Beth Emeth Congregation of the West Valley hosts installation for Rabbi Lev Ettelson

Rabbi Marc Soloway, right, recites the installation blessing for Rabbi Lev Ettelson, left, at Ettelson’s installation ceremony at Beth Emeth Congregation of the West Valley on Oct. 25. Courtesy of Jewish News Rabbi Lev Ettelson, who was ordained in May, was installed on Oct. 25 at Beth Emeth Congregation of the West Valley in Sun City West before more than 100 congregants and guests.According to congregaton co-president Arnold Becker, the ceremony was “certainly among the most significant events that we’ve had here at Beth Emeth Congregation. It is not often that such an event occurs, so we welcome everyone here with us to share this significant event.”Rabbis Marc Soloway and Charna Rosenholtz of Congregation Bonai Shalom in Boulder, Colorado, both close friends of Ettelson’s and fellow students of the late Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, helped lead the ceremony.“I’m overjoyed to be here today with family, friends and fellow rabbis and clergy,” Ettelson said.

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