Torah Scrolls ( - 1934)

Cemetery Back River Memorial Gardens
Section Temple Solomon New (Map: A4) List Overview
Location Section Temple Solomon New Line 1 Grave 34 Map
Title Torah Scrolls
Hebrew Text כל העם יבכו את השרפה שנשתלחה במקדש מעט בית שלמה בשנת תרצד ספרי תורת עלו על מוקדה מבלי יכולת להצילם נשמת האותיות לשמים פרחו וגופות היריעות לארץ נלקחו
Hebrew Date 5694
Translation All the people will bewail the fire which spread through the Beit Shlomo synagogue in the year 5694. The Torah scrolls were consumed by it without any possibility of saving them. The soul of the letters therein departed to the heavens, whereas their paper bodies were taken to the earth.
Death Date 1934
Comments/Notes Not a person's grave, but the burial site of Torah scrolls burnt/damaged in a fire at the Bagg Street synagogue in 1934.
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Gravestone Hebrew-only cracked tree; torah at top
Image Photo taken 2007
Image Photo taken 2018
Context Second from left