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Elevate 5 Media page 

The Kollel's Annual
Elevate Shabbos of Inspiration
took place from
Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 2, 2024

In anticipation of Kabbolas HaTorah, with

Horav Refoel Moshe & Rebbetzin Shifrah Gettinger
Rabbi Moshe Derhy
 Mrs. Chaya Rifky Leiser

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ELEVATE 5 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
NOW AVAILABLE! printable version, please click here Elevate 5 SCHEDULE


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For an exclusive opportunity to play an integral role in this unprecedented Shabbos of Inspiration, ​you can dedicate an event that will bring incredible achdus and inspiration to our community. 
Details can be found here: "Elevate 5 Opportunities Page". 
Sponsors of $1800 and above are entitled to dedicate a major event over the weekend.

Sponsors of $1000 and above are entitled to 2 tickets to our Friday Night seuda
​or family tickets to the Shabbos Day young families seuda with Rabbi and Rebbetzin Gettinger.
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Silver Sponsors and above receive a book autographed by Rabbi Gettinger.
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NEW FORMAT and TIME!
The Grand Lecture and Brunch, 

in memory of our founder, Dr. David Epstein, z"l,

will take place at the JFCS Building,
345 Montgomery Avenue, Bala Cynwyd

June 2, 2024 10:00 a.m. Brunch, 10:30 a.m. Lecture
Greetings, Rabbi Biberfeld
Lecture, Horav Gettinger,
shlit”a

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The Dr. David E. Epstein z"l Memorial Lecture

Dr. David Epstein was one of the Kollel’s founders and served as President of its Board of Directors from 2002–2004. His leadership was instrumental in nurturing the Kollel from a fledgling organization into the community bastion of Torah learning that it is today. Dr. Epstein was a consummate physician, a model builder of Torah and community, and above all, a loving husband, father and son. In recognition of his integral role in the Kollel's history, the Annual Lecture is named in his memory.  We are confident that it will provide an additional source of merit for his neshama for many years to come.

HORAV REFOEL MOSHE GETTINGER SHLIT"A, is presently Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Medrash Chaim, Lakewood, NJ and is a renoened talmid chacham and veteran mechaneich for many decades. Rav Gettinger shlit"a  learned in the Philadelphia Yeshiva, in Lakewood under Rav Shneur Kotler zt”l and was a close talmid of Rav Yitzchak Hutner zt"l. Rav Gettinger was Rosh Yeshiva in South Bend, Indiana for many years and maintains a close kesher with many of his hundreds of talmidim across the globe including our own Rabbi Yosef Prupas and Rabbi Yehuda Nosenchuk. He is a direct descendant of the Netziv, zt"l1, and Rav Chaim Volozhiner, zt"l. His father was Rav Emanuel (Mendel) Gettinger zt"l, rov of Young Israel of the West Side in New York City for over 60 years. His maternal grandfather was Rav Naftali Zvi Yehuda Riff zt”l, spiritual leader of Congregation Sons of Israel, Camden, NJ and later Cherry Hill, NJ.
 
Rebbetzin Shifrah Gettinger attended Bais Yaakov of Monsey and Beth Jacob of Jerusalem. As a respected educator with over forty years’ experience, including twenty in South Bend, Indiana, Mrs. Gettinger has taught almost every age from preschool through seminary, students ranging from those from unaffiliated homes to Yeshiva families. She currently serves as Principal of Bnos Devorah Elementary School in Lakewood, and as Director of Camp Maarava in Marshall, Indiana. In addition to her role as principal, Mrs. Gettinger teaches a weekly course on Churban Europa to the eighth grade in Bnos Devorah, carrying on the legacy of her father, Rabbi Joseph Elias zt”l, initiator of Torah Umesorah’s  Zchor Yemos Olam Program. The multitude of girls who attend these two institutions are beneficiaries of her vision and passion for the chinuch of our next generation, both in the classroom and through the medium of camp life.


Rabbi Moshe Binyamin Derhy grew up in Washington Heights, New York. He graduated from Yeshiva Rabbi Shamshon Raphael Hirsch, and then went on to learn in Passaic under Rabbi Meir Stern, shlit”a, and in Yeshivas Brisk, Yerushalayim. When he returned to the US, he married Naomi Shamie of LA and joined the Kollel of Beth Medrash Gevoha; during his 12 years there, Rabbi Derhy obtained semicha. Rabbi Derhy also works for BMG’s  Machon Mishnas Rabbi Aharon, where he works to publish seforim, and he mentors bochurim in local yeshivos. In 2023 the Philadelphia Community Kollel welcomed Rabbi Derhy as its Second Seder Rosh Chabura, a position he continues to fill with exceptional scholarship and devotion.

Mrs. Chaya Rivky Leiser has spent over two decades in yeshivos and Bais Yaakov schools and camps, teaching and programming for young boys and for girls of all ages. Her dynamic style and lively content will engage and inspire our children here in Philadelphia as well!

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