Yearbook & Scholarship Journal

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PROVIDENCE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL/
NEW ENGLAND ACADEMY OF TORAH

dedicates this page
in memory of

Mrs. Dorothy Schechter, a”h

Devora bas Shimshon Zimul

July 6, 2020
14 Tammuz 5780

for her lifelong support of the school.

Condolences to Dr. Steven and Mrs. Naomi Schechter
and the en#re Schechter family

‫המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים‬

Mr. Pinny Berlin, President
Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, Dean

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PROVIDENCE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL/
NEW ENGLAND ACADEMY OF TORAH

extends its condolences to
Mr. Jerrold Salmanson
on the loss of his wife

Mrs. Dale Salmanson, a”h

May Hashem comfort you among
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

Mr. Pinny Berlin, President
Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, Dean

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PROVIDENCE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL/
NEW ENGLAND ACADEMY OF TORAH

dedicates this page
in memory of our friend

Mr. Herbie Schwartz, a”h

Shmuel Tzvi ben Dov

August 22, 2020
2 Elul 5780

Mr. Pinny Berlin, President
Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, Dean

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‫בס''ד‬

Mazel tov to Reb Avrohom Dovid Winter

on being recognized for his
INCREDIBLE

gi8s of #me and exper#se to PHDS.
His partnership with the administra#on and staff
has been responsible for keeping the children learning

in an extremely challenging #me.
All we can say is thank you.

Mazel tov to Reb Reuven Yavner,

One of PHDS’ accomplished alumni
Keep giving nachas to your parents

They’ll share it with us!

Cheryl and Marc Diamond

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In honor of
Reuven Yavner &

Dovid Winter
on their well-deserved

honor.

Rachel & Reuven
Schloss

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WITH GREAT APPRECIATION
TO THE TEACHERS AND
ADMINISTRATION OF
PHDS/NEAT FOR
PROVIDING ME WITH A
WARM, CARING AND
EXCELLENT EDUCATION.

SCHABSE AND AVIVA
(KAUFMAN) LAKS

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PROVIDENCE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL/
NEW ENGLAND ACADEMY OF TORAH

expresses its
gra#tude and thanks

to

Touro Fraternal Associa on

for its generous dona#on toward the
purchase of sani#za#on equipment

Mr. Pinny Berlin, President
Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, Dean

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Mazel tov to Reuven on your hon-
or!

We are proud of you and all of
your accomplishments!

Dear Staff and Teachers at the
Providence Hebrew Day School,

Thank you for preparing our
sons so well for their life’s journey.

Your dedication helped them to
become the successful people of

whom we are so proud.

Esta and David Yavner

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The Board of Directors
of Providence Hebrew Day School/

New England Academy of Torah

expresses its mazel tov wishes to

Mr. Avrohom Dovid Winter — Volunteer of the Year Honoree
Mr. Reuven Yavner — Alumnus Honoree

on their well-deserved awards.

Special thanks to:
♦ Our Dean, Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, and the administrative team, Mrs. Miriam

Esther Weiner and Rabbi Aaron Lapin.
♦ The dedicated staff, for providing our students with an outstanding foundation in

both Judaic and General Studies. Your dedication and effort knows no bounds.
♦ The office support staff: Mrs. Kathleen Frazier, Mrs. Shayna Stein, and Mrs.

Mindy Schachter, for all their hard work on a daily basis.
♦ Mrs. Tzippy Scheinerman, for her continued outreach to grandparents and alumni

and for chairing the Amudim Dinner.
♦ Mrs. Mindy Schachter, yearbook coordinator, for a tremendous job in producing

this year’s yearbook. Your creativity and beautiful graphic design are to be
commended.
♦ All of the school’s dedicated committees that work so hard on behalf of the
school. Your efforts make Providence Hebrew Day School/New England
Academy of Torah the unique school that it is.
♦ The PTF, for all their fundraising efforts and student and parent support
programs.

Mr. Pinny Berlin, President

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pays tribute and offers special thanks to

Mr. Pinny Berlin

who serves as
President of the school.

Your leadership and efforts on behalf of the school
and the building renova#ons, and your commitment

to excellence are unsurpassed.

May you and your family have only bracha and
hatzlacha as you con#nue to serve the community

with dedica#on and love.

