The Writing of a Torah
The Torah is the embodiment of eternal sacredness, every feature prescribed by G‑d Himself.
From the original scroll transcribed by Moses, additional Torah scrolls were transcribed in precise detail. Even the letters were identical in appearance.
Thus, the chain of Torah remains perfectly intact, unbroken from the time it was given to us at Sinai, 3,336 years ago.
Despite the Jewish people enduring centuries of upheaval and suffering, not one of the Torah's 304,805 letters has ever been lost or changed. The words we read in synagogue today are exactly those recorded by Moses.
The Sages taught that each and every Jew has a letter in the Torah which corresponds to his or her soul's spiritual configuration. Just as each letter is an essential part of the Torah, so too each and every Jew is of utmost importance, constituting an essential and integral part of ‘Klal Israel’, the Jewish collective.
The very last mitzvah in the Torah is to write a Torah scroll. By endowing a letter, word, or portion for yourself, your children, family members or friends, you are considered by Jewish law to have written a Torah scroll yourself.
A new Torah scroll is a sign of a vibrant community—a healthy community, a robust community, a flourishing community that is brimming with a vigorous Jewish pride. As we enter into our twenty fifth year at the Boca Beach Chabad, we are writing a new chapter of Jewish history, welcoming our community’s fifth Torah scroll.
Please join us as we unite to forge a connection to our glorious past and blaze a fearless trail to our bright future.
As the scribe, sincere and skilled in his specialty, pens the letters of our new Torah's final verse, we will realize how fortunate we are: Our new scroll will be the latest link in a holy and eternal chain.
For every person is a letter, every family a verse, and every community is a chapter, in the Torah.
