300 Bochurim Tested on Likkutei Sichos for Halikut Siyum

By COLlive reporter
Photos: Aharon Gelis/COLlive

Three hundred Chabad bochurim gathered at Chabad of Great Neck, NY on Sunday morning to take the final test of this year’s Halikut program.

Now taking place for its third year, it is an on-stage competition where finalists are tested by the choizrim on a full sefer of Likkutei Sichos of the Rebbe.

Revolutionary in its effectiveness on bochurim’s learning, each bochur takes three general tests which then qualify him to attend the Halikut Siyum, where the grand test is taken on all the Sichos at once. This in effect requires the Bochurim to review the Sichos many times so that they remember all the details of the entire sefer.

Rabbi Nachman Schapiro, Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitzky and Rabbi Sholom Charitonow will be testing the finalists for this year’s Halikut Siyum.

The Siyum will conclude with the yearly banquet, this year being addressed by the Rebbe’s choizer Reb Yoel Kahn, and a keynote address by Los Angeles Mashpia Rabbi Mendy Shapiro.

New for this year, a set of Sichos Kodesh will be gifted to those passing the full sefer for their third year.

Halikut is a project of Vaad Hatmimim led with dedication by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Altein, together with Halikut’s organizers Tzvi Alperowitz, Boruch Ceitlin and Peretz Garelik.

To support these programs, visit thebochurim.com to donate.