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MARCH 10, 2016 | The Jewish Home
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Kollel Tirtza Devorah Dinner Honors Talmidei Chachomim Who Enrich Our Community
PHOTO CREDIT: NAFTOLI GOLDGRAB
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crowd of over 400 attended the second annual dinner of Kollel Tirtza Devorah this past Motzaei Shabbos at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence. The Kollel, a division of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, is home to thirty six full-time scholars who are immersed in advanced Torah learning while training for leadership. A Kollel Mechanchim includes rabbeim and educators who join for the afternoon seder. Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah
L-R: Rabbi Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel; Rabbi Binyomin Forst, rav of Khal Nesiv Hatorah; Mr. Moshe Bloom, Kesser Torah Award; Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva; and Rav Shlomo A. Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva
Mr. Ronald Lowinger, president of Yeshiva Darchei Torah and founder of Kollel Tirtza Devorah
Rabbi Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel
L-R: Rabbi Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel; Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva; Dr. Yakov Lowinger, Tirtza Devorah Legacy Award; Rabbi Mordechai Stern, rav of Heichal Dovid; Mr. Ronald Lowinger; and Rabbi Shlomo Avigdor Altusky
Rabbi Shlomo Avigdor Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah (at podium)
L-R: Rabbi Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel; Rabbi Shmaryahu Weinberg, rav of Khal Chesed V'Emes; Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva; Dr. Duvi Klein, Guest of Honor; and Rabbi Shlomo A. Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva