To recognize the year of Temple Beth-El's 150th anniversary, the synagogue's leadership sought to acquire a new Torah -- the first in 40 years.
One of Illinois' oldest synagogues started with a small gathering of 15 Austrian-Hungarian Jews who met in a Milwaukee Avenue home in Chicago on Oct. 8, 1871. When they left the meeting, the men saw the first flames of the Great Chicago Fire on the horizon.
Temple Beth-El in Northbrook celebrated its 150th year by commissioning the writing of a new Torah. - Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer To recognize the year of Temple Beth-El's 150th anniversary -- plus a year, courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing people more comfort in assembling -- leadership sought to acquire a new Torah, the first in 40 years.
"While they're still usable they had become less preferred. We wanted our students, particularly when they were becoming bar mitzvahed or bat mitzvahed, to be more comfortable -- as well as for it to look beautiful," Helbraun said. "It takes in the neighborhood of a year to write, which is why Torahs are expensive," Helbraun said."Because if you're going to dedicate a year of your life to writing the Torah, your family has to eat."
View of the sanctuary at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook. - Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer Congregants received"a beautiful commemorative certificate" containing a blessing and describing the significance of their letter, said Kelly Kaufman of Deerfield, a Beth-El member along with her husband, Alan, and children, Ethan and Hayden.
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