New Torah Finally Realized at Chabad of Myrtle Beach

MYRTLE BEACH, SC — The first Sefer Torah in the Myrtle Beach area was completed Tuesday evening in the home of Rabbi Doron Aizenman of the Chabad Academy.

A Sefer Torah, a scroll handwritten entirely in Hebrew, was started a year ago by the the Chabad Academy. Much of the work was completed by professional scribes, but the final words were written with help from members of the Chabad.

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“We actually wrote it for our community,” explained Rabbi Yossi Naparstek. “The connection to the Torah makes it more meaningful.”

In keeping with Jewish tradition, the completion of the Sefer Torah was celebrated with dancing, singing and prayer.