The Execu#ve CommiHee, Board of Directors,
Administra#on, Parents, Faculty, and Staff

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To our Dear Husband and Father Dovid,
Your devotion and dedication to our family is
unparalleled. We are constantly awed by your endless
patience, empathy, and thoughtfulness. You will
always be the undisputed king of balloon animals,
roaster of fireplace marshmallows, and fixer of just

about anything.
May ‫ הקב"ה‬give you strength to continue on the path of

‫תורה‬, ‫ עבודה‬and ‫ גמילות חסדים‬and to always be an
example for us to follow.

Mazel tov on this well-deserved honor.
We are so proud.

With love,
Esti

Blimi, Shia, Yisroel Meir, Yechiel, Efraim, Ahava,
Chumi, Gitty,Ayden & Akiva

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Dear Reuven,

Mazal tov on receiving the Alumnus
Award at the Providence Hebrew Day

School Amudim Dinner on
September 6, 2020. We are so proud of you!
Your use of the many talents that Hashem

gave you has already brought you much
success in your workplace, your
community and our family.

May you go from strength to strength and

may you continue to be a source of nachas

for our family.

Love,

Bubbie & Zaidie Yavner
and

Aunt Miriam and Uncle Yirmiyahu Spector

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On Friday, March 13, we were informed of the decision that the school would be closing. In the busy days leading up to Pesach,
with so much uncertainty, the school administration jumped into action, preparing and distributing packets, scheduling and
planning conference calls, figuring out how things might work with insufficient phone lines, inadequate (or no) internet and not
enough computers. Parents, many of us teachers or essential workers, had the impossible task of becoming home educators and
trying to maintain everyone’s sanity. Little did we know that five months later, many of us would still be at home.

From the outset, in my role as technology advisor to the school, I advocated for a Chromebook-based solu#on, for my goal was
not only to meet the need of the day, but also establish a safe, sustainable pla orm for educa#onal technology in years to come,
all on a shoestring budget (a challenge amid na#onwide shortages). Working together with my business partner, Mr. Muataz Al
Mu2i, a true expert in K-12 internet safety and security, we built a prototype of a Chromebook-based solu#on, designed for safe
use even outside of the school network.

Some schools made the straightforward decision to stick to using phone calling or kosher Zoom devices. Others made the
decision to compromise on safety and security to minimize downtime, depending on the supervision of already overburdened
parents. Because of the Providence Hebrew Day School’s commitment to providing excellence in both Torah and General
Studies without compromise to our values, neither of these options was suitable.

Under the wise leadership of Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, together with Mr. Pinny Berlin and Mr. Robert Schloss, we agreed on a
plan and obtained a psak to move forward.

I am grateful for having the opportunity to work with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Brown, who was deeply involved from the beginning
with planning, tes#ng, deployment, end-user support, and professional development. He is a true anav and eved HaShem. Rabbi
and Mrs. Brown must be the most valuable u#lity players in the field of Jewish educa#on.

I would like to acknowledge Mrs. Miriam Esther Weiner for her incredible work coordina#ng early remote learning programs;
Rabbi Aharon Lapin, for his help developing and tes#ng our internet safety policies; and my step-daughter, Morah Blimi, who
helped manage our remote learning portal. I am likewise grateful to those who financially supported these ini#a#ves and those
who generously donated to the successful matching campaign and the Amudim Dinner.

It has been an honor and a pleasure to support the children of Providence Hebrew Day School. While we enter the new school
year with continued uncertainty, I am confident that the efforts invested by all, iy”H, make for a far more successful year. This
was a true team effort, and I applaud the efforts of everyone involved.

I accept the honor of Volunteer of the Year on behalf of the extended PHDS Technology Team and in the merit of my role
models in chesed:

Rachmona litzlan, we lost many people close to us over the past months. My mentor of 28 years, R' Betzalel Reuven ben
Yehoshua Bertram, z”l, referred to himself as a simple egg man. He was a successful businessman, who was up before dawn to
daven and learn, treated everyone with dignity, raised his children to be mench’n with uncompromising Torah values, and
opened his doors to make my dear friends and me feel like part of his family. May his memory be a blessing and may he merit
from the goodness that he inspired in all who were close to him.

In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man. My father, Yeshaya ben Yechiel, a”h, exemplified this value. He acted with
honesty, integrity and respect, and always put his children first. When a friend or family member or the local rov needed help, he
was the first to be there. May his neshama con#nue to have an aliya, and may he con#nue to benefit from the good deeds of his
children and grandchildren.

