Carmel Herzeliyya Newsreel 376, 1963

Burial of 14 Torah Scrolls Burned in Jerusalem Synagogue

1963
Genre:
Moment

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Directed by: Unknown
Subtitles: English, Hebrew

In a synagogue in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem, 14 Torah scrolls were set ablaze by a mentally ill man, and a mass funeral is held to the 14 Torah scrolls. The ashes of the scrolls and the scraps of parchments were put into clay jugs covered with Tallits. A crowd walks after a truck that carries the remains to Har HaMenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem and participates in the burial ceremony.

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