With sincerest appreciation and הכרת הטוב to

Rav Marcus and Barbara

for all that they did for the Staten Island community
and our family.

 

In times of יגון ושמחה and everything in between, you
were always there to teach us, to guide us, to support us and to
strengthen us, and you are the foundation upon which any of our
accomplishments are built.

 

יהי רצון שתזכו לברכה והצלחה מתוך
מנוחת הנפש, בריאת הגוף והרחבת הדעת

 

Leah Tager

Fagie & Michael Wachsman and Family

Shani & Bruce Tager and Family

Julie & Yaakov Rosenberg and Family

 

Yasher Koach and Mazal Tov
to
Barbara & Rav Jay Marcus

For building, growing and nurturing this magnificent Yeshiva

 and community that is Reishit Yerushalayim.

 

And for building, growing and nurturing our family.
May you and your children and your children's children be zocheh

to continue building on your successes.
 

With admiration and love,

Sharon & Jonathan Sherman

Laren & Jeremy Doberman

Matthew Sherman

Sarah & Michael Sherman
 

THANK YOU to Rav Jay and Barbara for everything:

Thanks for your clear vision and determination

to open a wonderful Yeshiva 25 years ago.

Thanks for promising American OJ, late minyan and no curfew

as incentives to come to 1st year Reishit. Thanks for providing

an opportunity for Reishit talmidim to grow into well-rounded Bnei Torah.

Thanks for amazing lifelong friendships and connections to

Rabbeim, friends and alumni.

Thanks for a truly life-changing experience in terms of having

a major impact on the kind of person I married, the values

and middos by which I raise my family and for instilling within me

a deep appreciation for being kove'ah itim within a work/life balance.

 

Just wanted to say thanks, now and forever.

Wishing you and the Yeshiva much continued Brachah V'Hatzlachah 

In Honor of

A lower east side kid whom we have known almost forever.

Who has over the years achieved international stature

as Rabbi, Leader, Scholar, and Rosh Yeshivah

and yet still remains a warm friend and comrade.

 

Rabbi Jay, thank you for building our shul, almost singlehandedly,

and for establishing and creating a thriving Chutz L'Aretz community

that still remains indebted to you and Barbara after all these years.

 

Thanks to Rabbi Joe and Lillian Marcus OB"M

for producing such a dynamic and accomplished leader.

 

With love, respect, admiration and gratitude,

Rav Jay and Barbara Marcus

During my time in the Yeshiva, I often thought to myself

that you probably knew me better than you knew

some members of the Young Israel of Staten Island.

 

Even when you weren't living in Israel, you took an interest in the students

of the Yeshiva and really connected with us when you visited.

On a personal level, the kesher was felt once again when I came

to the Yeshiva for the Yamim Noraim. When I got engaged in Israel

during Chol Ha'moed Succos, I had the privilege of having Rav Jay

speak at the le'chaim. The connection has been kept alive by the fact that

Rav Jay's nephew - Rav Shmuel Marcus - is my Mora D'Asra.

 

May Hashem grant you the ability to continue doing

the great things that you do for many years to come.

 

 

To know Rav Jay & Barbara Marcus,

as we have (been lucky enough to) for over two decades,

is to see the very definition of "role model."

From them we learned how an open a home can be, how much one can
simultaneously dedicate themselves to community and to their own
family, and, how one can seemingly never tire of doing even more
for the Jewish people and the Jewish homeland.

 

We learned how much one can do if they don't take no for an
answer, and if they really are doing it l'Shem Shamayim.

This is an honor well deserved, and we are excited to see you go
mi'chayil l'chayil.

With gratitude, and in appreciation,