Mysterious 770 Donation Plaque Authorized by the Rebbe in Memory of R' Leib Merkin- R Chaim Dalfin

so Malaysia we're here in 770 in the upstairs and the reason I'm here today is because this sign behind me is the only sign in all of 770 that's original as far as I do a donation it's a donation plaque and the question is why is it here why is it the only one so a little history let's look at the plaque it says the first line that's an acronym Mercy Mr Chavez Castle this is foreign [Music] which is usually July August it's the fourth of it's a a donation given by the sun Gershwin Hitchcock American who was known as Hermann murky and this is the story Herman mirkin was a philanthropist he founded different chairs at Yeshiva University and he was a very wealthy man and he did a lot of things for Jewish causes his father our delayed his name was replaced loved going to publishing or in public lectures of total and he would have a driver there were wealthy family they lived in Manhattan and he had a I believe in the east side he had a driver who drove him around to different classes each night of the week one night one of the nights of the week I think was Monday nights he would come here to 770 and he would attend the sheer given by Rabbi Mendler and more tremendous Shiva of 770s and he gave a sheer to balibati to to working people lay people some say it was a sheer Le particular some say It was a commercial for years and Rabbi and reply Merkin came to this year how did he come to this year the I the thought is that Rabbi gararich Mayo garari who was in charge of the Yeshiva under the river wanted funds from the markets from Hermann merkin said after his father passed away I'll give you money if you put up a plaque in 770 for my father it was my father specifically came here to learn once a week so Rabbi garari said I'd love to do it I need permission from that ever that ever is the boss the owner the boss of this place said it's okay it gives permission and that's why this is the only plaque of in 770 that's a donation kind I'm gonna come back downstairs that's much later I'm talking about from the 70s another piece of History [Music] the Americans who did who did the Herman Merkin married he married Ursula broyer who was Ursula broyer the daughter of lawyer I believe who was the daughter who was the son of a flame as Alma broyer who was the son-in-law of her fall hirsh a already had contact with the flame of Solomon broyer in in Vienna and Germany in other number of different places in 1908 and 1909 we could find because they would they would they wanted a shop to join them in making an abolition so again what I told you about this was told to Me By Ramen who worked on my yoga Rarity and he told me the story when he heard about this plaque however it seems to me that there was another and a closeness and association between Rashad and the Americans and it has the two going back yet to the days of the the shop and the feedback who knew all about it and that's why this is the only black it's a great scuss for the American family they have the flat flat of donation in in memory of the of the father in this case there's also the Zeta the grand said children the great-grandchildren and they and I also was told by a grandson of of the blade that the family of accomplished that means there was a position of Chabad they will accomplished to see them and could be one of them was even that may be Heiser but they know [Music] so there's there was a connection aside from the mercant side as they came from the Americans come from the body to see them aside from her and working her Merchant's wife Ursula who was a great granddaughter and the granddaughter of the flameless Zalman who was unconscious thank you