May 12, 2024 Throughout the millennia, the Torah has been our lifeline, preserving our precious heritage from one generation to the next. The precious Makom Torah, Hachaim Vehashalom provides all residents of the Five Towns open access to the Torah. Whether it is through the Limud going on Yomam V’laila or the round the clock Minyanim, we are able to avail ourselves to Kirvas Hashem constantly. Kol hakavod to Rav Ovadia and the entire Kehila who make Hachaim Vehashalom so very special. The name says it all. We know that our Chaim is inexorably linked to Torah and our objective is to get closer to Hashem. Hachaim Vehashalom is that place which facilitates those objectives. Aharon Hakohen was known to be a rodef shalom. He did so by living a life of ואהבת לרעך כמוך. That is what we all experience in the Bais Medrash and the non-stop minyanim. Caring for and loving our fellow Jews are palpable in this holy Makom Torah. On a personal level, I am the lone Ashkenazi at the Netz minyan and Mincha/Maariv in the Bais Medrash. The Kehila embraced me from day one. I love hearing the Kol torah and hearing Hebrew spoken as the primary language. Thank you Rav Ovadia and the entire Kehila.