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6 Torahs Stolen on Shabbos

Police are conducting an investigation into the theft of 6 Torah Scrolls taken on Shabbos from the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Tzfas. Full Story

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Baruch hShem they are back
May 13, 2012 4:58 pm

Tlday the sifreh torah where found in a cave nearby by joung children and returned to the shul without damage. Nes gadol po betsfat

hey!
May 8, 2012 1:20 am

i was in that shull last summer in tsfat for yeshiva kayits

another side
May 7, 2012 8:49 pm

#1—its not susupicious carrying SIX sifrei Torah???? Track records for these kind of crimes (in tzfas—like with the abuhav sefer torah) is ARABS as the criminals…
#2— When the Abuhav Sefer Torah was stolen (a number of times) the Arab that stole it brought it back because members of his family started dying. 6 Sifrei Torah should take care of a whole village! There’s the silver lining!

to confused
May 7, 2012 11:27 am

tzemach tzedek shul recently got another building as well as the old one

Maybe they were not Arabs
May 7, 2012 10:20 am

If they knew enough not to take tefillin on Shabbos, they are either professional non-Jewish crooks who know that having tefillin would arouse suspicion, or Jews who have fallen far enough to steal sifrei Torah but who still remember that you don’t wear tefillin on Shabbos.

The "Zionist" dream
May 7, 2012 8:33 am

This is the very dream of Herzl and Ben Gurion – a Jewish state where sifrei Torah can be stolen on a Shabbos in one of the arei hakoidesh – and even if Arabs or other non-Jews did the physical work, the rings that traffic in stolen tashmishei kedusha are known to be 100% Jewish.

security marks
May 7, 2012 5:55 am

is it not time to put security marks if its shayach al pi halocho on the sefer torah which when sold can be checked.
Second option is to scan all sifrei torah and have a central data base where the data is stored which merchants can access before buying or selling them.
I know this applies to computers whose serial numbers are stored with http://www.checkmend.com that dealers check if they are reported as stolen before purchasing them etc

i miss this shul
May 7, 2012 3:42 am

i see they finally got windows, bH!! I wish them only the best and iyH the sifrei torah will be found very soon!

take heed
May 7, 2012 1:47 am

shluchim, if you have torahs get a safe! (Or at least survailence) This is not the first story and this doesnt only happen in israel. This has happened in the most isolated areas in the us as well as urban areas.

confused
May 7, 2012 12:50 am

This is not the old Kollel Tzemach Tzedek shul

oy vey
May 6, 2012 10:44 pm

hashem should help HE MUST

wow
May 6, 2012 10:20 pm

this is dreadful!! six holy torahs!! may hashem help you find them and restore them to their rightful place

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