Khal Bnei Avrohom Yaakov Appreciation Dinner 2024

[Music] the is on its 18th anniversary starting 19 years was a pipe dream as I like to say the most productive second Sor turas had probably in the last few decades a little difficult to comprehend how that initial conversation in tvas then grew into a meeting around the rubs table that included a few more people we greed 25 committed people and we'll get it done we went around the day later we had it I look at the humble beginnings where we started off yiva vetki for a short taka after that we moved next door and then eventually moving back to theiva and vetki within a few months we went from 25 to 50 and before we knew it we were full in that sh with 100 Miss BM tell the rebel of the time if I knew what I was getting myself into I probably would never have continued those conversations we've watched it grow into something amazing back in 2012 um we set out to buy ourselves a building we were discussing big it's going to be it's going to be this tremendous Sho are we going to be able to fill it up what are we going to be able to do and culminating over here with this beautiful vinion one may be shocked at the heights that this Gilla has reached I never would have been able to predict this 10 years ago that you know we'd be such a large Sho and Flatbush just catering to you know everyone in the community my wife pushed me to come to calan AR Yakov while we were still on the old Sho on East 18th Street and I just it clicked the amount of daving the amount of learning the amount of sh the children the Simas that come through this building on on a daily basis is not only a testament to the rub and the Revit and what they've been able to accomplish and really transform you know this this little area K to what we are today is a testament to the r and everything he has all the and everything he has put into this building to get to where we are in 18 years is tremendous you know Yash to the to the and the rits in who work tirelessly to make sure everybody here is comfortable and everybody here is successful not every show where you can walk in and find first and foremost a RV that you can immediately connect with the r and the revon very very dedicated it's they make this more than just a mckam filler it's like an extended family the RV's uh warmth is very appealing to uh a lot of people and they're drawn to his personality so if you have a v with a V roof it bounces off each other which makes the atmosphere Gish the Rob and the reiton they've been our leaders they've grown with us throughout the hard times the good times and honestly they've been our Guiding Light my wife was first going through her par whatever he was able to do whether it was the bone marrow Drive sending his daughter over to come play with my kids helping my kids with yias they were always there for us I I had some uh a medical issue with the family and I remember the RV calling me day and night making sure everything was okay they had the true force behind the Shool and then larger than that the community the r is always available if my wife needs something the riton is always available the family has been extremely inviting and makes us feel extremely uh lucky to be in this Sho people really appreciate the rough's time the rough's presence the isum loves the r speech there's a lot of back and forth between the r and and and everyone else in sh I say that I I enjoy Rabbi bergman's shabas Russia especially he's very energetic he's uh very knowledgeable and uh the topics that he picks uh out of this world makes for an extremely good shab stable conversation I mean the Robin rabbitson is unparallel I personally um had a situation I'm a I'm a real estate attorney and it was a transaction that wasn't working out the way it should have and the r gun involved free of charge helped facilitate a peaceful end to the transaction and be able to make everyone walk out happy people are totally amazed people day that he's able to take things that are disputes for years and years and settle them very quickly I started uh ding at the Sho and my uh children who were 6 years old 4 years old the love was there for the children in a way that uh not often seen everything around the Sho surrounded around the children and and that was an amazing thing to me the r is as welcoming as can be my daughter sees them in the streets and they wed each other across the street children's rabby used to give him a riddle uh of course they would as a r there was a tremendous CER tremendous relationship that made it very very special that relationship continued as the boys got a little older the would have a once a month ever shab but the AR get together the would explain help the boys pick a little of an es i' like to thank the and the r he do for the sh for all the Care that the gives from the she he did for the for us back in the day on Shas afternoon and all the special time he gives to us miles love to the sh on their 18th year anniversary 18 years of continued success and growth inm theila would like to wish a thank you to the R Robson for all the hard work that they put into to to into making it and K share many more simp together 18 years 18 amazing years the Sho thank you especially to the Rin Ritson for always having time always taking our calls no matter which country we're in um I've been going to the Sho my entire life and I really appreciate it I want to give a thank