Shaare Torah Foundations Campaign Video

[Music] this was the beginning of what I would call the Renaissance of Torah in the Syrian Community led by a person of RA helel who Timmy mot and keenness of Mind was par Excellence my father and his brother Rabbi habber they decided together that it was time to come back and help the community the granddaddy of the first separate boys high school is RAB Hill School sh the idea was let's take some boys and develop them with the true Tora hash we got nine boys to go and open up the first class in sh Tor it was the first kosa high school they let you see the beauty of religion and the beauty of what is to be a real T observant you originally we didn't have any homegrown rabbis but in the course of the last 40 years many many rabbis coming from the community their influen much stronger the foundation of love for the children and the love for T transcends where the school is sh T to me means Roots you have physical home and you have home for your spirituality when you walk into 1680 con Island you're coming to feed your Nish we have a fantastic mesh of holding our Traditions that our community Treasures for centuries education sh T symbolizes the growth of my entire spiritual journey the more I got to know the rabbis and the culture the more I fell in love with the atmosphere with the school and as each of my kids enter the school my bond to the school grows even more it helped me develop my way of life with keeping the turit Vault and helping guide my children to do the same thing 2 years after we started the boy school we decided we going to open a girl school it evolved and we were able to accomplish very very much my wife Al and myself both agreed that there's no better place my wife is also an alumnus of sh T and my family isem building on the foundation that was given to us in sh T my Daddy went to sh you know we both to sh my daddy and mommy both went to SH now I go to sh we just finished P watching my children come and sit at the SED from beginning to end with using the hag and the smiles on their face singing Manish it was priceless my daughters love coming home on Friday night and sang Over the D and the parha class it's very inspiring they always come home with such excitement and enjoyment they developed a night learning program where the kids voluntarily come back to school from 6:30 to 8:00 to learn T it's so amazing to see my son enjoying it I have nothing but amazing memories OFA and shat was definitely the place where they got my heart to desire they really instilled in me that Toran needs to come from the heart rav's impact on that school is tremendous I think it all starts and ends Rabbi H habber you know some people look for a little bit of attention a little bit of recognition a little bit of not Rabbi Hill ha what does the student need what does the community need and that's it the G of illness says if you build a synagogue and every nail is knocked in Lem shamayim it would be impossible to talk any nonsense talk in the synagogue Rabbi Hill habber built this institution with every nail being sh sh I've known Rabbi H habber for you know almost almost my whole adult life the rabbi is completely completely selfless uh all he cares about is each individual child uh and their growth the m efforts to self- sacrifice incredible dedication of Rabbi habber that's really something that we can never take for granted being with Rabbi habber when I was in high school made an everlasting impression on me his hash became part of my fiber habber had a vision seeing what he's done and all the fruits from the seeds that he's planted is amazing you see a full Tor in and that is something that is unique and that's what is most exciting about the future cuz the future is now with our new Educators continuing the has by Hill set forth the influx of young rabbis the energy of rabbis such a friendly welcoming environment that also has enough personal attention to each kid to make sure they're getting what they need to grow and succeed I feel honored and privileged to be part of this young and energized team that will take what Rabbi Heber taught us and give it over to the next Generation seeing the love of Torah shows us that sh future is brighter than ever we looked ahead and we said where do we want our family to be in 10 years we just said there is no place that is going to give us all the values that are core to a Jewish Home like shat is going to do it's not slowing down every year the school is really getting better and better whatever we invest in our children is only an investment for themselves and for their future children and I'm confident in sh can give them whatever tools they need to succeed in any Endeavors that they imagine we get Beautiful Romance material and we are just polishing the diamonds it's a for us to be able to say that we help the school partner with us to help the institution continue to grow because sh was the of the growth of our community there's no question that they have a special blessing those that support this campaign is called honoring our foundations and investing in our future we know that you're invest ments should be based upon our future we have great young leaders that are all committed to have sh's future be as glorious as its past in that Merit of understanding what the school has done and will continue to do for the community they should really give what they can and even a little more