[Sefer-torah-network-news] The Sefer Torah Network Newsletter,
Vol. 1, Number 21
Moshe Burt
mosheb at sefer-torah.com
Sun May 16 14:58:40 EDT 2004
Sefer Torah Network News
Volume 1, Number 21
16 May, 2004
Shalom Friends;
Welcome to the 21th edition of the Sefer Torah Network News list..
A lot has happened this past month since the Hachnasat Sefer Torah
party celebrating placement in the Givat Nof Harim hilltop community
of Yishuv Eli which took place on the 24th of March, 2004. Please
view the<http://www.sefer-torah.com/givatnofharim.html> website and
read this newletter for coverage of the event. Some of the pictures
of the event have been placed on the website. A full layout of
pictures will be viewable from the website soon.
The Sefer Torah Recyclng Network expresses it's great appreciation to
the Goldstein family for their kindness in providing a Sefer Torah
for a needy location in EretzYisrael.
The Sefer Torah Recycling Network continues to be active on various
fronts having received several very positive responses in the period
following the Hachnast Sefer Torah Party to the publicity regarding
the event in Yishuv Eli. Offers of Sifrei Torah have been made
which are being followed up upon and Sifrei Torah are being checked
for feasibility of restoration.
In addition, recent publicity surrounding Israeli Government
pronouncements and a referendum concerning possible dismantlements
and relinquishments of Gaza and certain Yishuvim inYehuda & Shomron
make a compelling case for full-court pressing for expeditious
donations of both Sifrei Torah and funding for restorations of Torahs
for the needy, endangered locations. A Sefer Torah has been donated
by a resident of Har Nof and is currently undergoing repairs prior to
placement in Yishuv Shi-rat HaYam in Gush Katif. During Chol HaMo'ed
and again on Yom Hatsma'ot, I travelled on a Tiyul to Gaza and talked
residents while there. it was through these conversations that I was
able to ascertain that Yishuv Shi-rat HaYam was in need of a Sefer
Torah. Read more on this in a special article in this newsletter.
Raising the necessary funds for two restorations of Sifrei Torah for
Homesh and the kehilla on Bat Ayin is presently THE central focus of
<http://www.sefer-torah.com>The Sefer Torah Recycling Network. So
far, the project has thankfully received donations from many sponsors
but is still far short of the funds necessary to defray these
restoration costs. (approximately $ 7,500 still needs to be raised
for the restorations of both Sifrei Torah.)
Toward the bottom of this newsletter, please read the brief
descriptions of many more such locations throughout Israel currently
either without their own Sifrei Torah or lacking sufficient number of
Sifrei Torah. This same information is available by clicking on
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/storah.html>"About The Sefer Torah
Recycling Network" page of the website which will provide a history
of the project as well as details on the various needy organizations.
It is vital that The Sefer Torah Recycling Network receive
seed-funding as well as ongoing cash donations and a constant influx
of Sifrei Torah. For this reason, we seek philanthropists,
philanthropic "Angels" who recognize the need for an ongoing clearing
house where Sifrei Torah can be donated or acquired, restorations
completed and placements of Sifrei Torah made in needy locations
throughout EretzYisrael.
In this way, The Sefer Torah project will become an active, ongoing,
serious organization which solicits and receives donations of Sifrei
Torah, or acquires S'forim for cash for placement in needy locations
throughout Israel. In the process, such donations will avail ongoing
employment to needy Sofrim to repair and restore posul Sifrei Torah
for placement in the growing number of needy locations in Israel
which request help in acquiring a Sefer Torah. I hold that donating
a Sefer Torah, or donating the funds necessary in order for The Sefer
Torah Recycling Network to become an ongoing, serious organization
which places Sifrei Torah in many of the hundreds of needy locations
throughout EretzYisrael is to tangibly act to possess EretzYisrael as
your own.
There are other noteworthy developments to report in The Sefer Torah
Network News list beyond the pre-Pesach Hachnasat Sefer Torah Party
and the news of a Sefer Torah for Gush Katif.
