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A Torah Travels Through the Los Angeles Fires
The Torah’s journey that Shabbat had touched so many lives, offering strength at the Bar Mitzvah, solace to a community in ...
The Times of Israel on MSN9d
It’s a mitzvah: LA fires activate Jewish law of saving Torah scrolls from calamity
While saving human lives is top priority according to Jewish tradition, the mandate to save Torahs is a close second, ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Saving Torah scrolls and saying prayers, Los Angeles fires leave congregants without worship spaces
Among the thousands of buildings destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires were a mosque, a synagogue, a Catholic parish and a ...
Fundraiser held to honor and remember Plainview's Omer Neutra
Money raised will pay for a handwritten Torah scroll in honor of Omer Neutra, an Israeli soldier from Plainview killed in the ...
Rabbi grabs sacred Torah scrolls when evacuating synagogue due to California wildfires
Rabbi Mendy Piekarski and Rabbi Dovid Weiss join Katy Tur to share their experience evacuating from the California wildfires ...
The Columbian13d
Saving Torah scrolls and saying prayers, Los Angeles fires leave congregants without worship spaces
Flames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when the cantor, Ruth Berman Harris, and three companions rushed in to rescue its sacred Torah scrolls. Physically ...