Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) attended a Torah dedication held by the new Chabad Jewish Community Center of Oyster Bay and Jericho, on Sunday, June 26th. The ceremony included an inauguration of a new Torah being written. Present was Rabbi Marvin Demant of the Oyster Bay Jewish Center, in addition to the many congregants of the Chabad and the Rabbi Aarib Shain of the Chabad and scribe Gad Sebag who is actually writing the Torah.
Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) and Rabbi Marvin Demant of the Oyster Bay Jewish Center.
Legislator Judy Jacobs sitting next to the scribe, Gad Sebag. Looking on is Rabbi Aarib Shain.
Jacobs was given an honor of helping to write a letter on the new Torah.