Thousands Celebrate New Torah Scroll in Beit Shemesh with Sater-Vizhnitz Rebbe

Beit Shemesh hosted a major celebration for the dedication of a new Torah scroll to the Sater-Vizhnitz Hasidic synagogue, led by the Sater-Vizhnitz Rebbe and attended by thousands of followers from across Israel. The scroll was donated by the Rothner family in memory of Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Rothner and his wife.

The event also drew a long list of Hasidic rabbis, local rabbis from across the city, and senior public figures, including all members of the Knesset from the Agudat Yisrael faction, who were officially invited by the institutions’ leadership. The Rebbe took part in the final lettering ceremony and then led the honor parade through the city streets, where the crowd sang, danced, and was accompanied by an expanded orchestra and Hasidic singers.

The high point came at the large plaza in front of the common Hasidic Talmud Torah building in Ramat Beit Shemesh D, where the Sater-Vizhnitz institutions in the city are located. There the Rebbe led sacred dancing, recited the psalms, and, in an emotional moment, placed the Torah scroll into the ark. The celebration ended with a tisch, a l’chaim toast, and words of Torah marking what the article described as a great joy and the expansion of the Hasidic presence in Beit Shemesh.