Please note that the site has undergone some subtle alterations
designed to make the message to the viewer more focused and directed.
Both the
<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/home>ArtScroll.com
and the <http://www.cdtorah.com/index.jsp?ref=32&a=0>CDTorah.com
sites, with their special directed links, are now placed in a more
prominent position on the front page and on other pages on the site.
An automatic, one-button method of subscription to this newsletter
has been added.
These special directed links, both on the site and in this
newsletter, enable you to help The Sefer Torah Recycling Network to
raise funds while purchasing
<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/home>S'forim,
<http://www.cdtorah.com/index.jsp?ref=32&a=0>CDs and keeping up with
<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/ASIN/TAL>The Daf
Yomi.
The Sefer Torah Recycling Network has entered into affilation with
CDTorah.com which markets hundreds of Torah lectures and shiurim on
standard audio CDs. Now you can help The Sefer Torah Recycling
Network with a click-thru from this newsletter, or from
<http://www.sefer-torah.com>The Sefer Torah Recycling Network website
to the <http://www.cdtorah.com/index.jsp?ref=32&a=0>CDTorah.com site
and order audio CD's of shiurim given by notables such as Rabbi
Yitzchok Berkowitz, Rabbi Akiva Tatz, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Rabbi
Noach Isaac Oelbaum Rabbi Herschel Schachter, Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz
and more.
The Sefer Torah Recycling Network is still offering a number of
frameable Sefer Torah posters to all who donate $180 or more to the
project.
These Sefer Torah posters provide donors with incentive and yet
another opportunity to impact on the heavenly scales by making needy
locations Mokomot Torah and promoting Torah study. We are asking
people to help us raise the necessary funds for the restoration of
two Sifrei Torah slated for placement in needy locations here in
Israel.
A Sefer Torah poster makes a beautiful livingroom centerpiece
picture. The Sefer Torah poster has a brown Mantel on either side and
the 247 Amudim on a blue background.
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/torah1.htm>Click here to view a partial
scan of the poster.
While they last, those donating $180 or more will receive a full
Sefer Torah poster including all 247 Amudim. Supply of these posters
is limited so, please make your donation NOW!!
Those wishing to subscribe after reading this edition of the
newsletter may do so either by clicking on the
<http://www.sefer-torah.com>website and placing their email address
on the email address line and clicking the submit button or by
following the subscription instructions at the end of this post.
I ask all of you to please help publicize The Sefer Torah Recycling
Network with your friends, associates, by posting a copy on the
bulletin board of your Shul, etc. thereby opening up further
possibility of donations of Sifrei Torah and/or funds. I am asking
that subscribers pass this edition of the Sefer Torah Network News
list to their friends and relatives via email with an invitation to
subscribe themselves. (subscription instructions are below.)
Please note that the embedded links may not show up as such on the
forwarded copy. However, the URLs will show up next to the words of
the links. Additional newsletter subscribers = more traffic to the
site = more financial donations, that potential Philanthropic "Angel"
and potential Sefer Torah donors.
Hopefully, with your help and IY'H additional publicity, the
exposure, subscribership and Donations of funds and Sifrei Torah will
grow in the weeks and months to come as a result of both initial and
ongoing efforts.
Chag Kosher V'Same'ach to all and continued wishes for enjoyable
reading of the Sefer Torah Network News list.
Best Regards,
Moshe Burt
Founder and Director
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Items of Note in this Edition of theSefer Torah Network News .
- D'var Torah: Shemittah and Gush Katif
-The Failing of a Referendum and the Coming Together of Jews.
-Shabbos in the Givat Nof Harim Community of Yishuv Eli
-Spotlight on three locations slated to receive Sifrei Torah
-Hachnasat Sefer Torah Givat Nof Harim: For Some Mitzvot, It Takes a Kahal .
