Left: Shir Tikvah members reach out to touch the challah, as the
congregation breaks bread for the first time at their new home.
Below: Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg and Rick May blow shofarot to
begin the farewell ceremony at Northminster Presbyterian Church.
Below: Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg holds a mezuzah, picked out by Shir
Tikvah teenagers in Israel two years ago.
Right, middle: Nearly 200 Shir Tikvah members trekked two miles to
the congregation's first synagogue building.
Above: Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg raises his kiddush cup for the first
blessing of wine in front of the new temple.
Right: Larry Kowalsky gives a lift to Hannah Sleutelberg, 6
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