The Jewish Home | MAY 5, 2022
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Flatbush is Thriving. The Proof is Torah Vodaath.
The honorees of the 25th year Graduating Class
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o thrive is to grow vigorously and flourish dynamically. To thrive is to live by the ethos of maalin b’kodesh, to add in kedusha every single day of our lives. To thrive is to build upon the roots of yesterday, perpetuating Torah today and producing the fruits of tomorrow. To thrive is to reveal the hischadshus of the moment, then, now, forever. Everyone knows that Torah Vodaath, 103 years young, is America’s Yeshiva. It’s no chiddush. What is the real hischadshus happening at Torah Vodaath? What does it mean that our community is thriving in wondrous ways? How do we know that Flatbush is not just alive, but is also thriving? This is what thriving looks like: • For this coming school year 5783, the Torah Vodaath preschool is already beyond capacity, at 68 and 67 students enrolled in nursery and kindergarten respectively! • Yeshiva Ketana and Mechina boast the
The honorees of the 50th year Graduating Class
largest enrollment ever, with over 650 talmidim, kein yirbu! • Mesivta has seen a 25% enrollment leap! • 125 bochurim and 50 avreichim saturating the walls of our Bais Chaim Yisroel Division with the resounding words of Torah! • A Bais Medrash resounding with the Kol Torah of 8 chaburos and 225 bochurim and avreichim! • This level of thriving has ignited the expansion of the Yeshiva and the purchase of 5 adjacent properties! The proof that the greater Flatbush community is thriving is found in the unprecedented thriving of Torah Vodaath! A regal legacy is made more regal by its thriving future. To celebrate our expansive growth and vibrant life, our Annual Torah Vodaath Dinner on May 22nd is entitled “Thrive.” The Dinner will serve as the formal inauguration of the Bais Chaim
Yisroel Division in memory of the Rosh Hayeshiva Moreinu Horav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt”l. The Dinner will also pay tribute to the graduating classes of 50and 25-years-ago recognizing their many years of service to Klal Yisroel. Accepting Tributes on behalf of their chaverim, Rabbi & Mrs. Simcha Goldstein, Rabbi & Mrs. Berel Leiner, and Dr. & Mrs. Shimshon Fireworker will represent the class of 1972. Representing the Class of 1997 is Mr. & Mrs. Gadi Fuchs and Rabbi & Mrs. Yitzchok Tanennbaum. Mr. & Mrs. Avrumi Lieberman from the class will be dedicating the Camp Torah Vodaas Mikvah in memory of his beloved mother, Mrs. Lillian Lieberman, a”h, who served on the Yeshiva’s Ladies Auxiliary from many years. The Dinner will be chaired by Tzali Stern, a devoted alumnus of the Yeshiva. The Dinner will offer many dedication opportunities to partner in the new Camp Torah Vodaas. The acquisition of a
Bais Chaim Yisroel New Bais Medrash
brand new, magnificent state-of-the-art summer campus in Upstate New York to accommodate our rapidly-expanding Mesivta and Bais Medrash. Thrive cannot thrive without you. Together with all of our past, present, and future talmidim, this year’s celebration will serve as a living testament to the ever-increasing, ever-elevating kedusha of our great Yeshiva as a shining example of what’s possible in our greater community. To thrive in our world is truly a chiddush, one that you are a crucial part of. We look forward to thriving together with you at this year’s Dinner, and for many more happy, healthy years to come. Please go to www.torahvodaath.org/ dinner to place your journal ad, dedication opportunities, and/or RSVP to join us in person on May 22nd at The Palace. With tremendous appreciation and hakoras hatov, we look forward to thriving together for many years to come!
