Hatzolah Melave Malka at the home of Dovid Levine a''h

I was privileged to be part of this outstanding group among this group was a person that we memorialize tonight a man who I am proud to say was a very dear C of mine who epitomized a true benra about and a man of yashus leavv Z Dave as he was affectionately called by us had a major influence on us through his exemplary character David was always looked upon by all as a leader someone to emulate and a friend who was always there for you David always had hatsa in his very fiber of his being he stayed involved in the organization as long as he was physically able to this is part of my script but I'm going to step aside and just talk about the beginning of a I remember many years ago it's probably about 30 years yep about 30 years hatala started with a sign there was a sign hung up in the bulletin board at 6 67 six Street all those that want to join the H Sola group should please write your name here I think about 10 people at that time wrote their name nine people she why' I go dead you're fine so she says she corrected me and says it's nine members and I remember exactly where this all took place it was where Dr indish had his original office I think what's the plaza called over there on n on the in your office your old office G yeah Gman anyhow it was it was the office of bar who at that time a lot of yit were employed by him and amongst them was re Ariat and it was R David LaVine and I remember just looking at walking into this office it was spread out in those days nobody knew what wires were or transmitters or uh repeaters who who knew that name repeater I remember everything was spread out David LaVine was on the floor connecting wires this way and mayor and and Shia was the expert so-called expert with all the manuals and I remember I remember going on the rooftop of 6176 Street and putting up the first antenna that was that was an unbelievable uh event Mor code how befitting is it That We Gather here tonight to inate a much needed ambulance for this ambulance will be an extension of D's dedication and commitment to the Lakewood kahila to be there in their time of need we also are here tonight to pay tribute to all the volunteers of ATO who continue D's Legacy especially asak to the members of our neighborhood first and foremost Ria Baron who is now a paramedic for at solum and his co-founding me member Rea riette committee man red mayor [Applause] lonstein rip small Mormon RAB Shaler who was also a [Applause] paramedic RAB yakob sheer PA sheer as he is [Applause] known and of course the administrator of at ra and last but not least because his name starts with a z Rabbi yakob zit okay that's it's for it's hard to follow rbert trank but I'll give it my best just want to say a short quickart and share a few thoughts this week's par this week's parha Dees after hearing y interpretation of his dream har tells Jo you are the wisest man in all of MRI only the throne shall out rank you then in the very next see I have placed you in charge question is what is this adding what is it come to teach us I heard a very interesting Insight from friend quoting normally after doing someone a favor even the best of people have a tendency to remind people of the favor that they've done however the less one reminds a person of the favor he's done for them the closer he is to being like a Mal we learned the story of the Mal who appeared to man and his wife announcing the birth of their son sh after the long narration when the Mal first came to announce the birth of's wife and then the Mal second appearance to repeat the message to himself noi WR didn't continue anymore to appear to and his wife then realized that he was a what does this mean that now he knew it means that the fact that the Malik stopped coming back to them proved that he was a Mal had he been a human being he surely would have come back after suan was born to remind them his involvement knew how's the boy doing as upar Mitzvah throughout his life he'd always come back to make an appearance and make sure they always felt the the debt of gratitude the behavior of a Mal is the far end of the spectrum we cannot be Mal but if we want to know the opposite end of the SP Spectrum the zero on the scale it's here in that is what the is saying without any subtleness or social Grace har is claing over your's head don't forget I'm the one who made you who you are always remember that I think it's safe to say that when you talk about the Spectrum atalah the people of atalah are right up there some of the earliest and most Vivid memories I have of my father Al are connected to atala I remember my father going out on calls at all hours of the day and night and sometimes not coming back until after shakras in the morning I remember my father jumping up from chabas and young T sudas to go to a call just to demonstrate how far back I remember I remember being at a sh y suda with my father my family and the sesy family and the two of them getting a call and running off to the races I remember people coming frantically into the house with all sorts of medical things that need attention and regardless of what was going on my father stopping everything and attending to what they needed as a child growing up there a pride in having a father who was on atella my tati drives an ambulance myti has a walki talk my ta is cooler than your tati as we grew up this probably took on different different meanings and shapes at some point you realize what the personal sacrifice really is you realize that there are many other fathers out there doing the same thing you realize that there's a whole organization out there whose sole purpose is to help people and to save lives what you don't have our hotel members running around reminding people of the favors they did for them after saving someone's life you don't have AEL member come back and say no a has life it's not for me you wouldn't have one obviously when the situation calls for It Hat will go back to make sure everything is okay and to offer any necessary followup followup advice and instruction that's a whole different thing so this this way as as an organization and as individual members are kind of like doing their work without looking for any particular recognition