{"id":141019,"date":"2026-02-02T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141019\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:46:08","slug":"jacksonville-jewish-community-celebrates-rabbi-with-new-torah-scroll-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141019\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jewish community celebrates Rabbi with new Torah scroll\u00a0 \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Members of the Jacksonville Jewish community gathered Sunday afternoon to honor Rabbi Yaakov Fisch with one of Judaism\u2019s most sacred gifts: a newly written Sefer Torah.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of families and congregants from Etz Chaim Synagogue took part in a procession through the streets of Mandarin, celebrating the completion of the handwritten Torah scroll — a painstaking process that took 18 months to complete.<\/p>\n

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Jacksonville Jewish community celebrates Rabbi with new Torah scroll Members of the Jacksonville Jewish community gathered Sunday afternoon to honor Rabbi Yaakov Fisch with one of Judaism\u2019s most sacred gifts: a newly written Sefer Torah. <\/p>\n

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The scroll was commissioned in honor of Rabbi Fisch\u2019s decades of leadership, service, and support of the Jewish community, both locally and around the world.<\/p>\n

Writing a Sefer Torah is considered the final and one of the most demanding of the 613 mitzvot [good deeds] in the Torah. Each scroll must be written letter by letter and word by word by a trained scribe, totaling 304,805 letters.<\/p>\n

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In a message shared with the community, Rabbi Fisch reflected on the significance of the moment, calling it \u201can honor of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when handwritten books are nearly non-existent, the Sefer Torah represents something central to who we are as a people,\u201d Rabbi Fisch wrote. \u201cThe notion of a kehilah – a community – collaborating for such a sacred cause represents the very best in Judaism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Torah scroll will be used during weekly Shabbat services and holidays, continuing a tradition Rabbi Fisch said connects generations.<\/p>\n

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