For the first time in 17 years, a new Sefer Torah was brought into the main beis medrash of Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. The event, held on Tuesday, Isru Chag Shavuos, marked a poignant milestone and drew thousands.
The Sefer Torah was 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, was 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 was held just hours after the conclusion of Shavuos, on the evening before Rav Edelstein’s yahrtzeit. It was led by Rav Berel Povarsky and Yeshiva nosi Rav Eliezer Kahaneman, and culminated with the placement of the Sefer Torah in the aron kodesh of the yeshiva.
The occasion honored the memory of the Rosh Yeshiva, who taught Torah in Ponovezh for 80 years, right up until his final day.
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{Matzav.com Israel}