-Inspiring Sefer Torah Stories from Around the World
-Locations in need of their own Sifrei Torah
-Up Close and Personal ; Kehilla Beis Tefillah, Ramat Beit Shemesh
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Please visit the
<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/home>ArtScroll.com
Website and help support The Sefer Torah Recycling Network. A
portion of all purchases from the ArtScroll.com website will support
the project's mission - only when you click on this
link:<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/home>
ArtScroll.com.
Sefer Torah Network News selections for this
newsletter; <http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/ASIN/TAL>
The Schottenstein Edition
Talmud,<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/ASIN/KPAH>
<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/ASIN/KAHS>The
Aryeh Kaplan Anthology Set / 2 Volume Slipcased Set, By Rabbi Aryeh
Kaplan and
<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/ASIN/WAVL>Rabbi
Berel Wein's Pirkei Avos: Teachings for Our Times.
Please note that you can now place a
<http://www.artscroll.com/linker/sefertorahnetwork/ASIN/DYT>Standing
Order of the Daf Yomi Size Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud and
receive every volume of the Daf Yomi Size Schottenstein Talmud as
they are Published and help support <http://www.sefer-torah.com>The
Sefer Torah Recycling Network at the same time.
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Tehillim for Recovery from Illness
Please see that tehillim is said for the following individuals;
Tinok ben Nechama, a baby (who hasn't been able to have a bris yet)
and who has a tumor on his liver.
Moshe Shlomo ben Michal;
Moshe Shlomo is 1 1/2 years old. There were complications at birth
which have resulted in slowness in coordination and motor development.
Aliza Channa Devorah bat Malka;
Aliza is 12 years of age. I'm happy to report that she has completed
her Chemo-therapy treatments for cancer in Hadassah Childrens
hospital and has resumed attending school part-time. She still must
be watched carefully and has weekly check-ups at Hadassah Hospital.
She had complained of pain in her right shoulder. Doctors found a
tumor and she was diagnosed a few months ago. Please pray hard for
her refuah shleimah. This request came to me from her grandparents
who live in the U.S.
Menucha Mendel Yehudit Rut bat Chaya Zelda;
A widow from London who became ill during a visit to EretzYisrael and
who is currently recovering from her illness in London. Please pray
hard for her refuah shleimah.
And please Daven for Good Health for Yehonatan ben Malka (Jonathan
Pollard) and for his speedy release from American incarceration and
his return to his beloved homeland, Eretz Yisrael.
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Sponsorship Donation Program
Lifting Neshamot through Donations of Funds/Sifrei Torah
<http://www.sefer-torah.com>Flash:
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/torah1.htm>Special Incentive gift for
those Sponsors donating $180 or More*
Why not donate a paragraph, or a section or the reading from your Bar
Mitzvah, marriage, or some other family event.
Principals and Administrators of Religious Day Schools, Talmudei
Torah and Yeshiva High Schools; The
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/sponsorship.htm>Sponsorship Donation
Program to help restore Sifrei Torah for placement in needy locations
in Israel makes an excellent Chinuch and Tzedakah project for your
students and their families. Friends, please recommend it to
principals and adminstrators for inclusion in their educational
programs.
Please send me an email stating your level of sponsorship, and what
you seek to sponsor. More information is also available on our
website. Making a donation, whether a financial donation made
through the<http://www.sefer-torah.com/sponsorship.htm>Sponsorship
Donation program, or via the donation of a Sefer Torah, can cause the
elevation in Shemayim of the Neshama of the niftar loved one or close
friend.
Please keep this thought in mind as you consider a donation to The
Sefer Torah project .
Sponsorship Donors can make an Online donation via paypal. Simply
copy the email address; <mosheb at sefer-torah.com>, then click on the
<https://www.paypal.com>paypal link, and paste the copied email
address onto the "Recipient's email" field.
All donors participating in the Sponsorship donation program will
receive an attractive, frameable commemorative certificate in
recognition of their kind donation.
*The Sefer Torah Recycling Network has gained access to a limited
number of Sefer Torah posters. Those donating $180 or more will be
sent one of these posters which is frameable. It makes a beautiful
livingroom centerpiece picture. The Sefer Torah pictured has a brown
Mantel on either side and the 247 Amudim on a blue background.
