Achiezer Tehillim & Hakaros Hatov Event Part 1

precious oh there are abundance there with us today and precious my parents before I begin my brief remarks today I would like to perhaps offer its Fila all of the tefilas and all the special to heal him that will be said today for two very special people who are both individually going through very difficult times Israel it is so hard to believe that merely one year ago this very beautiful room that we are sitting in today like I said it's really hard to believe that this room where we were a year ago and where we are today it began with an innocent phone call asking the shayas of leadership to perhaps loan some space to our community so that we can host some basic relief operations if you will within hours this special my son became a welcome Haven to thousands from across our community seeking a warm meal a caring person to speak with Sheamus or collected laundry was washed cleanup volunteers were organized and where we sit today nearly 100 racks of brand new clothing were set up and in a dignified way were distributed to many of our families whose basic possessions had been taken by Hurricane Sandy please they deserve it today is our Collective broker that in the Merit of the legendary that took place within these wolves the Yeshiva will continue to prosper and grow and always be a welcome place for anyone in our community to be able to turn to thank you Yeshiva yasu our community needed so much help to get where we are today and it really was the collective of help and work together of so many organizations including our local haverhad Salah our local showroom here the Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway peninsula they all deserve the Applause Chabad of the five towns Congregation Beth Solomon the Young Israel of Wavecrest Bayswater the kahila of Inward and Yeshiva Katana of Long Island the nivnet organization kojo of Flatbush as well the JCC of Five Towns thank you all so much for what you have done for all of us thank you why are we all here today I will tell you exactly approximately two months ago several women from our community they specifically did not want their names mentioned approached us with an idea these women had each spoken to their individual rub on him and wanted to find a way that we as one whole Community can gather together in an uplifting yet appropriate way to thank baraku for the incredible kindness which he has bestowed upon all of us first and foremost we cannot and will not ever forget the devastating physical and financial damages that our community faced and that many continue to face until this very day we all know of the emotional impact that continues to play a role as well however it was only through open and incredible Nissan that somehow someway our community was thankfully and miraculously spared any loss of life I would like to share just one memory one recollection that personally will be seared in our minds forever it was just hours after the storm had begun and it was quite apparent that this was not just another hurricane Irene our community would truly be put to the test that first evening several Community activists and directors of different organizations were gathered together huddled together and tried to figure out the best possible plan of action if there was a plan of action our dedicated assemblyman Mr Phil goldfeder who's been serious Navistar Community will never be forgotten he sat down with us to try and take stock of the situation we will never forget he looked at us we looked at him and the question was not just if we were facing an epic tragedy it was simply a question of we're and how and we were all overcome with fear and trepidation however the rebellious it was incredibly no loss of life within our community we are of course sensitive to people from other neighborhoods that were sadly not as lucky yes at the peak of the storm there were some difficult moments but with the help of more than 100 of the most dedicated hot solid members Solomon members and dozens of volunteers so many people were miraculously saved that night is the singular and only reason why we're all here today to profoundly and collectively say thank you or katisbaruthu thank you for protecting us thank you for literally keeping us alive and thank you for giving all in our community the koyah the spirit and the artists which we all needed to rebuild during this most difficult year this program has been designed to be uplifting for both children and adults we will have several abundant representing different areas in our community in leading Us in the incredible completion of safer to Hillary by so many individuals and so many yeshivas from across our community we will then hear from a special youngster followed by the keynote address from our official chapter and at the conclusion those three capillas will be said line by line to be followed by some uplifting music from Ethan Katz and borrow Flavin we must publicly ask in the Phila from the incredibly over 55 rabban who have joined us today because each one truly deserves to recover on their own to be up here for the time will not allow us to do so we thank you Israel abundant for the physics and encouragement in preparing for today's asifa lastly I'd like to thank Gourmet Glide and seasons for graciously sponsoring the snacks you have found and of course to the New York Police Department the Nassau County Police Department for helping arrange and keep us safe today thank you all the first capital we will say again will not be said line by line I like to call upon Rapids and Pfeiffer from Bayswater parakeet gimmel well she said foreign employers foreign thank you I like to answer this I am wax rack from Long Beach to say parrot Club I'm not saying yeah foreign I like this I'm a Pennington from Beth Sheldon and Lawrence to say parents of gimmel ism foreign the Earth is down yep foreign music thank you so much he's selling that from Bell Harbor to say parents of tests email Colorado hello America representing machine sorry my mind and the end is the segment of the Hill that you will like to ask our behalferred to Yeshiva say yes to say the next capital ized Hallelujah we promised to move the program and we will before I introduce our guest speaker Terry softer we would be privileged to hear some brief remarks I spoke about in the series Memphis earlier from our local assemblement eurothem Phil goldfinter the rabbiness doesn't give us that our community or our families can overcome and there is no question that the standards that were placed before us a year ago are unmatched like many of us have ever seen and Barbara Shenley came through at the other end we're still suffering there's still work to be done but we all came together we showed the world an Optus that no other community saw and areas all throughout queens and all across this city they learn from us how to work together and how to build programs that work and I'm just so proud that every day I go out and I try to do the best I can to make a kids jam and it's going to be very very very hard to top the amazing Hashem that was made in this community as the entire world was watching when the mayor said to me how do we do this program how do we do that program I said take a look at Far Rockaway have come together they've set up programs they've learned how neighbors helping neighbors families helping families friends helping friends is the only way to survive we taught the world a great lesson we have a long way to come we're going to do it together thank you thank you Phil I was promised short and sweet