In the Russian Jewish community, my mother, Myrna Winter, is famous for her chesed. For 30 years, I have heard countless sto-
ries of how my mother helped families arriving with nothing, giving them dignity and ensuring that every need was met. She
founded a kosher food pantry, distributed packages for Pesach, was responsible for countless bris’n, bar mitzvahs and chasunas,
and the chesed shel emes, ensuring a kosher burial, o8en with no funds available and o8en circumven#ng crema#on. She re#red
from her official role last month. May HKB”H bless her with a long, healthy life, nachas from her children, and con#nued
opportuni#es to do good in this world.

Acharon, acharon chaviv. I am grateful to my wife, Es and all of our children, for bringing peace to my life and making my house
into a home. Es , we are a team in every respect, and any honor I receive is only in your merit.

May HKB”H bring us all a refuah and a yeshua, and as we, iy”H, return to a semblance of normalcy, may it not be the old normal,
but rather an opportunity to appreciate our lives in a new way and connect with HaShem on a level that we could not have
previously imagined.

Thank you.

Avrohom Dovid Winter

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We are so happy to pay tribute to our
grandson, son and nephew

Reuven Yavner

on this special honor.

With love from,
GG and Papa
Mom and Dad Roth
Audrey and Keith
Lisa and Mark

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David Winter

A Man for all Seasons -
True to himself,

adapting to all circumstances
and times despite external
pressures -

Your family is so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Winter and Barker
families

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Mazel Tov

on receiving the
Alumnus Award from the
Providence Hebrew Day

School.
I am very proud of you!

With much love,
Bubbie Baronfield

And in memory of
Zaydie Baronfield, who was

always proud of you.

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In memory of

SOL TEICHMAN, a”h

In honor of our dear friends
RABBI AND REBBETZIN

PERETZ
SCHEINERMAN
Best wishes for your continued success

Ruth Teichman
Alan Teichman
Dubby Teichman

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Dear Reuven,

Congratulations on receiving the Providence
Hebrew Day School Alumnus Award.

We are proud of all your accomplishments
and your dedication to advancing Jewish

education.

With love and much admiration from the
Roth Family

Irving Roth and Myrna Kushman
Candy and Robert Roth
Lynne and Edward Roth

Grandchildren
Jessie and Dan, Jamie and Jake,

Talia, Aaron and Aliza

And the beautiful great-grandchildren
Addie, Ariana, Gavriel, Leo, James and

Logan

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Mazel tov to Mr. Dovid Winter on receiving the
Volunteer of the Year Award. You are a living
example of dedication to community and school
through your role in planning and implementing
our distance-learning program. Your knowledge
and expertise helped us create a state-of-the-art
technology plan. Mazel tov to your wife, Esti, and
your family for their invaluable care and support.

We congratulate Mr. Reuven Yavner on receiving
this well-deserved Alumnus Award. Thank you so

much for your care and support of Providence
Hebrew Day School. You are truly deserving of this

honor. Mazel tov also to your wife, Talia, and to
Gavriel & Leo.

We are blessed to have such a dedicated
administration and faculty. Our active parent
committees and exceptional lay leadership are
unequaled. We thank them for all their efforts on

our behalf.

Best of luck,
Rabbi Peretz and Tzippy Scheinerman

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We are proud of our special
granddaughter and graduate

Leah Twersky

Love, Zaide and Bubby Gibber

Mazel tov to R' Reuven Yavner
upon receiving the Alumnus Award and to

R' Avrohom Winter,
Volunteer of the Year

Eliezer and Marsha Gibber

In honor of Mr. Dovid Winter

for your invaluable efforts
to the furtherance of Torah education

In tribute to Mr. Reuven Yavner

May your children follow in your footsteps
and give you nachas as you give your parents!

With bracha for continued hatzlacha to
the PHDS honorees and their families

Yosef and Miriam Lipson

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Mazel tov to

Reuven Yavner,

who gives our school and community a
wonderful name.

With much hakaras hatov to

Mr. Winter

for all he did for our children’s chinuch

this past spring.

Thank you to all our children’s
teachers and the administration for all

the in school and out of school
learning.

The Schwartz Family

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To our Dear NEAT Seniors,
We wish you much success and a bright future.
Our many experiences over the past four years - retreats,
Shabbatonim, Chill Room activites, school trips, chagigas, and much
more - have made each one of you a part of our family.

We wish you much hatzlochoh. We will miss you. Keep in touch.

To our Dear Eighth Graders,
Mazel tov on your graduation. We wish all the boys much success in the

yeshivos of their choice.

We are looking forward to welcoming the girls to NEAT.

