Posted on 05/27/2008 7:20:49 AM PDT by Alouette
A recent fire has led to an outpouring of generosity for a struggling synagogue that lost its Torah in the blaze.
A Broward County woman who wants to honor her dead parents, and a couple who commute between Miami and New York, are donating new Torahs to a beleaguered Jewish congregation in Miami Beach whose synagogue was ravaged in a recent fire.
''These show people that we're going to come back stronger after a tragedy,'' said an appreciative Rabbi Zev Katz, the head of Miami Beach's Chabad Shul, part of Judaism's Orthodox Hasidic movement.
Miami Beach police and fire officials and the FBI are investigating the blaze, which gutted the synagogue at 2401 Pine Tree Dr. on April 22. Katz said members of the congregation suspect it was arson, but officials have not yet classified a cause.
Mysteriously never found in the ashes: the shul's Torah, a sacred parchment scroll that contains the first five books of the Old Testament -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is unrolled and sections are read out loud during religious services.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
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"The parchment is consumed in the flames, but the letters fly to Heaven."
Sorry for the grief this community felt at their loss but thanking God for the happy ending.
I was going to ask if they needed additional donations for anything else, but from reading the article, the outpouring of blessings has been overwhelming.
HaShem forgive me if I don't infer a miracle.
I’ll say it. I infer insurance fraud or theft.
It’s like when family pictures are missing from a house fire . . .
Hashem has it
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