I ] Spirituality

In Memory

Goldman family dedicates Torah scroll
honoring spirituality of family patriarch.

T

he family of the late Rabbi Jack
Goldman of West Bloomfield
found the perfect way to remem-

ber him.
In a Nov. 26 ceremony that featured a
marching band, a chuppah and a joyous
procession, family members completed
the final inking of the last letters of a
Torah scroll and accompanied it to the ark
of the Ohel Moed of Shomery Emunah
synagogue on Farmington Road in West
Bloomfield, where it will be housed.
Dedication of the Torah scroll perpetu-
ates Rabbi Goldman's "intense spiritual-
ity," said his son Akiva.
"And though his physical existence has

been relegated to the fond memories we
have of him in our hearts, his devotion to
Judaism, Torah and spirituality continues
in perpetuity"
"Every time that Torah is held," Akiva
added, "every time a bar mitzvah boy
reads his portion from it, every time
future generations dance joyously with
the Torah in celebration of Judaism,
our father's ideals and his love for that
Judaism live on."
In addition to numerous local rabbini-
cal dignitaries, present at the event were
friends and family as well as the entire
West Bloomfield-based Yeshiva of Toledo
and many local day school children.

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Son Ezra Goldman of West Bloomfield finishes scribing the Torah.

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Holding the chuppah: Mark Phillips of West Bloomfield, left, and Stuart Lebenbom of
Southfield, left back. Holding the Torah, son Gershon Goldman of New York.

Son Akiva Goldman of West Bloomfield carries the Torah.

Rabbi Goldman's widow, Leila, of West Bloomfield marches alongside her son

The Torah scroll processional along Farmington Road

Gershon of New York.

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