Rabbi Peretz and Tzippy Scheinerman

Mazel tov to our dear daughter, Avigayil, on graduating
NEAT! Much hatzlacha in Israel this year!
Mazel tov to all the NEAT Graduates!

Congratulations to
Dovid Winter
and
Reuven Yavner

on their much-deserved honors.

All the best,

Aharon and Shoshana Lapin

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With sincere congratulations
to all of the honorees

New England Rabbinical College

Rabbi Eliezer Y. Gibber, Rosh HaYeshiva
Rabbi Yosef Lipson, Mashgiach

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The Kollel and its Board of
Directors would like to thank

PHDS/NEAT
for all that they do for our

community.

Mazal tov to the honorees on this
well-deserved recognition.

Providence Community Kollel

Rabbi Raphie Schochet - Rosh Kollel
Mr. David Yavner - President

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Thank you to the teachers and staff at
Providence Hebrew Day School for your
dedication to the chinuch of our children,

even in extraordinarily challenging
circumstances.

Mazel tov to
Dovid Winter

and
Reuven Yavner
on being this year’s honorees.
You inspire us with your commitment and
dedication to our community.

Pinny & Elisheva Berlin

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offers its profound thanks

to

Rabbi Yaakov Gershon Pollak

for assis#ng in
our annual Lakewood Purim campaign

Your genuine warmth, friendship
and caring for the school
know no bounds.

Mr. Pinny Berlin, President
Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, Dean

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To our Dear Daughter Gitty,

Mazel tov on your graduation from PHDS! We are so
proud of the young lady you have become, and look
forward to your continued growth as you enter NEAT
high school. May Hashem guide and strengthen you

to be the best person you can be!

To the dedicated administration and staff at PHDS,
thank you for all your hard work in making the

second half of the year as productive as possible.
Your responsiveness and adaptiveness make us

proud to be PHDS parents.

To Mrs. Miriam Esther Weiner, you never miss a beat.
We are awed. May you go from ‫חיל אל חיל‬.

Mazel tov to all the honorees!

,‫בברכת הכרת הטוב‬

Dovid & Esti Winter
& family

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Mazel tov

Mr. Winter

You have terabytes of patience,
Your professionalism is hardwired into

you,
Your dedication is virtually unlimited,
And the school would not have been able

to function without you.

Special thanks also to the PHDS
administrative team for your outstanding

leadership, especially in these times.

Yehuda Leib and Sara Brown

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Mazal tov to the honorees!
Many thanks to PHDS and

NEAT for the wonderful
education that our
children received!

Much appreciation to the
Providence community!

Yosef and Ruchama
Szendro

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RASKIN & BERMAN

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
116 EAST MANNING STREET

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02906
TEL. (401) 421-1363
FAX. (401) 272-4467

We are delighted to join with the
Day School in honoring
Reuven Yavner

and

Avrohom Dovid Winter

They are outstanding examples of the
virtues that make PHDS such a treasure.

Mazel tov! Mazel Tov!

Peter G. Berman, Esq.
Russell D. Raskin, Esq.

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In memory of

Reb Shlomo Kofman, Mrs. Pearl Kofman
and Mrs. Bella Kofman

whose dedication and commitment
to the prosperity of

the Providence Hebrew Day School
will always be remembered and valued.

We miss you and hope to learn
from your example.

Congratulations to Reuven Yavner and the
Yavner family.

Your loving children,
The Kofman / Weiss Family
Miriam and Ari, Menachem and Tzippy,
Ephraim and Ayelet, Yudi and Anna,

Penina and Etan

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PHDS  NEAT Nechama Liba

14 years ago (almost 15!), Hashem decided the world, our community, and our
family could no longer exist without you.

And you do like to add a different flair to everything!

Most people have 1 secular birthday and 1 Hebrew birthday, but you contrived to
arrive during bein hashmashos, so that you could claim 2 Hebrew birthdays!

Most people answer to their first names. Some prefer their middle names. Or
their first and middle names together. Some people go by a nickname. You’ve
played around with just about all of those, even going by Jelly the year you were
2. Many people currently call you NeLi, a composite of your first and middle names.

(Except Mrs. Uyttebroek.)

Most little kids respond to “got your nose” by asking for it back. You took one look
at your brother’s hand and said, “That’s not my nose, that’s t!” And yes, he was

holding his hand in the shape of a sign language (finger-spelled) t.

Most people don’t get to be the seventh child. They certainly don’t get to be the
seventh child and the middle child!

