10 Torah Scrolls Burn in Netanya

A fire that started in the Shifat Revivim synagogue on Nordau Street (near the Chabad neighborhood) in Netanya Monday night incinerated 10 Torah scrolls, some of them critically, the website Be'hadrei Haredim reports. There were no human casualties.

Naftali David, head of the Hatzolah organization in the Sharon valley told the website that "the firefighting teams that reached the holy ark rescued the scrolls, but 7 of them had been consumed entirely. Three more scrolls were very badly damaged. It was painful to watch."

Many holy books were burned as well in the synagogue before firefighters managed to put out the flames.