New Sefer Torah already on the road
Chabad of RARA travels all over Australia in its brightly coloured motor home, visiting Jewish people living in regional areas.
On Sunday September 8, Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA) welcomed a new Torah scroll.
Chabad of RARA travels all over Australia in its brightly coloured motor home, visiting Jewish people living in regional areas.
A Jewish community member in Seymour, Victoria, Dan Elisha, wanted to do something in memory of his family members that had perished in the Holocaust.
So, the idea of a Torah scroll that would be used in Chabad of RARA’s travels around Australia was born.
A Torah scroll written before the Holocaust was sourced in Israel and spent six months undergoing restoration work to make it fit for use again.
A celebration was held at Beit Chabad for Israeli Travellers in North Caulfield, where over 200 people gathered to welcome the Torah and dance with it.
Elisha said, “I cannot tell you just how blessed I felt to have had the extreme pleasure and honour to have donated the Torah to the Jews of Australia.
“As I looked around the shule on the day seeing and feeling everyone’s joy, the loud singing, and the teenagers dancing, for a Jew who lives quietly so far away from the ‘ghetto’ it brought back so many memories.”
The Torah is already on the road with Chabad of RARA, heading to Ballarat and then on to South Australia.
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