The Day School Torahs Go Home

Yesterday we said goodbye to two long-term guests. The two New Orleans Jewish Day School Torahs that we have been keeping our Ark were taken home yesterday. These two little scrolls have had quite a time. They were evacuated to Beth Shalom on September 10th only to be re-evacuated with our Sifrei Torah to the home of Rachel and Mark H. when Rita hit the shul on September 24th. They rested comfortably with Rachel and Mark in their make-shift ark--a pool table covered with talitot. All of the New Orleans and Beth Shalom scrolls returned to Beth Shalom for Simchat Torah. We send the day school Torahs back home with blessings and with the hope that very soon they will be read at tefilah in a school full of children.