Oversized Truck Unloads Thousands of Chidon Prizes

A huge truck pulled up on Kingston Avenue on Wednesday, unloading over ten thousand personalized Chidon prizes from China, on their way to be delivered to children around the world.

By Anash.org reporter

A huge truck pulled up on Kingston Avenue on Wednesday, unloading over ten thousand personalized Chidon prizes from China, on their way to be delivered to children around the world.

Thousands of children from around the world took part in the Chidon this year, and will be rewarded for their efforts. Special customized prizes were manufactured in China specially for the Chidon.

Spanning 6 continents, 33 countries, and 37 states in the USA, 503 cities and 272 schools, a record breaking number of children studied for the Chidon of 5781. From among those children 4,236 were eligible to join as finalists, each receiving $100 worth of prizes, with a huge selection for them to choose from.

In addition, thousands of other children received a Chidon yarmulka for boys, or a Chidon charm bracelet for girls. Each of these prizes were specially manufactured and customized in limited editions specially for Chidon 5781.

On Wednesday, the shipping container filled with the prizes drove up on a truck to the Jewish Children Museum in Crown Heights, where a team got to work unloading it and preparing the prizes to be shipped around the world.

“The sheer numbers are mind blowing,” Rabbi Shimmy Weinbaum, general of the Chayolei Tzivos Hashem Brigade, told Anash.org. “An average shipping container is 40 CBM (cubic meters), but this was 68 CBM, and it still didn’t fit all the prizes!” A few were left in China to be picked up with next years shipment.”

The prizes were each co-sponsored by Tzivos Hashem, headed by executive director Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, who works tirelessly for Jewish children around the year. A generous grant is also given by Mr. George Rohr, who sponsors the Chidon each year in honor of his mother, Mrs. Sara (Charlotte) Rohr.

“The Chidon of 5781 also owes a debt of gratitude to the team who made sure the Chidon took place, headed by director of operations Rabbi Mendel Wolowik,” Rabbi Weinbaum said.