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After 14 Years Of Success, LINK Kollel In LA Turns To A Broader Constituency To Take It To The Next Level

In the summer of 2002, Rabbi Asher Brander had an audacious dream. He wanted to create Kollel in Los Angeles that would combine high standards of learning for the Yungeleit with a dedication to outreach to those who were never privileged to  taste the fruits of Limud HaTorah. So was launched the Los Angeles Intercommunity Kollel (LINK) in the Westwood section of LA.

Fourteen years later, the Kollel has succeeded beyond his most fervent dreams. Under the tutelage of their Rosh Kollel, Rav Mordechai Lebhar (a world-class Talmid Chacham), the Yungeleit have published a number of seforim and are regularly tested in their rigorous  learning. At the same time, in their new location in  heart of the Pico-Robertson Orthodox community of LA, the Kollel has impacted thousands of lives – all from the premise that there’s  nothing more powerful than authentic ,classical Torah learning. The passion and depth that the Avreichim have consistently exhibited over the years has literally transformed hundreds of lives,  reflecting the diverse population that LINK serves: Ashkenazim and Sefardim, from teenagers to octogenarians, and from newly-minted Baalei Teshuva to  yeshiva graduates laboring to reconnect with their learning while now in the work world.

With 9 daily minyanim, over 50 weekly classes, dozens of weekly chavrusos and an overflowing Beis Medrash 18 hours a day, LINK is ready to expand its efforts even further, as it looks to purchase a new, expanded home to widen it’s sphere of influence. With your help, LINK can further its goal   to have adequate, comfortable space for all its minyanim, shiurim, chavrusos, women’s programming, children's activities and college-outreach.

To this end, LINK is holding a one day “crowd-funding” campaign through the web platform known as Charidy from 8pm Pacific time Dec. 26 to 8pm Dec. 27.

Thanks to several very generous donors, if LINK raises $90,000 in that 24 hour period, they will give LINK $270,000 to get it to a grand total of $360,000 – all or nothing! Just imagine - how much more Torah  LINK can teach , how many more classes can be offered, how many more Jews can be impacted  daily - with our expanded facilities. With your help and continued Siyatta D’Shmaya, LINK can do it!