ב״ה
Chabad Lubavitch of South London
The South London Sefer Torah
Forty years of Chabad Lubavitch of South London, written by hand in 304,805 letters. Make one of them yours.
Written in the merit of all South London Jewry
The celebration
The Sefer Torah is being written for South London and Surrey Jewry by a sofer in Eretz Yisroel, and will take approximately a year to complete. On its completion, G-d willing, a beautiful celebration will honour the new Sefer Torah and forty years of Chabad Lubavitch of South London.
40
Years · 5748 – 5788
Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5748
22 November 1987
Forty years of serving South London
For forty years, Rabbi Nissan Dovid and Sarah Dubov have served the Jewish communities of South London and Surrey. From the flagship Chabad House in Wimbledon, the work has grown into a family of branches.
לעילוי נשמת
In Loving Memory
Rabbi Boruch Sholom Hakohen Kahan ע״ה
הרב ברוך שלום הכהן ע״ה
Father of Mrs Sarah Dubov
A very special Chassid who lived in New Haven, Connecticut. He was steeped in Torah study, its revealed and esoteric teachings alike, and yearned deeply for the coming of Moshiach.
The South London Sefer Torah is written in his memory.
304,805
Letters
5,845
Verses
53
Parshiyos
One Year
By a sofer in Eretz Yisroel
Dedication Opportunities
Choose your place in the scroll
Dedicate in your own name, in honour of someone dear, or in loving memory. Checkout is secure through Stripe, and UK taxpayers can add Gift Aid.
A Letter
אות
£18
Per letter · Unlimited
Dedicate one for every member of your family. You choose how many letters at checkout.
A Verse
פסוק
£50
Per verse · Unlimited
A complete pasuk of the Torah, dedicated in your name or in honour or memory of a loved one.
A Parsha
פרשה
£770
54 Parshiyos · One dedication each
Dedicate a weekly Torah portion: your birthday parsha, your bar or bas mitzvah parsha, or the parsha of a yahrzeit.
One of a Kind
One available
עצי חיים
Atzei Chaim
£1,500
The pair of wooden rollers the Sefer Torah is wound on. “It is a tree of life to those who grasp it.”
One available
יד
The Yad
£500
The pointer that guides every reading, so no hand touches the letters of the scroll.
Sample Dedication Goes Here
Can Accommodate For Multiple Line Wording
Additional text can go here
One available
הכנסת ספר תורה
Hachnosas Sefer Torah
£2,000
Sponsor the celebration that welcomes the completed Sefer Torah home, under a chuppah, with music and dancing.
One available
הקדשת הספר
The Book Dedication
£2,000
Dedicate A New Sefer Torah, the new book by Rabbi Nissan Dovid Dubov. Your dedication appears in print.
Fifty-Four Parshiyos · £770 Each
Dedicate a Parsha
Each parsha can be dedicated once. As each one is taken, its dedication is set on a gold plate here, and the board fills in through the year.
Available
Dedicated
Bereishis
בראשית
12 parshiyos
Shemos
שמות
11 parshiyos
Vayikra
ויקרא
10 parshiyos
Bamidbar
במדבר
10 parshiyos
Devarim
דברים
11 parshiyos
Ways to Give
Online or by bank transfer
Online, by card
- Choose a dedication on this page.
- Add the names for your dedication at checkout.
- UK taxpayers: choose Gift Aid.
- Your receipt arrives by email.
By bank transfer
Account nameChabad Lubavitch of South London
Sort code30-99-66
Account71330868
ReferenceTORAH + your surname
Then email nissandovid@gmail.com with your dedication and the names, so we can record them.
Gift Aid adds 25p to every £1
at no cost to you, if you pay UK income or capital gains tax.
The Mitzvah
The last of the 613 mitzvos
Every Jew is commanded to write a Sefer Torah. It is the final mitzvah in the Torah, and one of the most precious.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe called on every Jew, adults and children alike, to own a letter in a Sefer Torah. Each letter joins its owner to every other participant. The finished scroll becomes a living sign of Jewish unity.
וּבָעֵת הַהִיא יִמָּלֵט עַמְּךָ כׇּל הַנִּמְצָא כָּתוּב בַּסֵּפֶר
“At that time, your people will be delivered, everyone who is found inscribed in the book.”
Daniel 12:1
The Rebbe explained that a letter, a verse or more in a Sefer Torah brings protection to each participant.
א
For the whole family
Dedicate a letter for every person in your home, from the eldest to the newest arrival.
ב
Every letter counts
A Sefer Torah missing a single letter is incomplete. Every participant is essential to the whole.
ג
A rare occasion
A community writes a new Sefer Torah at its milestone moments. Forty years is one of them.