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/torah1.htm>Click here to view a partial
scan of the poster.
While they last, those donating $180 or more will receive a full
Sefer Torah poster including all 247 Amudim.
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Check out the Updated Sefer Torah Recycling Network website and see
all of the new bells, whistles and features which provide you with
all necessary information about the project from lists of needy
locations to<http://www.sefer-torah.com/approbations.htm> Rabbinic
Approbations.
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Divrei Torah
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com/article.php3?id=3669> Shemittah
and Gush Katif
By Moshe Burt
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<http://www.sefer-torah.com/ki-sisa.htm>
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/hachnasat.html>Hachnasat Sefer Torah --
Givat Nof Harim:
For Some Mitzvot, It Takes a Kahal.
By Moshe Burt
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/givatnofharim.html>Shabbos in the
Givat Nof Harim Community of Yishuv Eli
When the page appears, arrow down to "Shabbat in Givat Nof Harim."
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The Failing of a Referendum and the Coming Together of Jews
by, Moshe Burt
May 2, my birthday and Israel had a very big day. The Likud
referendum re: "evacuation" and abandonment of Gaza and 4 places in
the Shomron was defeated handily. I had an inkling that this was
going to be an extraordinary day as early as the Erev Shabbos before
the vote. On that Friday afternoon, the phone rang at the home of
one of Shul's Gabbaiyim. Someone from Rabbi Porush's office was
calling to be sure that the Religious community got to the polling
place and voted against the referendum. And Motzei Shabbos, Rav
Ovadia Yosef called for everyone to vote against. It seemed that
everyone I met and spoke to were coming together as one to see that
the referendum vote would fail to carry. I find it fascinating that
when Jews come together, wonders occur.
Sharon and his supporters tried to spin faults in the vote because
only 51% of Likud members actually voted. And now Sharon, Lapid,
Olmert are developing alternative disengagement ideas, "disengagement
lite" and that noted Torah Authority, Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz
insists that Gaza is not part of our historical land.
The question seems, what held the voter turnout down? It was a
beautiful, warm day yesterday. So what held the vote down?? I
believe that the bulk of the nearly 49% Likud members who didn't vote
were totally confounded and didn't know what to do. Perhaps, on the
one hand, they couldn't bear to expell both 8,000 Jewish men, women
and children from their homes in Gaza as well as to expell people
from their homes in 4 locations in the Shomron and to relinquish
parts of Eretz Yisrael. And on the other hand, they were confronted
by a Prime Minister who, for over two decades previously, encouraged
living in all parts of Gaza, Yehuda and Shomron and who now suddenly
reversed himself and said in essence "vote for evacuation because I
said so and I'm Arik Sharon" and yet he couldn't put up an
understandable, cogent, consistent argument that people would buy or
swallow. And so many were confounded. What's more, there have
been people in the know at Manhigut Yehudit who say that while the
victory margin was some 20%, it should have been closer to 50%.
Apparently, the Likud Ole' Boys may have pulled an assortment of
dirty tricks to keep the margin down. I know myself that a number of
Likud members who were falsely invalidated for this vote. But yet,
theYad Hashem prevailed.
But enough commentary; there is a way for non-Likud members and
those living in Chutz L'Aretz to make known their feelings about,
love and attachment for and unity with EretzYisrael.
On the Thursday prior to the referendum vote, I came into possession
of a Sefer Torah, Sfardi Ksav from an elderly gentleman from Har Nof.
On Sunday evening, I got the high sign from my Sofer as to
repairability and I gave him the "go" sign to commence the
restoration work on the Sefer.
Prior to his making Aliyah 10 years ago, this gentleman went to the
Shuls in Borough Park soliciting Sifrei Torah (wish that I had known
him 10 years ago). He acquired donations of 7 S'forim, of which I
got the last one. Unfortuately, the donor, owing to his method of
acquisition of this and the other S'forim, knows nothing of the
previous history of the Sefer. At this point, I want to express a
great HaKaras HaTov to Hillel Fendel of Arutz-7 who made this
referral. Hillel, the merit of the Mitzvah done here is immense.
