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For the Jewish community, a Torah serves as an instruction manual for navigating their faith and interpersonal relationships.Now, a nearly 200-year-old version, once at risk of destruction during the Holocaust , has found a new home in Oro Valley. Donated by a local resident, the sacred artifact carries a powerful story of survival and resilience.The Chabad of Oro Valley received the Torah , which has a unique history.
“This Torah represents that resilience because you’re talking about not long ago and not far away, a very mighty force that was coming to set their eyes on the destruction of the Jewish people,' said Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman. 'The fact that this, in a long and strange story, survived.'The Nazis would also burn down the synagogue where the scroll was once housed.The Chabad of Oro Valley already houses two other Torahs, including one that’s 600 years old.
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