═══════════════════════════════ Mi chael Teller - Head Chair, Congregation Sha'aray Shalom, MA On behalf of Congregation Sha'aray Shalom, in Hingham, MA, I would like to thank you, your staff, and everyone at Sofer On Site for an outstanding job restoring our Holocaust Torah. Your help was invaluable in evaluating the existing Torah and determining its origin and age. We were thrilled to know that this rare Torah is over 250 years old, originates from the area of Czechoslovakia, and was created in a Kabbalistic style which no longer exists today. We know this from the numerous times that Rabbi Druin and your entire staff visited our Synagogue to educate our Congregation on not only the history of this Torah, but on the technical and spiritual requirements necessary to create and restore any Torah. Our Congregation was excited to know about the parchment, the ink, the quill, and most importantly, the intent of the scribes, as they carefully focus on each letter, the intent of the Word and their devotion to the Almighty, all at the same time. An amazing process. Our new Torah is beautiful and each letter is filled in so perfectly that it is now kosher, and we have used it during our services for the past year. We have been honored that our most recent B'nai Mitzvah class and all of our Torah readers throughout the year are the first Jews to have read from this Torah since before World War II. Each reader honors our ancestors and, especially, those Jews in that small village in Czechoslovakia who pooled their resources, their time, and their love for their religion to create this beautiful "blueprint for the world". Perhaps the most moving and inspiring part of this process was the Letter Writing Program where Rabbi Salazar visited our congregation on a regular basis. He would sit with our congregants individually, so that they could each write a letter in the Torah, thus fulfilling the 613th Mitzvah. I can confidently say that this experience was life changing for many of us. It has inspired members to become more involved in our Synagogue, to donate more money, and as we recently observed, to become a B'nai Mitzvah at the ages of 50, 60, or even 70, having never had the experience. After filling in a letter in the Torah with our scribe, others were inspired to learn more about their religion, their culture, and their Jewish lives. Those of us who organized the restoration program and were involved in the scheduling of the congregants to participate were just as moved by seeing the other members' reactions and sharing their experiences. Your guidance also led us to a journaling and self-reflection process, after the letter writing experience, which yielded additional inspiration. I cannot express how deeply moving this entire experience was for me personally and for all of those involved. We so appreciate your efforts, your expertise, and your leadership. Thank you again for a wonderful experience. _________________ Aaron Nielsenshultz - Director of Youth, Education, and Engagement - Congregation Beth Torah, KS When the Congregation announced our Torah Writing Project, I was excited for the year-long experience. As much as I looked forward to the mitzvah of writing in the new scroll, I didn’t realize just how moving the experience would be. Our Sofer took time to teach my family the significance of our letter, and we were all moved by the experience. Talk ab out a true simcha! As well, throughout the year, I worked with other families who went through the experience, and they all echoed the same sentiment, that the experience was both educational and phenomenally moving. ═══════════════════════════════ L inda Eisinger - Executive Director - Congregation Beth Emeth Herndon, VA Thanks so much for following up, and please feel free to include us with your reference materials as being another satisfied customer! ═══════════════════════════════ H azel Handelman - Temple Sinai Las Vegas NV I wanted to write and let you know how impressed I was by the way you spoke to my granddaughter Ashley on Sunday Feb 23. The message was very inspirational and it will be a message I hope she carries with her always. Thank you. _________________ Stefanie Helms - Temple Sinai Las Vegas NV Dear Rabbi Druin, What a great pleasure to meet you today! My daughter Sailor and I enjoyed thoroughly the scribing experience and your explanation of our letter "vav". Thank you for coming to Temple Sinai and for sharing your love and knowledge of Torah with us. ═══════════════════════════════ R abbi Todd Chizner - Temple Judea of Manhasset I am the senior rabbi of Temple Judea of Manhasset. About three years ago I contacted Sofer On Site to inquire about having a new Torah scroll scribed. I had quite a few goals I wanted to accomplish with the scribing of this new Torah. I wanted the new Torah to be in memory of our rabbi emeritus, Rabbi Abner Bergman. Yet, I wanted everyone in our temple community to be involved and use this opportunity to bring our community closer together. (I didn't just want to put a new Torah in the Ark) In other words, I wanted a Torah Project: one that every temple family could and would participate in. And, as an added goal, I wanted this to be a source of significant fund raising for the temple. Finally, I knew the Torah had to be light enough to be carried comfortably by all of our b'nei mitzvah. I wasn't sure if it was even possible to accomplish all of this. In fact, I recall discussing this with the president of the temple and we were unable to come up with a way to do all of this without devaluing one goal for the sake of another. The president of the Temple and I called Sofer On Site and we got on the phone with Rabbi Moshe Druin. Within minutes Rabbi Druin understood exactly what we were