Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin, head Shliach to the state of Washington was recently elected on to the board of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.

Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin, head Shliach to the state of Washington was recently elected on to the board of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.

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The last time there were new members elected to the board of Merkos was in the summer of 2004. At that time Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, head Shliach in Maryland and Rabbi Zev Katz, Gabbai of 770 were the two new members.

The need for new members comes after the passing in recent years of Rabbi Berel Junik and Rabbi Sholom Marazov who were both on the board.

Sources say that board members had also wanted to elect Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook of Lahak, but he turned down the offer citing a possible conflict of interest with his work.


Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch (lit. Central Organization For Education) is the central educational organization of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Founded by the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn upon his arrival to America in 1942, it was directed by his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who would later to become the seventh Rebbe.

Today Merkos is responsible for the program of dispatching "shluchim"--emissaries to Jewish communities around the world. Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky is chairman of the board as well as secretary of the corporation. It publishes Jewish school textbooks, maps, charts and prayer books, as well as juvenile and readers for youth.

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