[yshavurah] Fw: Re: Torah dedication
- From: "Johanna" <rebiljoj@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "yellow springs havurah" <yshavurah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:59:48 -0400
Haverim,
This is obviously pre-mature, but the following is a way that a small,
lay-lead congregation managed to obtain, and dedicate a new Torah. This
sounds to me like we might be able to do something similar to get our own.
Any thoughts?
Johanna
> We dedicated a Torah and did several things. Ours was a new Torah so we
had
> events through the year that it was written, including instructional event
> and displays of other Torahs, their mantles, and their silver so they
could
> be seen up close and personal.
>
> We had the congregation participate in weaving a (huge! somewhat
unwieldy!)
> chuppah to hold over it and bring it into the sanctuary and up to the
bima.
> The synagogue president read a few verses out of it.
>
> People could donate anything from a letter ($3.16) on up to a book of the
> Torah ($lots). Many donated verses, aliyot, or a parsha, such as their
> bar/bat mitzvah portion. Also, people could donate the mantle,
breastplate,
> yad, crown, or avnet. We have a large (really nifty) dedication plaque
that
> lists all donors. It consists of clear plexiglas with the names in blue,
over
> some sort of molded plastic that simulates Jerusalem stone with Torah
quotes
> (e.g. the Shema, the first line of Genesis, etc).
>
> So those are some of the things we did. Let me know if you want more info.
>
> Marilyn Kincaid
> IMUN '98
>
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