This week’s Parshas Shelach IllumiNations, brought to you by DollarDaily, features Rabbi Zalmy and Musia Plotke of Chabad of White Plains, NY.
Rabbi Plotke’s story moves from Chabad yeshiva, to serving in the IDF as a proud Lubavitcher soldier, to building a shlichus that reaches Jews in White Plains, hospitals, college campuses, nursing homes, and psychiatric care facilities.
What stands out most is the simple power of showing up. A shofar blown for a patient in the PICU. A Torah conversation that brings someone back to his yeshiva days. A visit to a nursing home that ultimately leads to a proper Jewish burial. A young boy gaining confidence through learning.
It’s a beautiful reminder that shlichus is not always dramatic. Sometimes it is one visit, one mitzvah, one conversation — and a Jew suddenly feels seen again.
