Thank you Rabbi and Morah Dena!

 

We feel so blessed to have been welcomed into
your family and your home.

 

Thank you for the Torah you've taught us, your
leadership, guidance, and loving care over the years.

 

With much love and best wishes,

 

Rabbi & Morah Dena Friedman-
We want to express our gratitude for the wisdom, compassion, and leadership you have shared with our community. You have been a source of strength and guidance through our most meaningful moments - from joyous celebrations to times of reflection and sorrow. 

We wish you joy, health, and fulfillment in this new chapter. May you go from strength to strength.

With heartfelt appreciation,

 

Thank you for your 30 years of dedication

and commitment to the Ariel Community.

Your leadership role has greatly impacted my family personally, as well as the community at large.

 

Mazel Tov and Todah Rabah!

 

We cannot express in words how much you mean to us. 

You have helped us grow in our Judaism and guided us while raising our children and providing them a Jewish home. 

You opened your home to us for countless holiday meals, and you are family to us. 

You have stood by our side through really tough times and celebrated with us through family simchas.  You have forever changed our lives and our children's lives.

We are better Jews because of you.

 

We wish you continued success, and may you keep making the impact on others that you had on our family. 

 

We can think of no two people who have had more impact on our Jewish life and growth than the two of you.

 

We owe you an eternal debt of gratitude for how much you have helped our family grow into what it has become in the Jewish world and elsewhere. 

 

"To eternity and beyond ..."

 

Dear Rabbi and Dena,

Thank you for being a part of every Cooper life cycle event for the last 28 years!!! You helped bring us closer to Hashem and we are grateful. You developed and nurtured a beautiful Orthodox community in Dunwoody and have positively impacted so many people. We are all lucky to be a part of this special community, and we thank you both for making Dunwoody a wonderful place to call home. You will always be our Rabbi and Rebbetzin and our dear friends.

Wishing you and your family continued good health, happiness, and success.

With respect, appreciation, and love,

Rabbi and Dena,

Thank you for your friendship, guidance and support.

You have both been there for my family and myself since we arrived in this community. I will always be grateful for the encouragement and uplifting words that you have shared.

Mazel Tov on all of your achievements, accomplishments and influence that you have had in building this community.

Wishing you continued good health and success in all of your future endeavors.

 

In Loving Memory of Brenda Gozdzik A"H

 

Rabbi & Morah Dena Friedman,

We wish you bracha and shalva as you transition

into the next phase of your life!

 

Thank you for the many years of inspiration and guidance

along my path - and to Rabbi Friedman

for being mesader kiddushin at our wedding.

 

Wishing you hatzlocha rabba on your big life decision, and may you merit to see all of your dreams fulfilled ad meah v'esrim.

 

With much appreciation,

 

 

I am so grateful for all you have given me and my family.

 

Only Hashem knows what you have given HIS children.

 

What a great reward you will receive, IyH.
Lots of love and thanks!

 

We are proud to be a part of this vibrant Torah community that you built over the last thirty years. You have inspired many people, and you helped us personally in our growth as we became more observant. You are a dynamic team exemplifying wisdom, guidance and encouragement. We fondly remember how you opened your home time and again and made us feel welcomed and supported. Bill feels privileged and fortunate to have studied with the Rabbi at shul and at the Kollel for many years, well before our joining Congregation Ariel.

What a great impact you have both made on our community! We wish you well as your journey takes you to your next opportunity.

 

Rabbi and Morah Dena,

Thank you for all the
instruction, encouragement, friendship and
love you have provided to the Italiaander
family for the past almost 30 years!

 

Words cannot express

how important you are to us!

 

We love you!

 

 

Thank you, Rabbi Friedman & Morah Dena,
for 30+ years of dedication and devotion to
Congregation Ariel, ASK, TDSA, Camp Shamayim,
and the Atlanta Jewish community!

 

You have taught us, shaped us, loved us, and
inspired us - and we are grateful!

