The levaya for the Sifrei Torah destroyed in the erev Tisha B’Av blaze will take place on Wednesday evening 10 Av. Nine Sifrei Torah R”L were destroyed in the fire in the Mevo Choron Shul.

The announcement released by the shul states the levaya will begin in the courtyard of the Beit Knesset Tze’irim in Mevo Choron at 4:45 PM.

Fire investigators have found that the cause of the blaze was likely an electrical short circuit. Chief Rabbis Rabbi Dovid Lau Shlita and Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita are scheduled to attend the levayas along with Minister of Religious Services David Azoulai.

After the levaya at the shul, participants will board buses to the community’s cemetery for kvura of the Sifrei Torah.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)