Celebrating Vanderbilt’s First Community Torah!

You are invited to the TORaH COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY ON SUNDAY - DECEMBER 6TH
11:30AM Eastern Time / 10:30AM Central Time

Join Via ZOOM - ZOOM.CHABADVANDERBILT.COM

Program Highlights include:

  • Meet the scribe and see how a Torah is made

  • Ceremony for writing the first letters of our Torah

  • WE WILL HONOR ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE TORAH AND TELL THE STORY OF HOW IT CAME TO BE.

  • MR. ZACK FREELING, VANDERBILT CLASS OF 2017 WILL FORMALLY DEDICATE THE TORAH IN MEMORY OF HIS FAMILY AND INSPIRE US WITH HIS MOVING STORY OF HOPE AND TRIUMPH.

We thank the lead sponsors whos vision and generosity make this torah possible.

Zack Freeling The Torah - In memory of his father

Spencer and Nancy Hart The Book of Bereshis/Genesis in honor of their family

Joe and Pamela Lubeck The Book of Shemot/Exodus in honor of their family

Yuri and Zhanna Libson The Book of Vayikra/Leviticus - in honor of his family

David and Gayle Harris The Book of Devarim/Deuteronomy - in honor of their family

David and Chanah Bickel Yitro - The giving of the Torah- in loving memory of Mr. Zalman Angster

Adam Ramer bereshit-the creation

Adam and Janie Frieman

Caren Suesserman 6:23-27 - Kohen Blessing for children - in memory of Marly’s father

Peter Miller Parashat Vayikrah in memory of Avrohom Reueven ben Alter Yissachar

Paul and Nancy Hamburger Parashat Korach

Jeremy and Abbi Halpern Parashat Chayei Sara in honor of his family and his son’s bar mitzvah

Andrew Cohen in memory of his brother

Martin and Leslie Janis

Allison Thompson and Robert Baum V’zot Habracha-In honor of their daughter, Sara Thompson

Jacob Miller and Family The Shema - Rueven Hakohen ben "Avrohom", Avigayil Bas Rueven Hakohen, Yaakov Peretz ben Avigayil, Mordechai Shimon ben Avigayil.

Eric and Lyndsey frieman

 

We deeply thank every member of our community whos generosity and care created the torah.

Douglas Baltman Edward Belz Galia and David Benmoha Steven and Barbara Brisman-Rebecca Brisman, Class of 2020 Masha Buklan William and Hilary Cooper Zac Cooper Kenneth and Lori Egol Shlomo Feldman Eric Frieman Lisa Gellman Ruth and Richard Gomolka

Michael Gross-In memory of My father Andrew Gross, holocaust survivor Jason Grunfeld Adam Guttentag Jodie and Michael Hamburg-Sydney R. Hamburg, class of 2020 Lisa Hanover Zachary Harris David and Randi Hoyt Andrew Imperato Ben Jacobs Richard Jacobson-Jacobson Family

Richard Lubarsky and Lisa Jacobson Pam Karetsky Shlomo Katz Jillian Kirsch Rob and Lori Kost Zoe and Samantha Kost Ben Lackner Gerald and Sharon Laderman Jake Laderman Doug and Susan Laney-Dr. Avrum Mendelsohn Travis Leiter Jerry Leshem Jon and Marni Levitt

In honor of the graduation of Alexa Hannah Levitt Rachel Malkin Leslie Marx Arielle Matza Jake Nechamkin Michelle and Jonathan Persons-In honor of Elizabeth's graduation from the VU Class of 2020! Jonathan and Nancy Polakoff Jeff and Shani Romick In Honor of Zac Romick

Zachary Romick Stefanie Seigerman In honor of the Rothstein Family and Vanderbilt Chabad House Phil and Laura Shernofsky Nolan Siegel-Thank you for being such a welcoming family at Vanderbilt! Jill and Michael Solomon Al and Diane Steren Andrew and Beth Tarica

JJ Thorne In memory of Yaakov Ben Yonah HaKohen Binyomin and Esther Trager George Victor Dinush Vogel Vinnie Warr Levi Welton -A letter in the Torah for Dovid Yisroel Welton Yehudah Welton Moshe and Libby Werthan Stephen and Dawn Wexler James Whitty

Roy and Bonnie Ziegelstein-Matthew Ziegelstein, Class of 2020 Mark Wiener and Suzanne Zorn Samuel Wiener-Stephanie Wiener