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Rabbi Yosef Landa of Congregation Bais Menachem — Chabad, looks inside the ark where the missing Torah scroll was kept. Another scroll, which is on loan to the congregation remains stored there.
Rabbi Yosef Landa and the congregation discovered the Torah was missing during Shabbat services.
"When we opened the ark for the Torah service I realized one of the Torahs was missing," Landa said. "A big gasp went up throughout the congregation." "The Torah which was stolen is the only Torah we actually own," Landa said.
Landa contacted the University City police department after Shabbat and officers arrived within a few minutes. They interviewed Landa, filed a report and told him he would be contacted by a detective during the week.
Landa said he e-mailed other rabbis to alert them to the theft so they could be more watchful at their own congregations.
"This is so disappointing," Landa said. "There was no sign of forced entry. We have an open door policy. People who frequent the congregation know the code to get into the building."
Landa and members of the congregation checked around the community just in case someone had borrowed the Torah for a shiva house or to study. "This is very sad for me personally," Landa said. "I'm holding out hope that I will wake up from this nightmare and the Torah will be back. I assure whoever took it total anonymity. We just want the Torah back — no questions asked."
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Jun 03, 2008 at 10:04 PM Abba Says:
Wow that's crazy. I hope the Sefer Torah will be returned safe and sound.
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Jun 03, 2008 at 10:48 PM Anonymous Says:
That's a big problem with combination locks on shuls....
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Jun 03, 2008 at 11:19 PM anonymous Says:
that is why our shul with a combo lock has a SAFE for the sifrei Torah. hope they security etched in their sifrei Torah
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Jun 04, 2008 at 10:15 AM avi Says:
MAy HKB"H Insure that the Torah come back on time for SHavuos, so that teh Yidden there can be Mikabel the Toirah, Amen!
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Jun 04, 2008 at 12:38 PM Anonymous Says:
A whole black market on sifrei torah is out there. A lot of "handling" of it is done out of brooklyn.
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Jun 04, 2008 at 12:39 PM Anonymous Says:
sadly, they end up in the chop shop and sold off or moved out of the country in pieces.