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Podcast Summary:
Ramat Shalom Synagogue’s “Holocaust Torah” was rescued by Westminster Synagogue in 5724, 50 year ago. When it was rescued along with 1,563 other Czech scrolls, it was given a number – the number 32. This Yom Kippur (5774), Rabbi Andrew Jacobs spoke about the Torah’s journey from Kolin, Czechoslovakia to Plantation Florida – a 300 plus year journey. The journey is filled with ups and downs, incredible heroes and an amazing chance at a second life at Ramat Shalom. Rabbi Jacobs explains how the number 32 corresponds to the Hebrew word “lev” or heart. He teaches how Scroll #32 is the heart of Ramat Shalom. He challenges his community to honor this precious scroll by giving her the community she so deserves – a community that loves her, embraces her and learns from her. Cantor Debbie Hafetz and her husband, Harold Price, composed a song in honor of Scroll #32 which is based upon the poetry of a Camill Hoffman, who was born in Kolin and was murdered in Auschwitz. The song will be posted soon.