 

Thank you, Rabbi & Morah Dena Friedman,

for all that you did for us personally.

 

Thank for your spiritual and halachic guidance and teaching.

You walked beside us as we moved along the Path.

 

Thank you for opening your home to our family
for Shabbos and the Chagim.

 

Thank you for creating a spiritual and
welcoming home at Congregation Ariel.

 

With profound gratitude we honor

Rabbi Friedman and Morah Dena 

 

You have consistently created personalized experiences not only for our family and the Ariel community-but for all those in the Jewish community who are looking for meaning in prayer and learning.  You provide an authentic, warm experience of Yiddishkeit to any and all who come through the doors of our shul or your home. 

 

May you be blessed with many more years of Torah, health, joy, and prosperity.

Thank you Rabbi & Morah Dena Friedman

for leading us on the path of righteousness.

You have been an inspiration to us for many years.

 

May your future be as bright as your past.

Mazel Tov to Rabbi Binyomin Friedman and Rebbitzin Dena Friedman on your retirement.

You have touched many lives and brought Torah learning to countless individuals.  Your dedication and leadership was  profound as you nurtured Congregation Ariel from a start up Synagogue to a highly respected and special Orthodox Synagogue in Dunwoody Georgia.

May Hashem continue to bless your entire family with good health and happiness in all of your future endeavors. 
With heartfelt love and gratitude,

 

Thank you, Rabbi and Morah Dena Friedman for
housing us and "raising" us in Yiddishkeit
over so many years!

 

You guided us through the years and shared in
our simchas and trying times.

 

May you go from success to success.

 

Looking forward to many more simchas together.

 

 

Thank you Rabbi & Morah Dena for your
endless hospitality and always being there for
us with never-ending support, kindness
and friendship.

 

Thank you for putting Dunwoody on the Jewish map!

 

 

Thank you, Rabbi & Morah Dena Friedman,
for decades of spiritual education to the
children and adults of the Atlanta
Jewish community.

 

Your dedication to Torah and sharing that
Torah is beyond description.

 

With much gratitude for the gifts you both have bestowed on the community. Ariel has been the benefactor of your wisdom, kindness, and sacrifices over the past 30 years. 

As you enter into this new phase, we hope you are able to look back with pride on what was once just a thought and is now a beautiful loving community reflecting your care and guidance. 

There are many stories you know of, all the lives you have touched, and many more for the generations to follow that are yet to be told!  It is our hope that you continue to find fulfillment, meaning, joy and happiness in the exploration of what is to come for you.

May we merit to watch as you go from strength to strength.  

 

To our Rav and our Friend from the Retirees Kollel

 

Our deepest appreciation and gratitude

for the many years of learning you have given us.

Our lives have been greatly enriched.

 

Jacob Bogan, Dan Cohen, Orrin Davis, Robert Dorsky, Allan Freedman, Leonard Habif, Bill Hatherley, Malcolm Joel, Jay Kessler, Neal Mandelbaum, Peter Morris, Louis Morris, William Needle, Yossi Ovadia, Efram Prater, Marty Stub

 

 

With respect and admiration to

Rabbi Binyomin and Morah Dena Friedman

for your years of tireless devotion to Congregation Ariel

and the entire Jewish community.

 

With love from the family of Samuel N. Werbin (A'H"), 

 

 

Dear Morah Dena and Rabbi Friedman,

 

Thank you for welcoming us into Congregation Ariel

from day one. Your dedication and vision

have profoundly impacted our lives,

and we will always cherish our special

connection with both of you.

 

You will forever hold a special place in our hearts.

With gratitude, 

 

Dear Rabbi and Morah Dena,

How blessed we have been to have you in our community!

 

You have used all your special abilities to
educate us, uplift us, connect us, and guide us!

 

Your sincere caring impact on all of us is immeasurable

and it will continue to manifest itself till 120!

