Klezmer Music by John B. Schenk and Patrick McPeck G IFT OF S EFER - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

C ONGREGATION B ETH I SRAEL H ACHNASAT S EFER T ORAH Torah Dedication Ceremony "Aitz Chayim Hi . . ." It is a Tree of Life for those who grasp it, Sunday, August 27, 2006 3 Elul 5766 2:30 p.m. and those that uphold it are praiseworthy. Its Chabad Center / Congregation Gates of Prayer ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Turn us back to you, Hashem, and we shall return: renew our days as of old. � Klezmer Music by John B. Schenk and Patrick McPeck G IFT OF S EFER T ORAH FROM Y OUNG I SRAEL OF C ENTURY C ITY AND Torah Dedication Planning Committee: Jackie Gothard, Edward Gothard, Blayne Gothard, Irwin THE L OS A NGELES J EWISH C OMMUNITY Lachoff, Chink Lepow, Charlene Pukof, Jennifer Fertel. TO Special thanks to Louis Geiger and Congregation Gates of C ONGREGATION B ETH I SRAEL Prayer New Orleans, Louisiana

P ROGRAM Introduction of Guests: Edward Gothard � Torah Procession from Chabad Center � to Congregation Gates of Prayer H ONORABLE A RNOLD F IELKOW C ITY OF N EW O RLEANS , C OUNCILMEMBER - AT -L ARGE Singing of Star Spangled Banner and Hatikvah � D R . M ICHAEL W ASSERMAN , J EWISH F EDERATION OF G REATER N EW O RLEANS Presentation of Torah: � R ABBI R OBERT L OEWY , G ATES OF P RAYER Rabbi Elazar Muskin, Jacob Kansas R ABBI Y OSSI N EMES , C HABAD C ENTER OF M ETAIRIE R ABBI Z ELIG R IVKIN , C HABAD /L UBOVICH M ISS H ALEY F IELDS , L OS A NGELES , C A Dressing the Torah/Placing in Ark: � Judge Sol Gothard, Dr. Alvin Cotlar Address: Rabbi Elazar Muskin � Young Israel of Century City Ark Opening: Sidney Cotlar, James Altman � Acceptance: Jackie Gothard, President � Remove Torah: Irwin Lachoff � Congregation Beth Israel Vayehi Binsoa : J. Joseph Blotner � Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Rabbi Yehoshua Sauer Reading the Torah: Edward Gothard � Director of Synagogue Services Kol Haniarim - Children come forward The National Council of Young Israel and Yedid Nefesh : Meyer "Mike" Gertler � Rabbi Elazar Muskin Young Israel of Century City, California Replace Torah: Sol Lepow, Albert Pukof �