Sydney, Australia’s Yeshiva Centre celebrated the arrival of a new Torah scroll dedicated specifically for the use of teenage students and worshippers.

Attended by staff, families and students of the city’s Cheder Chabad-Lubavitch, a fully acrredited school also known as Yeshiva College Bondi that gives primacy to Torah education, the dedication ceremony featured a festive meal and dancing.

The new scroll will be used by the Yeshiva Centre’s Youth minyan, a collections of boys between the ages of 13 and 17 who hold their own Shabbat services.

During the proceedings, Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, regional director of Chabad-Lubavitch in the state of New South Wales, called attention to the collective work of Rabbi Michael Chriqui of the city’s Sephardi Synagogue, Rabbi Dovid Wilanksy of Yeshiva Youth, and Rabbi Shmuel Feldman, director of the Yeshiva Centre, in commissioning the new Torah and organizing the celebration.

A Torah dedication ceremony at the Yeshiva Centre in Sydney, Australia, began with community members filling in the holy scroll’s last letters.
A Torah dedication ceremony at the Yeshiva Centre in Sydney, Australia, began with community members filling in the holy scroll’s last letters.

Each of the scroll’s letters were written by a ritual scribe with the use of a quill pen.
Each of the scroll’s letters were written by a ritual scribe with the use of a quill pen.

Commissioned on behalf of Cheder Chabad-Lubavitch, a fully acrredited school also known as Yeshiva College Bondi that gives primacy to Torah education, the new Torah scroll will be used by the Yeshiva Centre’s Youth minyan.
Commissioned on behalf of Cheder Chabad-Lubavitch, a fully acrredited school also known as Yeshiva College Bondi that gives primacy to Torah education, the new Torah scroll will be used by the Yeshiva Centre’s Youth minyan.

Community members danced with the new Torah scroll.
Community members danced with the new Torah scroll.

After it was completed, the new scroll was lifted for all to see.
After it was completed, the new scroll was lifted for all to see.

Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, regional director of Chabad-Lubavitch in the state of New South Wales, held the Torah scroll during part of the festivities.
Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, regional director of Chabad-Lubavitch in the state of New South Wales, held the Torah scroll during part of the festivities.