By COLlive reporter
15,400 letters have already been reserved in the new “Miracle Sefer Torah” started last week in Crown Heights in the merit of a speedy recovery for those affected by coronavirus around the world, and in the effort to stop the deadly illness.
The Torah is being spearheaded by Crown Heights businessmen R’ Zalmy Cohen and Rabbi Shloimy Greenwald and R’ Berel Junik.
The Torah is being written “to combat the decree from Above,” Zalmy Cohen said, as is told about the Baal Shem Tov, who once instructed a Jewish community suffering from a rampant outbreak to participate in the writing of a Sefer Torah.
“The Baal Shem Tov explained that it was up to the people to make it Hashem’s will to annul the terrible decree. How so? With letters of Torah – (1) by saying words of Torah and Tehillim and (2) by writing a Torah with everyone’s participation.
“Instantly, someone decided to have everyone participate in the writing of a Torah, the Baal Shem Tov too participated, and immediately the sick began to recover. This Torah was known as the ‘Miracle Sefer Torah,'” Cohen said.
The Torah is being written with the haskama of the Crown Heights Bais Din Rabbonim Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, Rabbi Yaacov Schwei and Rabbi Yosef Braun, and Rabbi Levi Garelik and Rabbi Simon Jacobson of Crown Heights and Rabbi Chaim Schapiro of Morristown, NJ.
People from around the world immediately began requesting letters and Parshios in the Torah, Cohen said. “We were blown away by the amazing response,” he said.
“Our prayer is that this Torah will serve as a protection for all of Klal Yisroel,” Shloimy Greenwald told COLlive. “We hope as many people as possible take part in the Torah as a Zechus for all Jews around the world.
“We invite all of Klal Yisroel, men, women, and children, to participate in this unique special opportunity, to join in the writing of the Miracle Sefer Torah,” Greenwald said. “We hope and pray that it should have a positive effect, and we should continue to hear good news about the improvement of people’s health around the world.”
Visit Unitedforprotection.com/col for more information and to participate.
Now please put these names in…..Levi Yitzchak Ben Devorah. Also, Yoseph Ben Chaya Shprintza . Thank You so Much!!! Where can we give a donation or payment ?!!!
Unitedforprotection.com/COL
Just wondering if my order went through, bc I didn’t get an email from them
Anyway to get an email confirming
Tried to donate first with MC, after I entered security code, it just kept loading…same with Visa. Next I tried PayPal, clicking the button did nothing.
Check your spam, the confirmation is in there for some reason
It appeared in Spam both times that I posted names
didnt receive a confirmation for the payment for four people and also i didnt get an answer from the email that i wrote to that was written in the receipt of paypal