they can live “Torah-informed lives.”
Th is is essential even in a secular
society, according to Magerman. He
thinks that the two pillars of education
are strong secular schooling and deep
Torah study. Combining those is the
best way to “achieve God’s purpose for
us,” he said.

“It’s like, why do we breathe? Th is
is what I believe we’re put here for,”
Magerman added. “To learn Torah and
to follow the mitzvot, and to be a light
in society.”
School offi cials do not yet have a
specifi c plan for how they will use
Magerman’s and Seligsohn’s recent gift .

Th ey just know that more classrooms
will be part of the plan.

Th e next step, as Salkin explained,
is talking to the hundreds of Kohelet
families about what they might like to
see. Aft er that, school offi cials will have
to present their plans to Lower Merion
Township for approval.

On one early July day alone, Salkin
got four new emails from prospective
school families.

“We have dreams of extreme
growth,” she said. JE
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From left: Debra Magerman, David Magerman and Scott Seligsohn
Shira Yudkoff for Kohelet Yeshiva
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