joined us. Even though it was foggy in San Francisco that week and drizzling most nights, Shlomo slept in the succah every night, so many of us did too. The first night he shared the most amazing teaching with us – The Torah of the fallen leaves. It’s in one of t… Continue

Added by Aryae Coopersmith on October 17, 2008 at 6:00am — 5 Comments

Miera -- An Excerpt from "Holy Beggars"

Excerpt from Holy Beggars: A Journey from Haight Street to Jerusalem

Moshav Meor Modiin
December 2003

I visit Miera, whom I knew as Louise at the House. She's one of several people here who have agreed to let me interview them for my book. Some of the houses on the Moshav, like Moishe Yitzchak and Bernice's, are substantial and spacious two-storey structures. By contrast Miera's house is a tiny, non-descript single-story square with a flat roof sitting on bare la… Continue

Added by Aryae Coopersmith on July 2, 2008 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Baruch Dayan HaEmet: Meira (Louise)

(This was posted Saturday night, 6/28/2005, on "Kol Chevra: The Voice of the Chevra" mailing list of the Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach Foundation http://rebshlomo.org) Meira (Louise) Burkey, one of the members of the House of Love and Prayer and one of the members of Moshav Meor Moddin, passed away Shabbat Parshat Korach. The funeral is planned for 09:30, Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Har Hamenuchot Cemetery, Jerusalem For more information about funeral arrangements and shiva, please call +972-8-9262024… Continue

Added by Aryae Coopersmith on June 28, 2008 at 10:45pm — 20 Comments

Yosepha Rose

Recorded at the Reb Shlomo Shloshim and reunion at Aryae's home in El Granada, California, October 30, 1994

Yosepha: When I met Shlomo I was rea

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Added by Aryae Coopersmith on March 25, 2007 at 9:12am — 3 Comments

Reuven Goldfarb

Recorded at the Reb Shlomo Shloshim and reunion at Aryae's home in El Granada, California, October 30, 1994

I first came out to California in ’67. I was riding the dream o

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Added by Aryae Coopersmith on March 22, 2007 at 7:40am — 1 Comment

Posted by Debbie

Do you remember how the entire House went to Marin County (I think, somewhere like that) for Shabbos? We made an eiruv (that was the first time that I had ever heard of an eiruv). There were two things I recall about that Shabbos that impacted my life. One, somehow I missed the communal bentching. When I said something to (I think) Aryae (or maybe it was Moshe Fohrman a"h) he s

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Added by Aryae Coopersmith on March 21, 2007 at 9:17am — No Comments