BY: ALAN SMASON, Staff Reporter
With hundreds of children leading the way and musical accompaniment by Yiddishe Cup, 500 participants helped welcome a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center of Solon on Sunday, Sept 10.
Local sofer (scribe) Elly Jacobs finished the last few letters with quill and ink in the Chabad sanctuary. Then the Torah scroll - the first one especially commissioned for the synagogue - was held aloft, dressed in a new mantle and adorned with silver crowns by Rabbi Zushe Greenberg. It was carried under a special chupah (wedding canopy) to the waiting throng.
Adults carried special braided havdalah candles to accompany the scroll on its half-mile parade route along nearby Cannon Road. Children held special “magic wand” lights and colorful balloons. A bright red antique car rode at the head of the parade, and an equipment truck electronically amplified the music of the marching band.
Back at the Chabad center, refreshments were served, including a large white cake in the shape of a Torah scroll.
With hundreds of children leading the way and musical accompaniment by Yiddishe Cup, 500 participants helped welcome a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center of Solon on Sunday, Sept 10.
Local sofer (scribe) Elly Jacobs finished the last few letters with quill and ink in the Chabad sanctuary. Then the Torah scroll - the first one especially commissioned for the synagogue - was held aloft, dressed in a new mantle and adorned with silver crowns by Rabbi Zushe Greenberg. It was carried under a special chupah (wedding canopy) to the waiting throng.
Adults carried special braided havdalah candles to accompany the scroll on its half-mile parade route along nearby Cannon Road. Children held special “magic wand” lights and colorful balloons. A bright red antique car rode at the head of the parade, and an equipment truck electronically amplified the music of the marching band.
Back at the Chabad center, refreshments were served, including a large white cake in the shape of a Torah scroll.
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