Stories

To Recite a Maamor in the Rebbe’s Presence

Dovid Gutnick, Rabbi Kramer’s grandson, was learning a maamor (chassidic discourse) with Rabbi Kramer one Thursdy night and noticed that he was participating with more excitement than usual. When Dovid asked him about the...

A Higher Channel

When my family, the Zobin family tried to come to Canada from Russia they were refused exit visas three times and each time different excuses were given. My aunt in Canada, Rebbetzin Ushpol (Chaikin)...

The Check Came

Mr. R was very close friend of Rabbi Kramer. During his lifetime, he donated thousands of dollars to the Yeshiva, and decided to leave over $10,000 to the Yeshiva in his will. Unfortunately, after...

A Special Brand of Kindness

In the year 1943 the Frierdiker Rebbe sent nine bochurim from Poland to set up a Yeshiva in Montreal. Rabbi Leibel Kramer became the director of the new Yeshiva. Rabbi Weinberg, another bochur from...

Reflections

There is so much I could say about Rabbi Kramer I hardly know where to start. Once one of the top doctors asked Rabbi Kramer: “Rabbi, you’re always making Mi Shebeirachs. How do you...