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The Sefer Torah that was stolen from the Beis Menachem Shul in the Shaarei Chessed neighborhood of Jerusalem was found and returned to its rightful owners • Full Story, Photos
The Sefer Torah that was stolen from the Beis Menachem Shul in the Shaarei Chessed neighborhood of Jerusalem was found and returned to its rightful owners.
The Torah was stolen about a week ago by a Haredi man with a history of mental illness, who routinely steals religious items and tries to sell them.
After stealing the Torah, the man pried off the silver lining on the Atzei Chaim that bears the name of the owner, so that it could not be identified. He then took the Torah to a Sta”m Merchant in central Israel with a sob story that he inherited this Torah from his uncle and needed to sell it to have food for Yomtov.
The merchant took pity on the man and purchased the Torah for a mere 8,000 Shekel (about $2,000).
After many news sources reported the Torah missing, the story came to the attention of the merchant’s wife, who showed the photos of the stolen Torah to her husband. He immediately realized that this was the Torah he had purchased, and contacted the shul’s rabbi to have it returned.
In the above photo, the Shul’s rabbi, Itche Meir Segal, can be seen checking the Torah’s Atzei Chaim together with the Gershon Fraenkel, whose family commissioned the Torah in honor of their silver wedding and in memory of their loved ones.
The thief’s identity is known to the police and he is currently being sought.
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1st of all, the man bought the Sefer Torah off the mentally ill man for only $8000 Shekels ($2000 US) that way way way below what the real cost of a ST (Sefer Torah) the real price is basically $30,000 US which is $112,569 Shekels, so truly the man who bough it from him truly lost $2000 to do the mentally ill man a favor, however in the long run, it’s both under the real cost, but of course the mentally ill man doesn’t get that he lost $104,569, which is the difference bet 112,569 – 8000, but in any case I wouldn’t even spend $2000 on someone just to do him a favor.
So, he felt bad for him so he bought the Sefer Torah for (only) $2000?!