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The Denver Community Kollel held its 18th Anniversary Celebration on Tuesday, March 15th at Aish Denver. With close to 250 people in attendance, the Kollel honored Rabbi Myer J. and Mrs. Bruria Schwab, for their founding of, and continued commitment to the Kollel. The Kollel also recognized the 18 Kollel families currently residing in Denver.
A 35-minute program featured a video about the honorees and their role in the founding of the Kollel, as well as a video entitled Torah: The Tree of Life, that focused on the impact the 18 families have made, and continue to make, for Denver Jewry. The roots, or the Kollel families, the trunk, which represents the Torah study of the Kollel members, the branches, which are the many Torah study opportunities and programs the Kollel offers, and the fruits, symbolized by the many Jews whose lives were changed by the Kollel, all form the tree of life that is the Torah brought to Denver by the Kollel.
Kollel Dean Rabbi Aron Yehuda Schwab concluded the program with the exciting announcement that the Kollel is launching a capital campaign for a Kollel building on Denver’s West Side.
Following the program, everyone enjoyed Good Things Come in Trees: Fruit-Inspired Cuisine, a delectable and elegant display of mouth-watering fare prepared by the Kollel women led by Esti Schwab and Esti Erlanger. Attendees also got to take home Rav Schwab on Pesach, a collection of Pesach-related thoughts from the legendary Rabbi Shimon Schwab, excerpted from the larger work Rav Schwab on Chumash, which was authored by Rabbi Myer J. Schwab, Rav Shimon Schwab’s son.