Stories

Firen di Kinder tzu der Chupa: It was a Yud Shvat farbrengen, 1961- תשכא and the Yeshiva was then in quite a difficult financial situation. During the farbrengen Rabbi Kramer asked the Rebbe for...

I grew up in Montreal, as a secular Jew, though highly identified. My Father A”H was always involved with the Jewish community and very active in fundraising, especially for Jewish youth and for Israel....

Shawbridge, a country town in the Laurentiens was like a little Shtetl in the summer with lots of Jewish families enjoying a well earned break. Rabbi Hershel Ceitlin, well known Shochet and Mohel was...

One evening I was in my home in East Flatbush when my sister Sara’s father-in law, Rabbi Leib Kramer, came to visit. At that time, I had reached a marriageable age and Rabbi Kramer...

Our family, the Borensteins went to the country, Val Morin for the summer and the Kramers were there too. Rabbi Kramer would give a Shiur in ‘Ein Yakov’ and lots of people would attend....

Shortly after Rabbi Kramer arrived in Montreal from Poland, a gentleman with a generous spirit wanted to give him $500 in order for him to purchase more respectable and nicer clothing. Rabbi Kramer would...

Following several years of construction, the Crown Condos – my father-in-law’s beautiful new building project – was finally completed. He was then faced with the massive task of selling all the condominiums, close to...

This story took place around 1980, when Jews in various countries were suffering as a result of a number of terrorist attacks. A businessman came to Rabbi Kramer and told him that a few ...

One day, police came into the store of Mr. Gordon and confiscated much merchandise based on some trumped-up charges. A minute after the police left the store Rabbi Kramer surprisingly walked in. He reassured...

Rabbi Kramer had scheduled a yechidus (private audience) with the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe on the eve of the seventh day of Pesach 5709 (1949). The Rebbe told Rabbi Kramer to come back Motzei Pesach....