Torah is read by our Rabbi, Greg Kanter almost every Erev Shabbat service starting at 7:30 PM on Friday evenings. Translation provided by Rabbi Kanter is read by whoever has the honor of the Torah Blessing Aliyah. Aliyot are available to all Temple members for special occasions or for any other reason. There is no obligation to make a contribution. Non member Aliyot requests are honored when possible.

Aliyot Request: E-mail aliyah@templesinaipbc.org or Contact Susan Kaplan at 561 732-1262.

Rabbi Kanter also reads Torah every Shabbat morning service starting at 10 AM on Saturdays. Shabbat morning service offers a twofold Torah special treat! The first is a discussion during the service on the Torah portion and translation. This discussion is lead by the Rabbi. Then following services every Saturday morning is a hearty Kiddush and an inspiring D’Var Torah lead by lay leaders of our congregation.

Torah Links

• Ask the Rabbi:  mailto:rabbi@templesinaipbc.org

• The Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) website offers these Torah pathways:

• Have a Torah message sent to your email every day. "10 Minutes of Torah”. Subscribe at: http://urj.org/learning/torah/ten/

• Point and counterpoint with your active participation "Eilu v'Eilu http://urj.org/learning/torah/ten/eilu/

• "Family Shabbat Table Talk"  http://urj.org/holidays/shabbat/intro/

• Torah Translations:

  • Hebcal http://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/

    Links to www.jtsa.edu translations

  • Bible ORT with Hebrew, translation, transliteration and audio chanting http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp

  • Project Genesis http://torah.org/ Torah Portion, Commentary, Jewish Law, Ethics, Texts, Audio, more!

	The cover for the first Torah scroll, on the far left of the ark, is of a rich, forest green velvet, with gold-colored trim the stitching on the front of the mantle symbolizes the two LUCHOT HA-BERIT, the tablets of the Ten Commandments, with rays of light shining out from the tablets. The rays of light represent the enlightenment of righteousness and truth which the commandments provide for each and every human being WHO will obey them. The Hebrew inscription reads: TORAT EMET--"the Torah, or teaching, of truth" if is certainly worthy of note that Morris Jackler donated this mantle and years ago, it was also Morris and his beloved wife, Rose, now of blessed memory, who donated the remarkable facsimile of the Tablets of the Ten Commandments on this Bimah wall.

The cover for the second scroll from the left, the Platt scroll, is also made of that rich, forest green velvet, with gold colored trim. The stitching on the front of the Mantle symbolizes the eternal light, the Ner Tamid which is over every ark in every synagogue to this day. The Hebrew inscription reads, Ki Ner Mitzvah V'torah Or ~"For the Commandment is a lamp and the Torah is a light."

The cover for the third Torah scroll from the left, is once again of that rich, forest green velvet with gold-colored trim. This is the Rosenfeld Torah, which, like the Platt Torah, was restored by the Soferim, the scribes, Rabbi Gedalyiah Druin and his son, Rabbi Moshe Druin. This particular mantle has been donated in loving memory of Dr. Jacob Jupiter, who recently passed away, shortly after his ninetieth birthday. Dr. Jupiter was a brilliant Psychologist, and a learned Jew. I am personally aware of situations where his caring and insightful counsel actually saved lives. As a young man, Dr. Jupiter was forced to flee from the German Nazis who had occupied his beloved home in Vienna, Austria. The stitching on the front of this mantle represents the burning bush that Moses encountered in the Wilderness. The Hebrew inscription reads, V' Hasneh Einnenu Ocheil~"The bush was not consumed". So, too, in spite of his great personal losses and suffering, Dr. Jupiter's love for Humanity, and his healing wisdom, were never consumed, throughout his long and meaningful life.

The fourth Torah scroll, the very first one on the right side of our ark, is known as our Holocaust scroll. Years ago, it was donated on permanent loan to Temple Sinai, by the West London synagogue in London, England. After the Second World War, a vast number of sacred Torah scrolls, which had been hidden from the Nazis by Jewish communities throughout Europe, were rescued and brought to the west London Synagogue, where a Sofer, a Jewish scribe, was hired on a full- Time basis, to repair those damaged, yet still holy Torahs. So as to distinguish this Torah scroll from the others in our Ark, Norma Etish selected to have this mantle made from a beautiful burgundy velvet, with silver trim. The etching on the front of the mantle symbolizes a burning flame. In this context, we are required to keep the flame of memory burning. We must never forget the Holocaust, and those millions of innocents who perished. The Hebrew inscription reads. Zachor V'al Tishkach "Remember and do not forget."

Finally, it should certainly be noted that, in painstakingly selecting these colors and symbols, Norma Etish and her committee quite deliberately strove to match our beautiful Torah mantles with our beautiful, colorful stained glass windows. They certainly succeeded wonderfully well in that challenging and sacred task.