Installation Exercises of Rabbi Norman Lamm as Spiritual Leader of West Side Jewish Center (1952)

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Program for the Installation of Rabbi Norman Lamm (1954)

The Lord will give strength unto His people – the Lord will bless His people with peace. Congregation Kodimoh cordially invites you to attend the installation exercises of Rabbi Norman Lamm, Sunday afternoon, May 2, 1954, at 2:30 p.m., at Kodimoh Synagogue, Springfield, Massachusetts. Saturday and Sunday, 28th and 29th of Nissan, 5714 – May 1st and 2nd, 1954. Saturday morning: services at 8:30 a.m., sermon by Rabbi Israel Klavan, Executive Director, Rabbinical Council of America; kiddush following services. Saturday afternoon: halakhic dissertation by Rabbi Marvin Luban, 6:00 p.m., Congregation Rodphey Sholom, Holyoke, Massachusetts; Minchah services at 7:00 p.m.; Seudah Shelishit address by Rabbi Samuel Price, Emeritus, Temple Beth El. Saturday evening: reception and open house, 9:00 p.m., vestry of Kodimoh. Sunday afternoon: synagogue auditorium, installation exercises at 2:30 p.m.; installation address by Rabbi Joseph Lookstein, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Professor, Yeshiva University, New York, NY. Greetings by Rabbi Eliezer Levi (Temple Beth El), Rabbi Herman Snyder (Sinai Temple), Rabbi Moses D. Sheinkopf (Beth Israel Synagogue), and Lieutenant Maurice Lamm, Chaplain, United States Army. Musical selections by Cantor Herman B. Abramson and the Kodimoh Choir. Sunday evening: Hotel Kimball, installation banquet at 6:30 p.m.; address by Rabbi Joseph M. Baumol, Crown Heights Yeshiva, Brooklyn, NY. Greetings by Rabbi Burton Mehler (Violet Park Jewish Center, Bronx, NY), Rabbi Hugo Mantell (Congregation Sons of Zion, Holyoke, MA), and Rabbi Solomon Sigel (Congregation Sons of Jacob).

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Program Installation Exercises of Rabbi Norman Lamm as Spiritual Leader of Congregation Beth Israel - West Side Jewish Center (1952)

Sunday Evening – December 21, 1952 – Tebeth 3, 5713. 1 – The Procession ... Led by Cantor L. Wax, Congregation Beth Israel. 2 – Invocation ... Rabbi Irving Baumol, Temple Beth Sholom, N.Y.C. 3 – The President's Address ... Mr. Murray Kay, President of the Congregation. 4 – Greetings from the Rabbi's family ... Rabbi Joseph M. Baumol, Yeshiva Crown Heights, Brooklyn. 5 – Cantorial Rendition ... Cantor L. Wax, Congregation Beth Israel. 6 – Address of the Installing Officer ... Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein

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Telegram from Yeshiva University Dean of Men Congratulating R. Lamm on His Selection for West Side Jewish Center Pulpit (1952)

Genuinely regret that a previous commitment to Toronto Mizrachi makes it impossible for me to be present at the installation of your worthy Rabbi, my good friend Rabbi Norman Lamm. Rabbi Lamm is rabbinically prepared and scholarly endowed to lead your congregation to high spiritual accomplishments. He is one of the sons in the Yeshiva who excelled himself Talmudically, scholarly and religiously during his student years in the short period since ordination he has gained for himself an enviable reputation as an orator andas an effective minister. With your cooperation he will make congregation Beth Israel a pillar of strength for Jewish living and Jewish culture. May you and the Rabbi go from strength to strength.Samuel L Sar Dean of men, Yeshiva University

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