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Los Angeles 1948-1956 105 Sydelle was the kindergarten teacher at Yeshiva Toras Chziim in Brooklyn, where Rabbi Yitzchak Schmidman, a colleague of Rabbi Braver, was the principal. When the Bravers came to New York for the wedding, they met their macketonim Shneir Isaac and Laura Lefkowitz at the home of Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky, national director of Torah Umesoreih, and his wife Shulamis, who is Sydelle's sister. Shosharui married Rabbi Yechezkel (Hyman) Dolgin in June 1950 in the spacious backyard garden of the Braver home in Los Angeles. The groom's distinguished brothers. Rabbi Simon A. Dolgin and Rabbi Morris Dolgin, recited benedictions at the marriage ceremony performed by Rabbi Braver. Rabbi Dolgin had been ordained at the HTC amd wais senior instructor in Hebrew studies at the expanding Hillel Hebrew Academy. He had also studied for several years at the Beis Medrash Gevoha Kollel imder the renowned Rabbi Aron Kotler, zt"l. Miriam married Hyman's Chicago yeshiva classmate. Rabbi Os car Michael Lifshutz in December 1951 at the Los Angeles Larchmont Hall. He was then executive officer and on the staff and faculty of the U.S. Army Chapledn Trziirur^ School, Fort Slocum, New Rochelle, New York. Rabbi Braver's specied top hat (zilenderhut) which he had worn at his own wedding, came out of its leather case for these special occasions at which he happily officiated. Louis' marriage to Frieda Shulman in New York in 1951 was another occasion for a happy family reunion. And the grandchildren began to arrive. Rabbi Braver proudly recorded the details in the s^er Saphra — Torat Cohanim in which he had listed over the years the details of the births of his own children. He made a Magen David to indicate a new section — the new generation. While he had named his children after the Lithvianian Toreih greats, they chose to perpetuate the names of their own ances tors, including the parents of Rabbi and Rebbetzin Braver. Rabbi Braver was privileged to make five entries in his own hand: Reena Feiga Leah and Akiva Chaim Braver, bom in 1950 and 1954 to Ralph and Sydelle; Ethel 2^ahava and Fruma Beila Dolgin, bom in 1951 and 1953 to Shoshana and Yechezkel; and Moshe Akiva Braver, bom to.

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