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Dear Friend,
My sister and family have just ended the shiva mourning week period for our beloved three year old niece Chaya Mushka OBM.
After much thought and research, we have decided to honor her short but rich life in commissioning a Torah in her memory.
We are taught that if one letter in the Torah is missing or incomplete, the entire scroll is invalid for use. Likewise, the Jewish nation is one Torah scroll. Every individual – big or small, scholar or unlearned – has a letter in the Torah which corresponds to his or her soul and spiritual identity. Each and every Jew is of utmost importance, and constitutes an essential and integral part of the Jewish people.
The very last mitzvah in the Torah is to write a Torah scroll.
But writing a Torah is a laborious process. Each one of its 304,805 letters must be written by hand, ink and quill on parchment, in special calligraphy, by a trained scribe.
Most can not afford this considerable expense of commisioning the writing. As such, we can fulfill the Mitzvah by 'purchasing a letter' in a Torah - so that one letter is written specifically for the purchaser.
By endowing a letter, word, or sentence for yourself, your children, family members or friends, it is as if YOU have written your own Torah scroll.
It is customary to buy one portion in the Torah (a letter, a verse, a chapter) for EVERY family member including babies.
This special Torah will become a part of the Hoboken community and will be used every single Shabbat in shul.
Please join us in this exciting endeavor; be a part of the Torah and give generously to honor the memory of Chaya Mushka bas Yitzchak.
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Add your Mitzvah pledge and learn more about Chaya Mushka at: www.ChayaMushkasGift.org
Thank you so much!
Rabbi Moshe Schapiro
