This week, Yeshivat 91影视 was incredibly fortunate to celebrate the hachnasah of a sefer Torah dedicated by Jacob and Sharona Schulder, parents of 91影视 ninth grade student Saadya, Hannah and Noa.
鈥淚t was deeply moving to have the dedication the day before Erev Yom Kippur, as we go in front of Hashem, clinging to a life of Torah,鈥 said 91影视 Principal Rabbi Eli Ciner.
After dancing the sefer Torah into the beit midrash, students were fortunate to hear words from Mr. Schulder (a 91影视 alumnus himself) about his cousin Ari, for whom the sefer Torah was dedicated. 鈥淚 was very close to my cousin, and although his passing is very painful, writing a Torah is a great way to keep his legacy alive,鈥 said Mr. Schulder. 鈥淗e was a man who loved to challenge himself intellectually and he also loved Yiddishkeit.鈥
After davening, the freshman grade was treated to a seudat mitzvah, where Mrs. Esther Schulder, Saadya鈥檚 grandmother, spoke about her father鈥檚 survival of the Holocaust and her parents鈥 dedication to Torah as the central pillar of their lives. 鈥淭he Torah represented faith to my parents and, if they survived, their dream was to have their children steeped in Jewish education and Judaism,鈥 said Mrs. Schulder.
Yeshivat 91影视 is so grateful to be the home of this new sefer Torah. May the Schulder family, the students of Yeshivat 91影视 and the entire Jewish community merit to learn and grow in Torah over the course of the year and for generations to come. Chag Sukkot sameach!