Photos by Dovid Davidsohn
Miami’s Lubavitch Educational Center launched the new school year welcoming 2,500 students into six buildings across five campuses, including two newly acquired facilities, marking a major milestone in the institution’s rapid growth.
“With Hashem’s help and the Rebbe’s brochos, we had a successful first day of school across all eleven divisions—from our infants in Early Stages to our bochurim in Yeshiva Gedolah,” says Rabbi Benjy Korf, Head of School.
The expansion includes a new Mesivta campus in Miami Gardens and two wings of a recently-purchased building on an expanded Campus Chaya Mushka, adjacent to the Beit Apel girls’ school. The new facility houses the Rebbetzin Rivka Korf Preschool Building—generously dedicated by Avraham and Brochie Shaulson—and the Rebbetzin Rochel Pinson High School Building, home to Beis Chana High School, dedicated by Reut and Mendel Pinson.
“We are thankful to our generous supporters who have made this growth possible,” Rabbi Korf says.
Preparing the new spaces for school required around-the-clock work throughout the summer. “We had shifts of construction crews working 24/6 to make sure the buildings were ready and helping us move in,” says Rabbi Menachem Mendel Korf, who oversaw the renovation projects. “The speed at which the buildings were renovated was extraordinary.”
When students arrived, they were warmly greeted by their teachers in beautiful classrooms. “We are lucky to have the most incredible team at LEC, with close to 500 staff members who are all dedicated to the chinuch of our children,” said Rabbi Yossi Zavdi, Associate Head of School. “They remain the heart of our school.”
“Boruch Hashem, we are off to a great start,” says Rabbi Benjy Korf.
LEC thanks the leadership teams for their tireless and ongoing efforts in the chinuch of our children, including principals Ms. Tziporah Elazar, Mrs. Bina Rosenblum, Mrs. Tzivi Schurder, Mrs. Dina Lieberman, Mrs. Chaya Sara Dalfin, Mrs. Nomi Yerushalmy, Mrs. Shevi Sossonko, Mrs. Tzippy Dalfin, Mrs. Leah Spalter, Mrs. Musha Krasnjanski, Mrs. Naomie Selwyn, Mrs. Judy Kitchner, Rabbi Moshe Stern, Rabbi Yakov Garfinkel, Rabbi Nochum Schapiro, Rabbi Eli Spalter, Rabbi Motti Schurder, Rabbi Eily Smith, Rabbi Y. Leib Schapiro, and Rabbi Chaim Stern. LEC thanks building and construction managers Rabbi Menachem Mendel Korf, Rabbi Menachem Kozlovsky, and the entire operations team.
