Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Completing Our New Sefer Torah


Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel of South Orange Completes Writing New Torah in Time for New Year Celebration
By Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
9/16/2010

The congregation and community participated in a yearlong project writing 304,805 letters in a brand new Torah scroll under the guidance of scribe Zerach Greenfield. The Torah writing will be completed and celebrated on Sunday, September 26th at 10 am by the TSTI congregation.
The community is invited to Simchat Torah services at Temple Sharey Tefilo Israel on Friday, October 1st at 7:30 when the congregation will read from the new Torah for the first time.

Photo above: Millburn resident Andrea Baum (right) co-chair of the L’Dor Vador Torah Writing project at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel is pictured with Scribe Zerach Greenfield (center) and project co-chair and Maplewood resident Susan Present (left).

Photo credit: Bob Krasner 

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