The Chabad Jewish Center of Clark County hosted Kagan, a scribe from Detroit, to begin the scroll, which is expected to be completed in the next year.
Community members have the opportunity to participate by dedicating columns, chapters, portions or books in the Torah, in honor of family, special occasions or the memory of a loved one.
Writing a Torah for Clark County
VANCOUVER, WA — More than 100 people gathered in Vancouver, Wash., to watch Rabbi Levi Kagan write the first verses of a new Torah scroll that will be dedicated to the Clark County Jewish community.
The Chabad Jewish Center of Clark County hosted Kagan, a scribe from Detroit, to begin the scroll, which is expected to be completed in the next year.
Community members have the opportunity to participate by dedicating columns, chapters, portions or books in the Torah, in honor of family, special occasions or the memory of a loved one.
Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg explained that the 613th mitzvah commands each Jew to write a Torah scroll. Since the talent needed and the expense involved makes that practically impossible, each can fulfill the mitzvah by taking part in a communal Torah. Greenberg emphasized the tremendous merit and blessings brought to those who partake. Marty and Kate Rifkin of Vancouver pledged to match all the contributions given towards the Torah writing.
After the ceremony, Kagan showed the children how to write their Hebrew names using a quill.
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go Shmulik & Tzivi!
miss you guys!