Tizku L'Mitzvot.
The Sofer's estimated completion time is 3 - 5 weeks from today. He
has indicated possible completion by as early as right before
Shavous. I've told him please to not pressure himself in trying to
complete a 3 week timetable. But as you can see, time is short and
of the essence. I need your help in raising $3,000 to cover the
costs of the Sofer's restoration.
The Sefer Torah, when completed, will be placed IY'H inYishuv Shuirat
HaYam in Gush Katif. As facilitator of it's placement, I hope to
honor our 8,000 Jewish brothers and sisters living in Gush Katif who
daily brave attacks, mortar shells, Kassam rockets, etc.
Just a bit about Yishuv Shuirat HaYam, It is a Community of
Ashkanazim/S'fardim by the sea with15 families, approx. 100 people.
The men are Talmidei Chachamim, although there is no Rav there. They
Daven in a large Caravan (2 Caravanim). I hope to go there for a
Shabbos within the next couple of weeks and to learn more about the
place and it's signifigance.
I want to add here I am also still working to raise the remaining
funds to restore a Sefer Torah to be placed in Yishuv Homesh. As
you probably know, Homesh is one of the 4 Yishuvim in the Shomron
publically identified as being part of the same matzav as Gush Katif
via the now-defeated referendum. And 5 years ago, while living and
during Ulpan in Yishuv Shavei Shomron, the Rav of Shavei Shomron,
upon hearing of my project, asked me to try to acquire a Sefer Torah
for Homesh where he was then acting in a Rav capacity answering
Sha'ilot for Homesh residents. Completion of restoration and
placement of this Sefer in Homesh represents fulfillment of this 5
year old promise.
In August, 2003, a young man and his wife who lived in Homesh were
attacked on the road as they were returning to their home Erev
Shabbos. The young man, Shuli Har Melech, Z""l was killed and his
wife seriously wounded in the attack. Shuli was helping to
establish a Shul and Yeshiva there and recruiting religious people to
come to Homesh to live at the time of his murder by Arab terrorists
I recently spoke with an individual who told me that the Yeshiva
established in Homesh is part of or affiliated with the Yeshiva in
Elon Moreh .
Although not a Rav, Shuli, it is said was a big Talmid Chacham and
people came to him with Sha'ilot. The young couple had moved to
Homesh a couple of years previously. (Please note that the timelines
regarding the family moving to Homesh may not be totally accurate.
Further, from reading the article and later speaking with the family,
I gathered that there were numerous inaccuracies in the article. But
from the info, as I've provided it, you can understand the story.)
Subsequent to the attack, people from theYeshiva in Elon Moreh have
established a Yeshiva in Homesh in Shuli's memory and they need a
Sefer Torah.
I need approximately $5,000 to cover the cost of this Sofer Torah and
the cost of a new mantle (or Perochet) in order to complete and
place it in Homesh. The Sefer itself comes from Baltimore. The
donors were neighbors of very dear friends of mine in the Park
Heights neighborhood. Actually, this Sefer is the second of two
s'forim which they donated to me. The first resides in Kiryat Arba,
in Rav Chaim Simon's Kehilla which davens in a room in Rav Lior's
Yeshiva. This Sefer resided in Washington, DC, Silverspring and
Rockville before the family brought it to Park Heights where it
resided from 1996 until 2001 on Baywood Rd. in Park Heights before
being delivered to Israel by the son of a friend of mine.
I have raised funds toward the repairs but need to raise the
remaining $5,000 to complete the work and place the Sefer in the
Yeshiva in Yishuv Homesh.
For anyone wishing to make a tax-deductible donation, please view
<http://www.sefer-torah.com>The Sefer Torah Recycling Network website
for instructions regarding tax deductible donations in the US and
Canada.