 

Dear Rabbi Binyomin and Morah Dena Friedman,

You are the wonderful blessing and HaShem's Bina! 

Our gratitude is hard to express,

You lightened our lives and paths!

You gave us all of your life, and your heart,

Your life is role model and your teaching is art! 

The meaning of Torah and life you have done, and concreted: 

"Treat others as you would like to be treated."

The eye-opening wisdom you live and teach, 

We are striving to get and to reach! 

Generations of lives you teach and touch,

And we all love you very much! 

 

Marina Arav, Hein Van der Holst and Our Children

Thank you Rabbi and Morah Dena for opening your home and your hearts to create incredible and memorable summers!

 

With hakaras hatov from Camp Shamayim counselors

Bas-sheva Alterman, Ahuva Bacharach, Talia Bakhshi,

Chaya Rivka Berkowitz, Miriam Cohen, Laya (Senior) Diener, Leah Feldman, Devorah Glustein, Chana Miriam Haller, Adina Hershenfield, Baila Hess, Tova Kalatsky,

Elisheva (Goldberger) Landesman, Bayla Meth, Toby Meth, Sara (Deutsch) Pearlman, Chaya Prero, Simi Richter,

Ettie Tendler, Reena Zauderer

 

 

Thank you, Rabbi and Morah Dena, for the
opportunity to work with you, learn from you,
and be inspired by you.

 

May Hashem grant you an abundance of brachos
in your new chapter.

 

 

 

Rabbi Friedman,

You inspired us so many years ago with in-home

study groups when the Kollel was just beginning

to make a presence in Atlanta.

 

We have grown so much thanks to you and Morah Dena!

 

Wishing you all the best, always.

 

 

We are so grateful for creating such a warm
and inspiring shul, leading our family on the
path of Torah.

 

Thank you for your hard work and dedication,
you are inspiration to us.

 

 

In honor of Rabbi Binyomin & Morah Dena,

 

Thank you for all the wisdom and guidance you
have shared with us these past ten years.

 

We are blessed to have in our lives such
examples of tzaddim doing Hashem's will.

 

May Hashem give you good health and nachas,
may you go m'chayil l'chayil.

 

Thank you for creating memories that won't fade,

for kindness, learning, and fun that's been made.

We appreciate your hard work and care,

Rabbi Binyomin and Morah Dena we're grateful to share.

Ovadia Armstrong, Yisrael Geliebter, Yehuda Heber, Yoel Krigsman, Hillel Muller, Yaakov Zehnwirth

With great appreciation to Morah Dena Friedman

who generously gives of herself to improve the lives

of our students, families and community.

You have made a lasting imprint on

our hearts and in Atlanta forever!

May you and Rabbi Friedman continue

to go from strength to strength!

 

Best Wishes,

Dear Rabbi and Rebbetzin Friedman,

 

As you move on to your next chapter,

we want to express our deepest gratitude for

everything you've built and nurtured here.

Your vision, warmth, and open hearts created a truly special community-one that embraced everyone, especially the Israeli families who found a home thanks to you. Your presence, kindness, and leadership will be deeply missed.

 

Thank you for being such extraordinary people.

With love and appreciation,

Mazel Tov to Rabbi Binyomin and Morah Dena Friedman

on this well deserved evening of honor.

 

The Rabbi and Dena made us feel welcomed into the Ariel community three years ago from day one as our boxes were coming off the moving truck.

 

Morah Dena's "haimash" Shabbat dinners were always beautiful and warm and very much appreciated. We wish you both continued success in all your future endeavors to add to your long list of many accomplishments already achieved.

 

Thank you Rabbi and Morah Dena Friedman for your dedication to the spiritual growth of the Atlanta community.

You are an inspiration to everyone and you have touched every member of our greater Atlanta community.

 

Your former students forever remember your influence on their Jewish Education. We appreciate everything you have done to enrich our community and our lives.

 

With admiration,