looking for and managed to come up with a brilliant plan of how to accomplish all of our goals and preserve the integrity of each one. Talking with him was like listening to a creative idea machine. He rattled off idea after idea, which he needed to do when we said things like "that wont work at our temple" or "that's not exactly what we are looking for". At the end of that first conversation the president and I were convinced that Sofer On Site was the right company to work with. From that point on, we had an incredibly successful Torah project. We dedicated the Torah in October of 2013 in an amazing wedding ceremony. Every group in our temple was present. Every child in our religious were there. And Rabbi Bergman's family filled in the last word of the Torah, under the chupah, capping off an incredibly moving and meaningful project! Thank You again to all of our friends at Sofer On Site. You truly enabled our community of share in the scribing of a very special Torah. ═══════════════════════════════ S teve Hecht - Executive Director, Beth El Congregation of the South Hill, PA When we embarked on our "Inclusion" Torah Project, we hoped that initiative had the ability to bring together our Beth El Community and touch all the arms of the Shul. But, we were a bit skeptical that it would be as far reaching as it became. We were amazed at the amount of families that took part in the scribing of a letter and their individual connections to that letter. The monies pledged will enable us to meet our capital needs and we could not have met those obligations without this successful campaign. Sofer On Site led us through the process with their professionalism, expertise and attention to detail. We would highly recommend them. ═══════════════════════════════ M ichael Rubner - Temple Shalom, Naples, FL. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work with Rabbi Selwyn during each of his visits to our Temple. Scribing two Torah letters with his guidance was a once in a lifetime experience that I will always cherish. I scribed the letters Bet and Hey. Together, they form the abbreviation for Baruch Hashem, G-d be blessed. I felt blessed as well! ═══════════════════════════════ T eresa Hellman - Ceremony Chair - Congregation Beth Torah, KS Dear Rabbi Druin and Rabbi Goldstein I didn't want the week to pass without telling both of you how much I have enjoyed working with you on this project for our synagogue. I have learned so much, and it is has been a truly rewarding experience to have been the Ceremonies Chair on this project. I feel that the resources Sofer On Site provided us allowed me to pull together just the right activities to create meaningful ceremonies from the launch to the closing ceremony. Thank you for your guidance and insight on all of the little details on the program. In fact the only thing I regret not including in our service on Sunday was your recommendation of having the youth group standing up with signs saying we love you Rabbi Levin after he finished his remarks! He would have loved it and I could almost hear it when he finished his remarks. It was a lovely service and we honored both our Rabbi and our New Torah in just the right ways with your guidance. Thank you for your contributions that day and throughout this past many months. All my best, ═══════════════════════════════ R abbi Yitzchok Schiff - Toras Emes, FL Rabbi Druin, Thank you SO much for coming to show the boys what a real sofer does. It was entertaining, informative and a lot of fun for all! I have already received a mound of positive feedback. Safrus has been a personal interest of mine, and the electives forced me to do some decent research to be able to present something meaningful to the boys over the course of the 4 sessions I had. But as I pointed out to them, safrus is one of those areas of yiddishkeit that you can spend your entire life devoted to studying and still only begin to scratch the surface. And so, it was so uplifting to see many of the ideas I presented to them echoed in your presentation. But the way you did it, with all the inside info and with all the real live props....... it was amazing! ═══════════════════════════════ L ouis Naviasky - Torah Project Chair - Temple Beth Sholom , Roslyn, N.Y. What started out as a 18 month fundraising project ended up turning into a dynamic community building event encompassing learning and sharing. Having Rabbi Moshe Druin was the key to the success of the program. While we had many challenges, Rabbi Druin overcame them and offered solutions that reinvigorated the schul. I would highly recommend that your schul consider embarking on this meaningful journey with Rabbi Druin and his team. ═══════════════════════════════ R abbi Karen Allen - Congregation Beth Sholom - Leesburg, Florida Dear Rabbi Bialo -- Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in sending us this entree to the beautiful and meaningful events in London. Like so many others, I have been filled with awe and tears at viewing the videos and photos, and hearing the words of the participants. I am delighted that you were able to be there. It is a well-deserved honor, as you and your wonderful staff at Sofer On Site have done so much to bring Torah to so many, certainly including our congregation. I am sharing your email with Linda Bork and Marsha Stemerman, our Congregation Beth Sholom president and past president who were so instrumental in bringing our magnificent Torah to us, through you. Every time we open the Ark, we are overcome with emotion, just as we were on that first day we brought our Torah into the sanctuary with ceremony and celebration. That feeling never diminishes, nor does our gratitude to you for making it possible. We want you to know, very personally, how much we appreciate your continuing presence in our lives. We think and speak of you often, always with a smile and a prayer for your continued good health and success. With love and blessings