I thank you for your kind consideration. Please remember, one
person alone cannot bring an endeavour such as this off. One person
can dream, plan and present an idea. It takes a Kahal, it takes a
unified B'nai Yisrael to bring it off.
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Another Innovation from The Sefer Torah Recycling .Network;
<http://www.sefer-torah.com/SimchaVort.htm>SimchaVort
Do you need help in developing a word of Torah for your Simcha?
If so, SimchaVort can help. Kindly send an email to
<mosheb at sefer-torah.com> telling me what the Simcha is, who it's for
and what Parsha it's in. In exchange for your kind donation to The
Sefer Torah Recycling Network, I'll be glad to help with ideas. For
an example, please click on SimchaVort. .
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Spotlight on two locations slated to receive Sifrei Torah (with your help! ) ;
Homesh, in the Shomron (Sameria) region of Eretz Yisrael amd is
located amongst a group of communities including Kedumim, Elon Moreh,
Shavei Shomron, Einav, etc. which are in close proximity to the Arab
cities of Shechem, Kalkilya, etc. The Yishuv has many Russian olim
who have become Ba'al Teshuva in addition to many Dati families who
have moved there in recent years from other locations. Upon
completion of the restoration of a Sefer Torah donated by a family
in Baltimore, its placement in Homesh will be fulfillment of a nearly
5 year old promise to Rabbi Yehoshua Schmidt. I met Rav Schmidt, the
Rav of both Yishuv Shavei Shomron and Yishuv Homesh, while living and
doing Ulpan on Shavei Shomron.
The second Sefer Torah, once funds are raised and the restoration
work is completed, will be placed in a Kehilla of Yishuv Bat Ayin
which is located in Gush Etzion. It will be the recipient of a Sefer
Torah donated by a student of the School of Safrus located there.
Just a few words on Bat Ayin. I visited there recently for the first
time in many years. The Yishuv has grown 10-fold in the 9 years
since The Sefer Torah Recycling Network placed it's first Sefer Torah
there in 1995. It was more beautiful then I remember it. Hopefully,
I will go there for Shabbos in the near future and will have more to
write then.
In order to complete the restorations of these Sifrei Torah for
placement in these two locations, $7,500 remains to be raised.
Please know that your sponsorship donation or purchase of a S'forim
or Judaica products via clicking from the ads on The Sefer Torah
Recycling Network homepage, the About The Sefer Torah Recycling
Network page or the Judaica Page is an act of helping to unify Jewish
neshamot of those who have touched, kissed and lained from these
Sifrei Torah throughout their lives with those yet to touch, kiss and
lain from them during their extended future life. By donating or
through purchasing via the ads on the site, you are taking positive
action to possess Eretz Yisrael.
In these days where talk abounds about dismantlements, unilateral
withdrawals and the like, and this talk is seen as a display of
weakness discrediting our Divine, eternal legacy of possession of
Eretz Yisrael, your donation insures that needy locations become
Mokomot Torah and under the protection of Shemayim. Please make
your donations by check or<https://www.paypal.com> paypal -- NOW!
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Inspiring Sefer Torah Stories from
Around the World
In the days after the Hachnasat Sefer Torah Party in Givat Nof Harim,
I've had a number of interesting responses including from someone who
told me about a gentleman in Baltimore, Md. who rescued a Sefer Torah
a few years back from a location in the Ukraine.
Below is a Torah story of a 60 year old Sefer Torah rescued after
being buried in a Gestapo body bag in the Ukraine, approximately 40
years ago, together with bones of over 200 Jews.
24 Sept., 2001
<http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2001/09/24/bethcols.htm>Some
things just won't stay buried
<http://www.jafi.org.il/arts/2003/oct/1.htm>"I Brought the Torah
Scrolls with Me From Syria!" - The story of how a Syrian Jew
smuggled Torah Scrolls into Israel.
A Sefer Torah Story from "GUARDIAN OF JERUSALEM" the life and times
of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld is entitled
<http://www.innernet.org.il/archives/guardian.htm>"Solving The
Crime." Click on the link and arrow down to the story.
