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NEWS
Stolen Sifrei Torah Found
by B. Rabinowitz
Jubilation resulted after the discovery of three sifrei
Torah that had been stolen from the local synagogue two
months ago in Moshav Yachini, near Shderot.
When men arrived at the synagogue one day for shacharis
two months ago, they discovered that a break-in had
occurred and that five sifrei Torah had been stolen.
The worshipers noticed that the thieves had taken only
kosher sifrei Torah, leaving behind the one sefer
Torah that was posul. The startled members of the
congregation called the police.
A few days ago, while on his way to school, Dotan Hindi, the
seventeen-year- old son of one of the synagogue members,
noticed three bags. Examining their content, he found the
sifrei Torah. He quickly summoned the synagogue
committee and within a short period of time many of the
settlement residents assembled on the site. The great
rejoicing over the finding of the sifrei Torah was
mingled with sorrow, however, after it became apparent that
two of the stolen scrolls are still missing. Settlement
residents hope that the additional scrolls will eventually
be returned and that the thieves, who apparently regretted
their misdeed and returned three of the stolen sifrei
Torah, will return the other two as well.
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