For the first time in 17 years, a new Sefer Torah will be brought into the main beis medrash of Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. The event, scheduled for Tuesday, Isru Chag Shavuos, marks a poignant milestone and is expected to draw thousands from across the country.
The Sefer Torah is being dedicated l’ilui nishmas the Rosh HaYeshiva,HaRav Gershon Edelstein zt”l.
The Sefer Torah, meticulously written over the past year with the highest levels of hiddur, is being funded entirely through donations from Rav Edelstein’s talmidim.
The first letter was penned by Rosh HaYeshiva Rav Berel Povarsky on Motzaei Simchas Torah last year in front of thousands of talmidim.
The hachnosas Sefer Torah will be held just hours after the conclusion of Shavuos, on the evening before Rav Edelstein’s yahrtzeit. It will be led by Rav Berel Povarsky and Yeshiva nosi Rav Eliezer Kahaneman, and will culminate with the placement of the Sefer Torah in the aron kodesh of the yeshiva.
The occasion will honor the memory of the Rosh Yeshiva, who taught Torah in Ponovezh for 80 years, right up until his final day.
{Matzav.com Israel}