Bury a Torah

Did you know that when a torah is no longer repairable they bury it in a cemetary? Well, our synagogue has declared this year the "Year of the Torah" and therefore we got to experience burying one.

They have a ceremony at the synaogue. You have the opportunity to go up and feel, touch, read, kiss the torah. This is something not everyone gets to do. Then we proceed to the cemetary to bury the torah. It was actually really amazing and something most people don't get to experience.

Here is Alex sitting at the edge of the "grave".

Here is our Rabbi holding the torah, wrapped in talit.

We had the opportunity to place additional text that were no longer usable. This is the rabbi walking in the torah.

Here is Ian helping shovel the dirt to cover the grave.