One of our ancient traditions is to bury old and worn out Torah Scrolls, Bibles, Prayer Books, and Tefillin—according these holy objects respect when they are no longer usable. Congregation Brit Shalom will be joining Penn State’s Hillel in this mitzvah at our historic Rodef Sholem Cemetery near Bellefonte. There are three ways to participate:
Lend us your shovels and pickaxes. The plan is for the Penn State students to do the digging, but they did not bring such tools to college. If you can lend us your tools, please put your name on them so we can be sure to return them to you. You can bring them to the office at the synagogue.
Bring us old and worn out holy books to be buried. Hillel is bringing several dozen old prayer books, but we shall have room for worn out prayer books or Bibles you may have around the house. Just bring them to the synagogue and the rabbi’s office.
Join in the mitzvah of honoring our k’lay kodesh. While our main diggers will be Hillel students, we welcome any and all congregational members to join us. You can help dig, carry books up the hill, or just watch and give moral support.
Rodef Sholem Cemetery is located Route 550, just off the Benner Pike in Spring Township—just before entering Bellefonte proper.