═══════════════════════════════ Mi chael Teller - Head Chair, Congregation Sha'aray Shalom, MA On behalf of Congregation Sha'aray Shalom, in Hingham, MA, I would like to thank you, your staff, and everyone at Sofer On Site for an outstanding job restoring our Holocaust Torah. Your help was invaluable in evaluating the existing Torah and determining its origin and age. We were thrilled to know that this rare Torah is over 250 years old, originates from the area of Czechoslovakia, and was created in a Kabbalistic style which no longer exists today. We know this from the numerous times that Rabbi Druin and your entire staff visited our Synagogue to educate our Congregation on not only the history of this Torah, but on the technical and spiritual requirements necessary to create and restore any Torah. Our Congregation was excited to know about the parchment, the ink, the quill, and most importantly, the intent of the scribes, as they carefully focus on each letter, the intent of the Word and their devotion to the Almighty, all at the same time. An amazing process. Our new Torah is beautiful and each letter is filled in so perfectly that it is now kosher, and we have used it during our services for the past year. We have been honored that our most recent B'nai Mitzvah class and all of our Torah readers throughout the year are the first Jews to have read from this Torah since before World War II. Each reader honors our ancestors and, especially, those Jews in that small village in Czechoslovakia who pooled their resources, their time, and their love for their religion to create this beautiful "blueprint for the world". Perhaps the most moving and inspiring part of this process was the Letter Writing Program where Rabbi Salazar visited our congregation on a regular basis. He would sit with our congregants individually, so that they could each write a letter in the Torah, thus fulfilling the 613th Mitzvah. I can confidently say that this experience was life changing for many of us. It has inspired members to become more involved in our Synagogue, to donate more money, and as we recently observed, to become a B'nai Mitzvah at the ages of 50, 60, or even 70, having never had the experience. After filling in a letter in the Torah with our scribe, others were inspired to learn more about their religion, their culture, and their Jewish lives. Those of us who organized the restoration program and were involved in the scheduling of the congregants to participate were just as moved by seeing the other members' reactions and sharing their experiences. Your guidance also led us to a journaling and self-reflection process, after the letter writing experience, which yielded additional inspiration. I cannot express how deeply moving this entire experience was for me personally and for all of those involved. We so appreciate your efforts, your expertise, and your leadership. Thank you again for a wonderful experience. _________________ Aaron Nielsenshultz - Director of Youth, Education, and Engagement - Congregation Beth Torah, KS When the Congregation announced our Torah Writing Project, I was excited for the year-long experience. As much as I looked forward to the mitzvah of writing in the new scroll, I didn’t realize just how moving the experience would be. Our Sofer took time to teach my family the significance of our letter, and we were all moved by the experience. Talk ab out a true simcha! As well, throughout the year, I worked with other families who went through the experience, and they all echoed the same sentiment, that the experience was both educational and phenomenally moving. ═══════════════════════════════ L inda Eisinger - Executive Director - Congregation Beth Emeth Herndon, VA Thanks so much for following up, and please feel free to include us with your reference materials as being another satisfied customer! ═══════════════════════════════ H azel Handelman - Temple Sinai Las Vegas NV I wanted to write and let you know how impressed I was by the way you spoke to my granddaughter Ashley on Sunday Feb 23. The message was very inspirational and it will be a message I hope she carries with her always. Thank you. _________________ Stefanie Helms - Temple Sinai Las Vegas NV Dear Rabbi Druin, What a great pleasure to meet you today! My daughter Sailor and I enjoyed thoroughly the scribing experience and your explanation of our letter "vav". Thank you for coming to Temple Sinai and for sharing your love and knowledge of Torah with us. ═══════════════════════════════ R abbi Todd Chizner - Temple Judea of Manhasset I am the senior rabbi of Temple Judea of Manhasset. About three years ago I contacted Sofer On Site to inquire about having a new Torah scroll scribed. I had quite a few goals I wanted to accomplish with the scribing of this new Torah. I wanted the new Torah to be in memory of our rabbi emeritus, Rabbi Abner Bergman. Yet, I wanted everyone in our temple community to be involved and use this opportunity to bring our community closer together. (I didn't just want to put a new Torah in the Ark) In other words, I wanted a Torah Project: one that every temple family could and would participate in. And, as an added goal, I wanted this to be a source of significant fund raising for the temple. Finally, I knew the Torah had to be light enough to be carried comfortably by all of our b'nei mitzvah. I wasn't sure if it was even possible to accomplish all of this. In fact, I recall discussing this with the president of the temple and we were unable to come up with a way to do all of this without devaluing one