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T'chiyah members Tova Salinger of Southfield, Mark Goldsmith Kamin of
Huntington Woods and Sandy Hansel of Bloomfield Township take a look at
the new Torah.

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A new Torah winds its way from shul to shul.

Shelli Liebman Dorfman
Senior Writer

gregation who needed one Joanne
Novice said. Ironically, the new Torah
was to be dedicated at Chaye Olam
last year on Feb. 17, the same date
ith the final stroke of
the quill, members of
unknowingly chosen for its first use at
T'chiyah this year.
Congregation T'chiyah in
Oak Park were witness to the Feb. 4
The 10 a.m. Saturday Torah dedi-
cation will include services led by
completion of the first new Torah in
its 30-year history.
T'chiyah members, Jane and Rick
Until that time, the
Miller of Franklin, with musical
interpretations of the Shabbat liturgy
Reconstructionist congregation's only
Torah was one that had been gifted
by guest musicians Henry and Susan
Shevitz of Bloomfield Hills.
to them by another synagogue when
T'chiyah was founded in 1977.
Much of the T'chiyah congrega-
tion was present at
this month's Torah
completion program,
which included a
presentation on the
role of the scribe
in Judaism, led by
Rabbi Levi Kagan,
a scribe who com-
pleted the final let-
ters of the Torah in
the presence of the
congregation.
"As a very egali-
T'chiyah President Roslyn Schindler of Huntington
tarian
and participa-
Woods receives the quill from scribe Rabbi Levi Kagan
tory
congregation,
of Oak Park.
each person there
The newly donated Torah fol-
was invited to come up and dedicate a
lowed a unique path to the T'chiyah
letter in honor or memory of a loved
ark. "It was actually given to us by
one:' Sheiner said. "You could feel the
Congregation Chaye Olam after they
awe and excitement as each person
disbanded," said T'chiyah board
walked up to the new Torah."
member Susan Sheiner of Huntington
For information on Congregation
Woods.
T'chiyah
or the 10 a.m., Saturday,
The Torah had been donated to
Feb.17,
Torah
dedication at
Chaye Olam by members Fred and
the
David
and
Miriam Mondry
JoAnne Novice of Bloomfield Hills
Building,15000 W.10 Mile in Oak
in honor of their daughters, Karlee,
Park, call (248) 542-0900 or
Taylor and Madison. "We are thrilled
access
the Web site: tchiyah.org .
that the Torah will be used by a con-

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