Most people do have a favorite color (purple), shape (heart) and animal
(penguins). Except, wait, our Nechama Liba “doesn’t play favorites.” That would
be too normal. Which must be why her 8th grade graduation fell during the least

normal year ever –- 2020.

NeLi, you’ve dealt extremely well with the abnormality of your 8th grade year.
Mazel tov on your graduation, and hatzlacha in NEAT. We know you’ll deal with
future adversity with grace as well, and hope that in the years to come, you’ll
draw strength from your experience and know that even a worldwide pandemic

can’t stop you.

Love always,
Mama and Daddy
Grandpa David
Bubbie and Zaide
Everyone else, whose names didn’t fit.

(Just kidding! Menasheh Yoseif, Chana Devorah, Rina, Dassa, Meir Mordechai, Shiffy, Tehilla, Avigdor, Yocheved,
Tirtza, Noam and Chava Leah)

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Mazel tov to our grandchildren

Moshe Yudkowsky and Shifra Bracha Purec

on your graduation from PHDS.
Moshe, we admire your perseverance and the seriousness with
which you approach the challenges you take upon yourself.

Hatzlacha next year and beyond, and we will miss you!

Shifra Bracha, always keep your smile and soft-spoken

generous spirit! We are so proud of you! Hatzlacha in NEAT!

Love, Zaidy and Bubby

Mazel Tov, Sara Liba

on your graduation from NEAT!

Yay, you got to the finish line, and

really way beyond that. We will miss you

next year; actually, we already miss you!

Hatzlacha in seminary!

All the very best from the Js

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Honorable Rabbi Scheinerman
and

Rabbi Lapin,

*‫ומצדיקי הרבים ככוכבים לעולם ועד‬
.‫*אלו מלמדי תינוקות‬

As you shine into the hearts of your ‫תלמידות‬,
There is a light radiating also to their ‫משפחות‬.

Thank you for being such a bright star,
Emanating warmth & devotion near and far.

With Torah blessing,

Levi and Bashy Gelber

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Mazel Tov

Hadassah

on your graduation from
eighth grade!

We are so proud of you and
wish you success in
high school!

Love,
Mommy and Tatty

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Mazal tov to Dovid Winter on this

well-deserved honor!

Thank you for stepping up to the
challenge during these challenging
times and facilitating the transition
of PHDS and NEAT to online learning.

You are an example of menschlichkeit,

kindness, and humility. You are an
inspiration to all around you.

We wish you continued success and

much nachas from your

beautiful family!

With deep respect and admiration,

The Flig famliy

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In honor of Nechama Elbaz
Thanks for all your help during the

pandemic.
It was/is a pleasure having you

in our home.
Rachel & Reuven Schloss (& Natan)

In honor of Shosh Spitz
Thanks for all your help during the

pandemic.
It was a pleasure having you in our home.

Good luck in the future!
Rachel & Reuven Schloss (& Noey)

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In honor of Sara Liba Jacob
Thanks for all your help during the summer.

It was a pleasure having you in our home.
Good luck in the future!

Rachel & Reuven Schloss (& Natan)

In honor of Brittney Kushner
Thanks for all your help during the past

4 years.
It was a pleasure having you

(sometimes)in our home.
Good luck in the future!
Rachel & Reuven Schloss (& Family)

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Best wishes to my friends

Peretz and Tzippy
Scheinerman

and to the
administration and

staff of the school.

Mazel tov to the
honorees

Judy & Arthur Robbins

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A tremendous yasher koach to Mr. Winter. Thank you for sharing your

expertise to keep our children learning and safe.

With tremendous ‫ הכרת הטוב‬to the administration and staff at
PHDS for all the time and effort they put into being ‫ מחנך‬our children. We

appreciate all that you do.

Avi and Kayla Hack

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Mazel tov to
Dovid Winter
You truly deserve this award!

With gratitude to the PHDS staff for
your above-and-beyond efforts during this

pandemic.

The Gorins

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A hearty mazel tov and yasher koach to

Reuven Yavner

on receiving the Alumnus Award. We are
very proud of you and Talia on your
accomplishments and commitment to

Klal Yisroel.

Shammai says: " Make your study of
Torah a regular practice, say little and do
much, and receive all men with a cheerful

countenance.”

Love,
Dr. Steven and Naomi Schechter

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Best wishes and
congratulations to

the honorees

Mazel Tov!

Dr.& Mrs. Ezra
Stieglitz

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Congratulations to

Reuven Yavner

and

Avrohom Dovid Winter

the worthy recipients of this
year’s Amudim Awards

The Raskin Family

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