<http://scheinerman.net/judaism/stories/justice.html>"Purchasing
Justice" - between rich and poor, by Rabbi Scheinerman. A lesson
for all of B'nai Yisrael.
Sifrei Torah in Iraq
In surfing the net looking for pertinent sites related to Sifrei
Torah, I stumbled upon this site, which has apparently been inactive
since fall, 2002. It is called<http://www.dangoor.com/scribe.html>
"The SCRIBE" . You can view the site and it's interesting stories by
clicking on the title.
More Sefer Torah Stories
I feel that this inspiring story written by Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn
which appears on the Jewish World Review website bears repeating. It
is entitled <http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0403/sole.html>
"Healing a trampled sole".
But Rabbi Krohn's story is not the only such Holacaust Sefer
Torah/Shoe story. The Amcha (Israel Center for Holacaust Survivers)
site features another such story,
<http://www.amcha.org/Survivors_Stories.html> "My Shoes", by Rachel.
Click on the link and arrow down to the story.
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Did you know that you can now help in five ways to assist in
locating donors of Sifrei Torah and raising funds to accomplish our
mission?
1/ Talk to your friends, relatives and acquaintances about The Sefer
Torah Recycling Network and about the many needy communities in Eretz
Yisrael who do not possess their own Sifrei Torah. Many Shuls have
aging Congregations and Sifrei Torah in their Aron HaKodesh laying
idle, not being lained from. Many active Shuls have excess Sifrei
Torah which are not in use due to restoration work needed or because
the Shul has newer Sifrei Torah. These S'forim, if in Kosher or
restorable condition, are desperately needed by communities in
EretzYisrael who do not have the financial resources to acquire new
Sifrei Torah and would greatly appreciate the donation of a used
Sefer Torah.
2/ Donors in the US, please make tax deductible donation checks out
to "Congregation Ahavas Torah Tzedakah Fund", with a note on both the
Memo line of the check and on the envelope "Mark Burt & Sefer Torah
Recycling Network" and mail to "Congregation Ahavas Torah Tzedakah
Fund", 1425 Rhawn Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19111. Be sure to
include your address. Upon request, a tax-deductible receipt for
your donation will be mailed to you.
>>>NEW<<<
Donors in Canada, please make your tax deductible checks out to
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Recycling Network website can now help finance the project's mission
simply by purchasing S'forim, Torah lecture CDs or Judaica from these
publishers and Judaica Suppliers. All it takes is clicking on any of
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order to generate funds toward defraying project costs.
Please give your Support, Financial Donations/ Donations of
Used Sifrei Torah. Make Needy Locations throughout
Israel Mokomot Torah
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Other Locations in need of their own Sifrei Torah;
I want to relate to you the contents of emails which have been
received describing some of the newest needy locations.
Among the new locations writing of their need for a Sefer Torah are
Tzur Hadassah -- only a short distance from Ramat Beit Shemesh.
They lack an Ashkenaz Sefer Torah. It is a Yishuv of 2,000 people.
It is populated mostly by Secular/Traditional, but has a small, but
growing religious population. They have S'fardi, joint
Ashkenazi-S'fardi and Ashkenaz Minyanim.
The Ashkenaz Minyan which is in need of a Sefer Torah a mix of Olim
(incl US, Australia, UK, Swiss, Belgian, France) as well as veteran
Israeli, all leaning towards Dati Leumi.
In Gush Katif, Sifrei Torah are needed in Yeshiva Yamit, which owns
only one. Also, in Gush Katif, Yishuv Shi-rat HaYam will soon
receive a Sefer Torah. It is a Community of Ashkanazim/S'fardim
with15 families, approx. 100 people. The men are Talmidei Chachamim,
although they presently do not have a Rav. They Daven in a large
Caravan (2 Caravanim). The community was built by sea and one can
feel the Kedusha and view the beauty of the place. I hope to go
there for a Shabbos soon.
