Edmond J Safra Synagogue of Brooklyn Torah Center Video

[Music] so we finally arrived to our final home after a long journey in developing and creating a congregation Edmund J Safra synagogue I'm talking to you from the Reb Jacob S cassen main sanctuary at our new location that was built primarily to promote teila but especially talm T the study and teaching of Torah we believe that learning belongs to all ages and therefore we have a robust program on a daily basis on a nightly basis 7 days a week you listen closely you hear the hum of Torah resonating to the building and that's why we built it we're going to have two pictures in the lobby one of course is our Patron Edmond J Safra and the other is our Rabbi Rabbi Jacob es cassen first Chief Rabbi making sure that this T Center remind us where we came from so we have the energy and the propensity to push forward people often ask why are you building such a magnificent building building the rabbi has a classic answer which is great says where do you go from Age 2 to 18 and that of course is yiva but where do you go from 18 to 120 where do you go to socialize meet with your friends talk to hasm you're going to SCH Rano created this Ed and j s for synagogue of Brooklyn you come to the sh every night there's people walking up and down the staircase you go into this room there's a class going on you go to the third floor there's class is going on it's alive the building's alive it's it's breathing can hear the excitement before he even enter the doors and then when you come in you see the smiles and you see the children surrounding the rabbis makes you feel proud that this synagogue is full of young scholars who have a love to learn T we have a program that tailor fitting for your needs if you need a class for one night a week in halaka we have a class view everybody's our customer every age group you can even come to this synagogue at 1:00 in the morning and we have 20 rabbis upstairs that are learning the whole night through the goal of the youth program is that the kids can come to Sho every single either Shabbat or during the week to get a nice class teach them the proper ways to pray the proper ways to read the torat they're getting a prize they're getting candy and they're coming out with a class we're trying to attract the younger generation to begin learning Tor straight from school rather than playing at home with the encouragement of having a young leadership team of rabbis the kids once they come and they see the program they're help three years ago I met a young boy he was in ninth grade and we started learning a few weeks later brought three of his friends we went from 1 to 4 after about a year and a half the boy said why we make this program bigger we went to Magan David the school we signed up around 30 boys after around two years of this program the program evolved to over 90 boys coming a week to learn the mother Yeshiva now has a home for their kids where they're coming every single night we have all the groups are learning the same piic together all talking to each other the boys are really really growing in the gar they're connecting to it Rabbi Cohen is always there for us and he's always looking out for the boys making sure that we're good we're happy RAB Cohen's energy the way he's so devoted to the growth of the boys this T learning that we do is going to be not only for today but it's going to be a life for the future I'm privileged to be involved with the young adults in this Sho when they get here and they feel like they have their own program the effect that that has is something that can't be explained RAB Alex is one of the best rabbis I've ever learned with it tries to make you feel like it's just you there just you in the room my favorite thing with Rabbi Alex is not just the learning it's the Shabbat morning class that we have it's really exciting to know that I have this bit I to come to especially when I'm at work all day and to know that I'm ending off my night here in this B midash learning with the rabbis it's a great feeling during the day what's happening day the women this hundreds of women coming in and out of the building baking cooking learning Tora classes they they're excited to be here we have a really beautiful schedule of ladies classes there's more than one class per day we have classes on all different topics parasha parenting shalomay Hal of course RAB mano's ladies class on Thursdays whatever your interests are and whatever your backgrounds are you can find a class in our schedule that's going to meet your needs there's just a beautiful energy here one of the main benefits that I've had since being here is I get to observe Rabbi Manor up close Manor to me has always been a global Rabbi a rabbi that uh obviously has a tremendous reputation but I never had my own personal relationship with him from the bottom of my heart I really want to thank for raner for having this opportunity of being involved in such a community and helping us open such amazing doors we have the opportunity to tap in and help so many people change so many lives our main goal is to allow the synagogue to flourish with Torah but with that comes an operating budget our expenses are really through the roof now would be a great time if people can really step up a little bit more and just keep giving we want the best rabbis and rbans in order to get that we have to compensate them from a 200 person synagogue to now a thousand people on any given day so we need money for this we need a support the building itself is the Goof it's the physical what's inside the building is the so we're asking all our community to please you help me build a body now help me develop the soul that's