Torah Project Dedication Opportunities
You can join Myrna in supporting the Torah Project.
With Our Own Hands: The CBST Torah Project allows us the rare opportunity to create a Torah from beginning to end, from B’reisheit to Kol Yisrael.
Myrna Reich saw her bequest as a kind of matching grant, one that would set in motion the creation of our Torah, would underwrite the important services the synagogue provides, and would inspire others to do the same.
You can join Myrna in supporting the Torah Project. Dedicate a book of the Torah or a community writing day, which will enable members to write letters of the text. Dedicate a verse, a song, an entire parsha. Children can become sponsors, too, and in doing so can strengthen their relationship to the Torah and to tzedakah.
Here is a list of dedication opportunities. But, if these don’t meet your giving needs, please contact the CBST office to discuss others.
Books - $7,200
Breishit/Genesis
Sh'mot/Exodus
Vayikra/Leviticus
Bamidbar/Numbers
Devarim/Deuteronomy
Songs: The Celebration of Life - $3,600
The Song at the Sea (Exodus 15)
The Song of Miriam (Exodus 15:20-21)
The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1-52)
Honoring our Mothers & Fathers - $5,400
Sarah
Rachel
Avraham
Zilpah
Yitzhak
Bilhah
Rivkah
Ya’akov
Leah
As It Is Written
The First Word: Bereshit - $1,800
The Last Word: Israel - $1,800
First and Last Letter: Lev / Heart - $1,800
10 Commandments - $3,600
Individual Commandment - $360
Sh’ma - $3,600
Priestly Blessing - $3,600
Torah Stories - $1,800
The Covenant of the Rainbow
The Burning Bush
Sarah's Laughter
Plagues
Hagar’s Well
The Golden Calf
Jacob’s Ladder
Miriam’s Well
Jacob & Esau’s Reconciliation
Building the Mishkan
Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors
Shifra & Puah, the Midwives
Celebrating Creation - $720
Day One: Day and Night
Day Two: The Sky
Day Three: The Earth, Seas, Vegetation
Day Four: The Sun, Moon, Stars
Day Five: Fish & Birds
Day Six: (Land dwelling) Animals & Humanity
Day Seven: Shabbat
Educational Sponsorships-co-sponsorships
Opening Ceremony - $1,800
Families with Children’s Day - $1,800
Community writing day - $1,800
Torah Presentation Closing Ceremony - $1,800
Torah accessories
Mantle-Shabbat - $1,800
Mantle-High Holy Days - $1,800
Crown - $3,600
Yad - $720
Atzi Chaim/Rollers - $3,600
Parshah - $1,800
Biblical Names - $360
Mitzvot - $613
Verse - $180
Word - $72
Letter - $36
Letter (ages 13 & under) - $6.13
For help choosing your dedication, please consult with Rabbi Cohen or Ilene, or attend “The Torah of Tzedakah: How to choose a meaningful dedication.” Co-taught by Rabbi Cohen and Executive Director, Ilene Sameth. Myrna Reich’s bequest put us on the road to this torah but she challenged us to create a sustaining community, as well. In this class we will study the roots of Tzedakah in the Torah and explore the ways in which each of us feels connected or can foster a connection to a particular aspect of Torah. Please join us on January 19th at 6:30 for this special class by RSVP’ing to cbstoffice@cbst.org or by calling 212-989-9498 ext. 10.
