{"id":2629,"date":"2007-05-31T19:56:01","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/31\/gala-hachnasat-sefer-torah-in-yishuv-adura-sivan-135768-30-may-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-06-07T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T08:20:59","slug":"gala-hachnasat-sefer-torah-in-yishuv-adura-sivan-135768-30-may-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/31\/gala-hachnasat-sefer-torah-in-yishuv-adura-sivan-135768-30-may-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Gala Hachnasat Sefer Torah in Yishuv Adura, Sivan 13, 5767; 30 May, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/AduraMap1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sefer-torah.com\"><strong>The Sefer Torah Recycling Network<\/strong><\/a> <strong>takes pleasure in announcing that a Hachnasat Sefer Torah took place on Wednesday evening at Yishuv Adura in Har Chevron.   All who attended the event experienced a truly special and uplifting evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 009.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>At 5:30 PM on Wednesday, our 2 buses set out for Adura, arriving at 6:15. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 025.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 051.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 058.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>After davening Mincha, the dancing and music commenced, with our Sefer Torah being held by Moshe Becker, the father of Arik Becker z&#8221;l, one of the victims of the attack.  Our Sefer was accompanied by two other S&#8217;fardi Sifrei Torah as we danced from the Yishuv&#8217;s community center all around the Adura community and then to a park area dedicated to the  memory of the 5 terror victims .That is where the dancing continued and where the speeches took place. <\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 112.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 114.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 116.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks to Ephrayim Naiman, the Kol B&#8217;Rama Choir gave a terrific performance of a beautiful selection of tunes between speakers. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 122.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 127.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 011.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 256.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 177.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>The speakers included  the Rav of the Yishuv &#8212; Rabbi Avichayil, Rav Malinowitz, Beit Shemesh Deputy Mayor Shalom Lerner, Mo&#8217;etza Har Hevron&#8217;s Reuven Tal and Tzviki Bar-Chai and this author. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 185.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also speaking was the brother of Avi Hazan z&#8221;l, a resident and victim of an earlier terror attack in Jerusalem on a Motsei Shabbos in February,  2 months before the attack at Adura in April, 2002.<\/p>\n<p> Refreshments were served after Mincha and in the park during speeches.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 108.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Much thanks should go to Yuval Shoshani, Adura&#8217;s gabbai, for organizing a beautiful, flawless event; and to Aryeh Sonnenberg for his work regarding bus and event logistics.   Many thanks to both Shalom Lerner and Reuven Tal for facilitating assistance in funding transportation.  Thanks also to Rafi Goldmeier and Tzvi Yisrael for photography and to Matt Bornstein for helping to produce the flyers both for donations and to promote the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 191.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 193.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 209.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>After the choir performance and speeches, we again danced in procession with the Sefer Torah to Yishuv Adura&#8217;s Beit Knesset where the Sefer was officially installed in a ceremony into the Aron HaKodesh followed by Maariv and the group returning by bus to RBS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 222.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/burt 224.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adura&#8217;s residents were extremely moved by the effort to not only bring the Sefer Torah but by all of the warmth and excitement that our community provided. Adura has been plagued by terror and the beautiful Sefer Torah dedication in memory of the Kedoshim brought comfort and encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>For more background on Yishuv Adura, click on this post from<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeinisrael.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/adventures-in-eretz-yisrael-southern.html\"><strong>Life in Israel,<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/\"><strong>the Israel National News<\/strong><\/a> <strong>coverage of the event;<\/strong>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/122639\"><strong>Joy and Unity in the Wake of Tragedy in Adurah<\/strong><\/a> <strong>as well as the post on<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/21\/my-shabbos-in-adura-hachnasat-sefer-torah-on-30-may-2007\/\"><strong>my Shabbos in Adura at the beginning of May, 2007.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional pictures and coverage will follow in the coming days.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sefer Torah Recycling Network takes pleasure in announcing that a Hachnasat Sefer Torah took place on Wednesday evening at Yishuv Adura in Har Chevron. All who attended the event experienced a truly special and uplifting evening. At 5:30 PM on Wednesday, our 2 buses set out for Adura, arriving at 6:15. After davening Mincha, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}