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When Darchei Torah’s president, Mr. Ronald Lowinger, established the Yeshiva’s Kollel in 2000, he dedicated it to the memory of his grandmother, Tirtza Devorah Weisz, a”h, with whom he had an exceptionally close relationship. A short time after surviving the Holocaust, Mr. Lowinger’s parents settled in New York and began to rebuild. Living with them was Tirtza Devorah, their mother and mother-in-law, and it was she who remained at home each day with the Lowinger children, enabling both of their parents to go out and earn a livelihood from morning to night. Her impact on the entire family was enormous, as her sterling middos, her passion for Yiddishkeit and her mesiras nefesh made an indelible impression on her grandchildren and later, her great-grandchildren. Today her legacy lives on in her descendants, including our guests of honor, Hillel and Leah Rosenman. Leah has fond memories of her great-grandmother, and indeed their own daughter bears her name, Tirtza Devorah. Living in Lawrence, the Rosenmans carry on the mesorah of all their illustrious forbears. Hillel is the owner and operator of assisted living facilities in New York State, and was a founding and active member of Heichal Dovid, the Law-
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Mr. and Mrs. Hillel Rosenman Guests of Honor
The Inaugural Dinner of Kollel Tirtza Devorah will take place next Motzaei Shabbos, March 21, at Yeshiva Darchei Torah. The Kollel, located on the Yeshiva Darchei Torah campus in Far Rockaway, is comprised of scholars who engage in advanced Torah study from morning until night. They simultaneously train for careers in Jewish education, the rabbinate and other forms of communal service while enhancing their own knowledge and leadership skills. Alumni of the Kollel are serving the public today in places as far as Phoenix, Arizona, and as close as our own Five Towns community. The dinner will pay tribute to three outstanding couples with longstanding ties to the Kollel.
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Kollel Tirtza Devorah Dinner to be Held Next Week
Kollel Tirtza Devorah of Yeshiva Darchei Torah Top row, L-R: Rabbis Betzalel Krasnow, Chaim Tepfer, Gavriel Sholom Tennenberg, Dovid Tepfer, Chaim Katz, Eli Winzelberg, Moshe Bonrouhi, Baruch Rosenberg, Avrohom Schustal, Eliyahu Schwadel, Benzion Schwadel, Daniel Zerovabeli. Middle row, L-R: Rabbis Zev Kops, Dovid Kosoff, Eli Wiener, Meir Safdieh, Pacy Horowitz, Sruly Wallach, Ephraim Fink, Yitzchok Beren, Yacov Asher Engel, Mordechai Rosen, Avi Lauterbach, Eliyahu Sternberg, Moshe Chaim Horowitz, Meyer Simcha Schwartz. Bottom row, L-R: Rabbis Binyomin Chopp, Dovid Engelberg, Moshe Aronov, Moshe Wischogrodski, Yossi Reisman, Rav Shlomo Avigdor Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva; Rav Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel; Rav Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva; Rabbis Ezra Rosner, Levi Simsovits, Yaakov Rubin, Dovid Bain and Yossi Sauber. Not shown: Yosef Elefant, Shimmy Katscher, Zvi Pollak and Yechiel Ungar. Not shown: Yosef Elefant
rence shul that bears the name of another grandparent, David Diamond, a”h. He is an alumnus of Yeshiva Tiferes Torah of Staten Island, Beis Yisrael in Yerushalayim, and Ohr Yisroel, the yeshiva of Rav Avrohom Zucker, with whom he still keeps a close kesher. The Rosenmans are involved in a variety of communal projects and have a special interest in helping children with medical challenges. The Rosenmans are proud to support the distinguished Kollel that bears their great-grandmother’s name, and they are surely providing her nachas as they perpetuate her sacred legacy. Rabbi and Mrs. Dov Keilson Kesser Torah Award
al times a week and consults and learns individually with students and alumni throughout the morning. Each week he publishes Zichron Avinoam on the parsha, a dvar Torah that reaches hundreds of subscribers around the world. He spends each afternoon studying at Kollel Tirtza Devorah, enriching his own Torah knowledge while developing into an even more effective mentor and role model for the hundreds of souls he touches. After graduating from Yeshiva Darchei Torah in 1988, Rabbi Keilson learned at the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim, and the Kollel of Ner Yaakov. He and his wife, the former Rivky Brickman, reside with their family in the Yeshiva’s immediate neighborhood. Exemplars of Torah, mussar and chessed, it is highly fitting that the Keilsons be awarded with the inaugural Kesser Torah Award by Kollel Tirtza Devorah. Mr. and Mrs. Yehuda Schwartz Eitz Chaim Award
Rabbi Dov Keilson may seem like a man who never sleeps. This is not due to a lack of vigor – on the contrary, he possesses boundless energy. But his schedule keeps him occupied from morning until well past midnight – teaching, listening and guiding talmidim and Jews from all walks of life. Rabbi Keilson has been the mashgiach ruchani of the Yeshiva’s Mesivta Chaim Shlomo since 2001, where he delivers mussar vaadim sever-
When Yehuda Schwartz comes regularly to learn at Mesivta Chaim Shlomo
with Rabbi Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel of Kollel Tirtza Devorah, he is, in a sense, returning home. It is there that he studied from the beginning of high school, in 1998, through Beis Medrash and, after a year in Israel, two years of Kollel. Yehuda thus laid the foundation for his life of growth as a ben Torah who is engaged in the business world. Today Yehuda, married to the former Tzippy Zuber, is the successful founder of a network of physical therapy management centers in New York City. Many of Yehuda’s friends from Yeshiva are current or former scholars at the Kollel. The Schwartzes remain connected to the Kollel and the Yeshiva in several ways: Yehuda learns at the Yeshiva at nights; their son, Menachem, is a student in the Yeshiva’s preschool; and Yehuda is a founding member of the YDT Alumni Committee, which has successfully implemented numerous initiatives, from regular shiurim to fundraising campaigns. Yehuda is also a founder of the Beis Medrash of Lawrence, one of the Five Towns’ newest and fastest-growing shuls, where his passionate approach to increasing Torah, avodah and chesed in the world has found new expression. Through their support of – and profound personal commitment to – Torah learning and ideals, the Schwartzes are truly deserving of the inaugural Eitz Chaim Award of Kollel Tirtza Devorah. To make a reservation or place an ad in the dinner journal, please call 718.868.2300 ext. 237 or email kollel@ darchei.org.