you to the Rob the rabbitson for all the hard work that they put into the sh and every year just being there part of the Sho I really appreciate it thank you and mil mil to the Sho on this 18th anniversary tremendous mil and a tremendous thank you to the r and the rabbits in for all that they do for the sh and all the time they give to us and hope the sh continues to [Music] grow it's not just the RV it's also the Ritson as well when our daughter was looking for an elementary school and went to talk to the r he's like why don't you come to my house my wife and I came and we sat down the R's office with the r and the Ritson and the Ritson would sit there and give us the information my daughters when DAV upstairs they sit right behind the rabbitson and they tell me every every week when they're here like how they got to see the rabbits and Dav and how they were the rabbitson came over to them to greet them to thank them for coming to Sho we know that the rabbitson my daughter-in-law who runs an impeccable home runs a beautiful home is a great mother has taken a very active role very much involved in the Sho making sure that things are done right the rabbitson is very supportive of what Rabbi Bergman uh does uh she's always been by his side the rabbit sin doesn't shy away from being Hands-On involved in making sure that every detail is looked after my wife is one of those women that do come to sh eat shabas and she's joined by the rabbitson and sometimes as her children and she always Marvels about the repon being there and being involved uh upstairs on a weekly basis I I don't think that people truly appreciate the dedication that they have not just to the SHO but to the community at large this Sho is an extension of their home the way they want perfection in their home is the way they want the Shool always pushing another sheer another Kyle can we expand the library what are we missing when I pass by command copy on Avenue M and the rub is in there making sure there's enough photo copies but it really speaks volumes about the dedication and commitment he has to the Shool everything they've put into the Shool to make it what it is to make us that one big AK and family that we are the sh and all thebalm are truly indebted to you to both of you and words just don't describe how much you mean to each of us in our everyday lives the means a lot to me I feel that our is a community as life moved on there were things that came up and he was just there for me not so long ago my wife got very very sick the Sho was there for me the r was there for me the rabbitson was there for us the Sho was there for us helping me out and putting me in touch with organizations to help us the meal train that was started by the Sho the rabbitson going to visit my wife in the hospital all the time we're more than just a Sho we're a family family has your back the members of the Sho have your back over here and the RO has your back anytime you need something They carried us through this very dark time in our life there is a uh problem that the missum know that exists with any individual uh they will all band together there's always somebody to assist them with financially emotionally the is always there for them uh before PES there's a special fund to help any whether it's in ailla or beyond the SCH you know the R's leadership clearly looks out for all aspects of his SP them there are actually in many speeches if you need you know an account use an accountant in the Shool if you need a lawyer use a lawyer in the Shool you need a physical therapist use a physical therapist in the Sho keep it as a community as a family we've been very successful like like that we are one big family we're all together we're always there for each other we will continue to be there for each other young here is the best old nunim new nunim the guys here love it the the women's section is packed yamam my wife says she's never had such beautiful ding in all her life as we've had the last 3 years of yum keer I have 200 people behind me and they're all singing and you felt the walls shaking with just with everybody's TOS it was unbelievable from other sh women from other shs who don't normally D in here they want to flock here and dve in here we have rash Kipper over 150 nefas between upstairs and downstairs it's just getting bigger and bigger and bigger people really enjoy the I stand up there at the ammed and I get to look forward and see the ra daving just see how much he enjoys it it it's it's not you know this is not a job to him this is this is his life from very early on uh the r made a big emphasis anything that could be that to elevate the daving the r would go out of his way to do the R is never shying away from adding Tyra to adding and and and making sure that we are a true Community moing for everyone to enjoy every time Sil and I walk into the sh we are amazed we are thrilled by the T and the AAS that's coming out of the sh which is Second To None the biggest PL in flush is right here at night it's rocking the entire day there are things that take place in the show literally from 5:15 in the morning all the way through 11 12 sometimes even Beyond at night joining the Sho has a revolutionized my life I've been able to do the duff much more easily than I used to whenever the The Claw is looking for a she looking for some new uh Tyra the r is always there and the reiton as well reiton other the women go