Photos: Baruch Ezagui
Kicking off the International Conference of Shluchim, thousands of Shluchim and Anash gathered at Oholei Torah in Crown Heights to welcome 6 new Torah scrolls on Wednesday.
The Torahs were generously sponsored by philanthropist Mr. Leonardo Farkas of Chile, which were completed and designated for use at six Chabad Houses around the globe.
Singer Avraham Fried entertained and a children enjoyed a special program featuring singer Chaim Fogelman and other entertainment.
After the completion of the writing, the Sifrei Torah were led along Eastern Parkway toward 770, where the traditional Hakofos were held.
Mr Farkas,
If a picture is worth a thousand words, you have quite a few thousand words there!
You can almost feel the excitement all the way over her in London!
Really beautiful to see such simcha & joy.
I would like to take this wonderful opportunity to thank Mr. Leoind Farkas for sponsoring all 6 Safer Torah when I saw you walked in Ohel Torah you’ve got such a warm welcome from Avraham Fried and the Shulcham yesterday was a really beautiful really successful it makes me feel cry it was really unbelievable thank you so much and we want Moshiach now keep up the good work and we hope to see you again soon Lshana Hobo Byerushyaim
He makes me cry each time
What a generous Jewish man
Bh live and be well
C simcha
this Mr Leonid Farkas…. a holy jew who loves Torah and feels right at home with his wild blond hair amongst a bunch of black hat Chassidim…
wow amazing…
may he be blessed with much wealth and health…
from canada
in whose memory were the 6 sifrei torah given?
was there, it was so exciting! Moshiach noww
the first picture of them holding all the sifrei Torah gave me chills. may we cherish and study our Torah so much to bring Mashiach NOW!