With the help of Reb Mendel Futerfas, Reb Uri Cohen established a cheder in Holland, al taharas hakodesh, free of secular studies. The Rebbe encouraged him to receive government recognition despite having only twenty-four pupils, and chose the name for the small moisad, calling it “Cheder.”
In a different episode, a parent from Manchester UK wrote to the Rebbe on 6 Cheshvan 5727 (1966), asking for direction about which school to send their daughter to. “I have a problem,” he wrote. “There are two kindergartens here, one is run by the Prestwich Jewish Day School, with experienced teachers. The other one, administered by a group of Chassidishe Yidden, with inexperienced teachers, was established only recently and is therefore not so organized...”
“Obviously your daughter should be educated in the chassidshe kindergarten,” the Rebbe responded, “and the question is surprising.”
(Hiskashrus Issue 870)
