Temple Emanu-El of West Essex, Livingston, NJ

May 18, 2012 26 Iyyar 5772

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Sanctuary Renewal

The campaign is complete. Our new sanctuary has been rededicated.
Many thanks to Theresa Edelstein and Dave Spiler co-chairs of the Sanctuary Renewal Campaign
and their entire committe for their hard work. Special thanks to Rabbi Mark Kaiserman and
Cantor Sharon Brown-Levy for their tireless efforts in bringing this project to completion.

Our labor of love could not been achieved without the many contributors including, donors,
photographers, architects, artists, our staff and congregants who gave their time to make this possible.

See the write-up published by the New Jersey Jewish News here

“V’asu li mikdash v’shachanti b’tocham
Make for Me a Sanctuary so I may dwell there.”
Exodus 25:8
Read Rabbi Kaiserman Sermon "Make Me A Sanctuary"

Our Past Our Present

Before the Rededication, the Mezuzah is placed at the entrance to the Sanctuary

mezuzah

The Torah Scrolls are returned to the Sanctuary

And returned to the Ark

The four 'every day' covers represent seminal moments
that accentuate God's everlasting presence:
The Giving of the Ten Commandments
Jacobs Lader
The Burning Bush
The Crossing of the Sea