In Betar, the Main Beit Knesset is lacking two Sifrei Torah. There
are two other Batei Knesset which need one each.
Beitar's Main Beit Knesset's Sefardi Minyan, is a combination of
North African, Syrian, Yerushalmi, Bavli & European S'fardim.
The other two Betar Batei Knesset are Ashkenazi/Hassidi with a varied
mixture of men from all over the world.
In Yishuv Meitzad, the home of the Goldstein family who founded the
Diaspora Yeshiva in the Old City, in Jerusalem, an AshkenazSefer
Torah is needed.
An "Ashkenazi" minyan of Yishuv Bar Yochai is in need of a Sefer
Torah. Bar Yochai is a town of 117 families close to Meron Junction
and the grave of the Rashbi.
In Ramat Beit Shemesh "Aleph", Beit Knesset Kehillat Beis Tefillah
which currently davens in an enclosed area in back of the building
next to my building, but who recently broke ground for building a
Beit Knesset, needs it's own Sefer Torah as the two S'forim in their
Aron HaKodesh are both on loan.
Also in Ramat Beit Shemesh "Aleph", Kehillah Ahavat B'Simcha, a
Carlebach Minyan is in need of a Sefer Torah.
In Jerusalem, Yeshiva Machon Meir is in need of an Ashkenaz Sefer Torah.
These are just a few of the many locations all over Israel in need
their own Sifrei Torah. To view more such locations, please view The
Sefer Torah website.
As one lover of Eretz Yisrael to another, I'm sure that you share my
wish that every location in Eretz Yisrael, regardless of economic
means, be Mokomot Torah (a place of Torah). And imagine the level
of Kedusha when all of the neshamot who have lained from, touched and
kissed a Sefer Torah in the past, in it's previous home, unite with
all of the neshamot yet to lain from, touch and kiss the Sefer Torah
here in EretzYisroel.
At this time in history, with the advent of the latest Oslo
spin-offs, "Geneva" and the mis-directed "Roadmap" both of which
endanger Israel, the kedusha of Eretz Yisrael, Jewish Sovereignty
and very survival, we need your help, both by way of donations of
Sifrei Torah and by way of donations of funds in order to fulfill our
mission of placing Sifrei Torah in needy locations throughout Israel,
thus possessing Our Land, IY'H insuring our survival. We hope to
raise seed funds in order to set up an Amutah or a Non-Profit Company
in Israel, to employ Sofrim to restore Sifrei Torah, to locate donors
of, or economically purchase Sifrei Torah via all medium. The plan
is also to eventually establish a 501-C3 Non-profit organization in
the US and thus establish The Sefer Torah Recycling Network an
ongoing, serious project.
Your Support, Financial Donations & Donations of
Sifrei Torah Will Help Needy Locations throughout Israel
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Up Close and Personal:
Kehilla Beis Tefillah, Ramat Beit Shemesh;
A link has been added on the links page of the
<http://www.sefer-torah.com>site for a very special Beit Knesset in
Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel; <http://www.beistefillah.org>Kehilla Beis
Tefillah. Land has been broken, preliminary retaining wall work has
been completed and the Shul is moving ahead with the building of a
new Beit Knesset structure to be completed sometime next year.
Ramat Beit Shemesh is the fastest growing community in Israel and
<http://www.beistefillah.org>Kehilla Beis Tefillah, led by Rav Chaim
Malinowitz, among it's most dynamic Shuls. Friends, when you make
your pilot trips in the course of your Aliya planning, have your
Aliya date at hand or have arrived and are searching for a wonderful
community and full-service Beit Knesset (Tefillah, Kesher, an
outstanding Rav, daily Night Seder and dynamic Learning Programs,
Avos U'Bonim, Youth Mishmar and American warmth, caring and
closeness), your first stop's gotta be Kehillat Beis Tefillah.
Financial donations toward the <http://www.beistefillah.org>Shul's
building fund are greatly appreciated. When donating, please tell
them that you read about the Shul here.
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