ל׳ מרחשון ה׳תשפ״ז | November 10, 2026
Timely Letter Discovered in Pittsburgh as Local Mikvah Opens
As Congregation Bnei Emunah of Pittsburgh celebrated the opening of its new mikvah, bochurim learning in the building made a remarkable discovery: two letters from the Rebbe, including one addressing the opening of a community mikvah.
By Schneur Reicher
Students at Beis Medrash Chabad Pittsburgh were going through boxes of papers for their rosh yeshivah, Rabbi Ephraim Lerner, when they discovered two letters from the Rebbe.
The papers belonged to Rabbi Lerner’s great-grandfather, Rabbi Zvi Schusterman. One of the letters concerned the opening of a community mikvah.
The discovery took place in the Pittsburgh Zal during the same week that Bnei Emunah, the congregation where the yeshivah is housed, celebrated the grand opening of a community mikvah.
Additionally, there was an enclosed letter to all participants in the opening of the Mikvah.
That timing gave the discovery a local connection: As Bnei Emunah marked its mikvah opening, students learning in its building uncovered correspondence from the Rebbe addressing the very same subject.
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