When a synagogue in Revere, closed its doors for the final time in 2019, it was a devastating loss to the last 50 or so families. Now, its building and Torah scrolls are breathing life into two very different communities, from Revere to Kenya.
Two of the sacred scrolls went to a former rabbi and his new synagogue in Washington, D.C. Another went to a Hillel in Delaware where there had been a fire. A fourth went to the United States Army, where a chaplain was looking for the holy object.
But getting it to Kehillat Israel Kenya, in the community of Ol-Kalou, became a logistical challenge of almost biblical proportions."I was feeling incredibly responsible to make sure that this beautiful piece arrives in one piece and remains usable," explained Cherry."And also just the sacred and holiness of what the item is and how it should be treated with reverence ... I checked my bag and hoped to see it when it got to Kenya.
"I thought, 'I'm not bringing this on a plane again. I've already done that once. This doesn't work.' So I went to FedEx," she said. Finally, this summer, three years after the Revere synagogue closed, Cherry and two Cantorial colleagues were able to deliver the Torah.
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