(boys in class who wrote letters)
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin responds from prison in letter to 6th graders.
Students in a Brooklyn,NY yeshiva have been learning about the Rubashkin family. Their teacher, Yosef Shidler discussed the ongoing court case, and the origins of the Agriprocessors meat plant. "We spoke about the tremendous amounts of tzedakka that the Rubashkin family has given" Shidler says "As well as the alleged crimes committed, all they way up to the appeals process".
(classroom photos)
In a class writing assignment, the students were asked to write letters to Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin to where he currently resides in an Iowa prison. The class was given a lesson on how to write a letter and each student was asked to write Rubashkin a personal letter. The letters were worked on in class and as homework with the parents. After the letters were completed they were mailed to the Linn County Correctional Center in Iowa.
It took quite some time but the students finally received a letter from Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin last week. In the letter he thanked the class for the extra mitzvos being done on his behalf. He said that since he isn't able to 'fabreng' with them he would write them a little divrei torah on on the coming weeks parsha. The students were very pleases with the return letter that came, and thoroughly enjoyed writing lesson. Their teacher Yosef Shidler said he hoped that other school children and would follow suit saying
"It would be amazing if Sholom Mordechai received hundreds of letters from Jewish children worldwide
Letters to Rubashkin can be sent to this address (a return address is required for It to be delivered):
Linn County Correctional Center
Inmate Shalom Rubashkin
P.O. Box 608
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-0608
( handwritten letter from Rubashkin to Class)pg1
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