Photos: New Torah Scroll is dedicated, celebrated in Clearwater
Members of the Jewish community gathered at the Chabad of Clearwater on Tuesday to dedicate and celebrate a new Torah Scroll — considered Judaism's most sacred object — which contains 304,805 handwritten letters and took more than a year to complete.
Rabbi Shloma Hecht of Brooklyn, NY, left, and Rabbi Levi Hodakov, director of Chabad of Clearwater, center, join in celebrating the dedication of the new Torah Scroll, at right, during a procession outside the Chabad of Clearwater on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Clearwater. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Isaac Arobas, of Largo, and Rabbi Dovid Shushan, a ritual scribe from Brooklyn, work together to inscribe a letter in the new Torah Scroll during the Torah’s dedication celebration on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the Chabad of Clearwater. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Rabbi Dovid Shushan, a ritual scribe from Brooklyn, NY, inscribes a letter in the new Torah Scroll on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, during the Torah’s dedication celebration at the Chabad of Clearwater. The scroll — considered Judaism's most sacred object — contains 304,805 handwritten letters and took more than a year to complete. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Rabbi Yosef Hodakov, of Coral Springs, studies the Book of Torah while standing in front of the Torah’s ark at the Torah dedication celebration on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the Chabad of Clearwater. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Rabbi Alter Korf, of St. Petersburg, center, carries the new Torah scroll as Jewish community members dance while attending the Torah’s dedication celebration on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the Chabad of Clearwater. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
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Jewish community members join in dance during the Torah dedication celebration on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at Chabad of Clearwater. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Jewish community members enjoy a dinner following the dedication of a new Torah Scroll on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the Chabad of Clearwater. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
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