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

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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

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"Aitz Chayim Hi . . ." It is a Tree of Life for those who grasp it, and those that uphold it are praiseworthy. Its 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 Torah Dedication Planning Committee: Jackie Gothard, Edward Gothard, Blayne Gothard, Irwin Lachoff, Chink Lepow, Charlene Pukof, Jennifer Fertel. Special thanks to Louis Geiger and Congregation Gates of Prayer

CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL HACHNASAT SEFER TORAH

Torah Dedication Ceremony Sunday, August 27, 2006 3 Elul 5766 2:30 p.m. Chabad Center / Congregation Gates of Prayer

GIFT OF SEFER TORAH FROM YOUNG ISRAEL OF CENTURY CITY AND

THE LOS ANGELES JEWISH COMMUNITY TO

CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL New Orleans, Louisiana

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PROGRAM

Torah Procession from Chabad Center

to Congregation Gates of Prayer

Singing of Star Spangled Banner and Hatikvah
Presentation of Torah:

Rabbi Elazar Muskin, Jacob Kansas

Dressing the Torah/Placing in Ark:

Judge Sol Gothard, Dr. Alvin Cotlar

Ark Opening: Sidney Cotlar, James Altman
Remove Torah: Irwin Lachoff
Vayehi Binsoa: J. Joseph Blotner
Reading the Torah: Edward Gothard

Kol Haniarim - Children come forward

Yedid Nefesh: Meyer "Mike" Gertler
Replace Torah: Sol Lepow, Albert Pukof
Introduction of Guests: Edward Gothard

HONORABLE ARNOLD FIELKOW CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, COUNCILMEMBER-AT-LARGE

DR. MICHAEL WASSERMAN, JEWISH FEDERATION

OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS RABBI ROBERT LOEWY, GATES OF PRAYER RABBI YOSSI NEMES, CHABAD CENTER OF METAIRIE RABBI ZELIG RIVKIN, CHABAD/LUBOVICH MISS HALEY FIELDS, LOS ANGELES, CA

Address: Rabbi Elazar Muskin

Young Israel of Century City

Acceptance: Jackie Gothard, President

Congregation Beth Israel Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Rabbi Yehoshua Sauer Director of Synagogue Services The National Council of Young Israel and Rabbi Elazar Muskin Young Israel of Century City, California

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