through a she one gets the sense that everyone's involved and everyone has something to say the goal for people to grow fell throughout the sho from the from the front all the way to the back back corner when we started the learning program back I guess about 15 years ago the demographic of the Sho was pretty young the kids were were pretty young so we decided that we would not limited to obvious abam it would be obvious abundance as well and so we had you know boys and girls of all ages coming the OB but was really um a moment where it created in the sh everybody came everybody felt part of the kids really felt part of [Music] it people can't comprehend what goes on to you know in the back end of a SCH in the kishkas and to just make the place run so it starts with the RV but obviously people like the president OB susman the God by Yeshua teller are people who put hours and hours you have a for somebody like a Yakov Golding who comes and takes care of the kitchen staff and he's an assistant guy and he's does so many things that people know and don't know you have people like heshy herps who sit there with the physical stuff of the building you have David King who's part of the management and make sure this this smash is clean every single day for us to come in G really work very hard they do a colossal job the bookkeeping entails basically Yeshua teller um keeping track of everything paying everybody it's hard to fully capture the the value that Yeshua and his wife raeli have brought to the Sho over the last 18 years if if I played word association with them I would call them the Energizer bunnies there's no job too big no job too small and everything in between even with the Sho growing and becoming as large as it is now we still managed to keep that small tightened feel this Sho means the world to me what better Sho can we get somewhere else you come to Lauren you come to DAV everyone gets to joke each other for a minute or so a and just a m of growth and I came into the Sho and welcomed in from day one as if I was part of this from from the beginning the Sho Grew From 18 years ago as a pipe dream inas we grow exponentially more more than we ever thought we would everyone's happy and friendly they're excited to be here camaraderie is incredible seeing people from different experiences different walks in life helping each other you the r to have a safer for every type of walk Lish he wants the sh to be a place where anybody could come at any time and feel like the Sho was made for them we bond together the AAS that's present in this Sho is unparalleled it's just something special that we really have and we're very lucky to have the last 18 years of having here have given me a sense of belonging not just for me but for my wife and my children Tyra all encapsulated in one Sho they don't make shs like this no matter what anybody says the Sho is my community it's my extended family it's my friends it's my brothers is my family without them I wouldn't know where I would be just as we had these last 18 years of growing going tremendously together into the next stages of our life give us and under the leadership of and the Ritson to continue going for another 18 and M many many more years to come we're lucky to have it we should never take it for granted and we should continue we continue on in the same path they've been doing this for 18 years we give them a br that they should see knas from all their children and have uh no heartbreak at all in their lifetime and we should be Al [Music] together this message was recorded [Music] ones in today's parum the par starts by saying and you should take and it is until that the par states that the reason is because I want to build the base of mdash on which I will dwell many of the Bal muser ask that it seems that this is ju supposed that first it should say I want to build a base of mdash and then it says should say and here are the elements I need in order to do so theam says a beautiful ver and he says that in all sincerity the did not need us to build a base of mikdash that if he wanted to build a base of mdash he could have blinked his eyes and there would have been a Bas MDES so what did he want from CLA he wanted there to be AAS in CLA that they're working together towards a single purpose and by putting together the elements needed to do the Bas of mikdash that's how they would do that the main um place for there being actors in Claus is in the B of Med and specifically the says and his Remis for that is that zahov is in Hay Bay when do we Lane we Lane three times a week on shabas Thursday and [Music] Monday Kipper for for p [Music] and for and shin for and and S tough for Tinus seber um for the past 18 years in the Flatbush Community gahal bakov or k as it's commonly referred to has become the The Jewel of the Flatbush Community uh with with the wonderful Miss balim and the the tremendous this um leadership and especially the M asra RI Bergman who I've had the privilege of knowing him and watching him grow from a young man man when he uh led the the chocolate Shear during shalis in in kalas Reagan to now being the mara asra of the finest sh in the Brooklyn community I just want to say ma to all of you on this auspicious occasion and I wish you many many many years of of and uh as I always say I don't miss Brooklyn I just miss the people in kahal Yakov where I used to D have a wonderful M of shabas a and a mled