goal for the sake of another. The president of the Temple and I called Sofer On Site and we got on the phone with Rabbi Moshe Druin. Within minutes Rabbi Druin understood exactly what we were looking for and managed to come up with a brilliant plan of how to accomplish all of our goals and preserve the integrity of each one. Talking with him was like listening to a creative idea machine. He rattled off idea after idea, which he needed to do when we said things like "that wont work at our temple" or "that's not exactly what we are looking for". At the end of that first conversation the president and I were convinced that Sofer On Site was the right company to work with. From that point on, we had an incredibly successful Torah project. We dedicated the Torah in October of 2013 in an amazing wedding ceremony. Every group in our temple was present. Every child in our religious were there. And Rabbi Bergman's family filled in the last word of the Torah, under the chupah, capping off an incredibly moving and meaningful project! Thank You again to all of our friends at Sofer On Site. You truly enabled our community of share in the scribing of a very special Torah. ═══════════════════════════════ S teve Hecht - Executive Director, Beth El Congregation of the South Hill, PA When we embarked on our "Inclusion" Torah Project, we hoped that initiative had the ability to bring together our Beth El Community and touch all the arms of the Shul. But, we were a bit skeptical that it would be as far reaching as it became. We were amazed at the amount of families that took part in the scribing of a letter and their individual connections to that letter. The monies pledged will enable us to meet our capital needs and we could not have met those obligations without this successful campaign. Sofer On Site led us through the process with their professionalism, expertise and attention to detail. We would highly recommend them. ═══════════════════════════════ M ichael Rubner - Temple Shalom, Naples, FL. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work with Rabbi Selwyn during each of his visits to our Temple. Scribing two Torah letters with his guidance was a once in a lifetime experience that I will always cherish. I scribed the letters Bet and Hey. Together, they form the abbreviation for Baruch Hashem, G-d be blessed. I felt blessed as well! ═══════════════════════════════ T eresa Hellman - Ceremony Chair - Congregation Beth Torah, KS Dear Rabbi Druin and Rabbi Goldstein I didn't want the week to pass without telling both of you how much I have enjoyed working with you on this project for our synagogue. I have learned so much, and it is has been a truly rewarding experience to have been the Ceremonies Chair on this project. I feel that the resources Sofer On Site provided us allowed me to pull together just the right activities to create meaningful ceremonies from the launch to the closing ceremony. Thank you for your guidance and insight on all of the little details on the program. In fact the only thing I regret not including in our service on Sunday was your recommendation of having the youth group standing up with signs saying we love you Rabbi Levin after he finished his remarks! He would have loved it and I could almost hear it when he finished his remarks. It was a lovely service and we honored both our Rabbi and our New Torah in just the right ways with your guidance. Thank you for your contributions that day and throughout this past many months. All my best, ═══════════════════════════════ R abbi Yitzchok Schiff - Toras Emes, FL Rabbi Druin, Thank you SO much for coming to show the boys what a real sofer does. It was entertaining, informative and a lot of fun for all! I have already received a mound of positive feedback. Safrus has been a personal interest of mine, and the electives forced me to do some decent research to be able to present something meaningful to the boys over the course of the 4 sessions I had. But as I pointed out to them, safrus is one of those areas of yiddishkeit that you can spend your entire life devoted to studying and still only begin to scratch the surface. And so, it was so uplifting to see many of the ideas I presented to them echoed in your presentation. But the way you did it, with all the inside info and with all the real live props....... it was amazing! ═══════════════════════════════ L ouis Naviasky - Torah Project Chair - Temple Beth Sholom , Roslyn, N.Y. What started out as a 18 month fundraising project ended up turning into a dynamic community building event encompassing learning and sharing. Having Rabbi Moshe Druin was the key to the success of the program. While we had many challenges, Rabbi Druin overcame them and offered solutions that reinvigorated the schul. I would highly recommend that your schul consider embarking on this meaningful journey with Rabbi Druin and his team. ═══════════════════════════════ R abbi Karen Allen - Congregation Beth Sholom - Leesburg, Florida Dear Rabbi Bialo -- Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in sending us this entree to the beautiful and meaningful events in London. Like so many others, I have been filled with awe and tears at viewing the videos and photos, and hearing the words of the participants. I am delighted that you were able to be there. It is a well-deserved honor, as you and your wonderful staff at Sofer On Site have done so much to bring Torah to so many, certainly including our congregation. I am sharing your email with Linda Bork and Marsha Stemerman, our Congregation Beth Sholom president and past president who were so instrumental in bringing our magnificent Torah to us, through you. Every time we open the Ark, we are overcome with emotion, just as we were on that first day we brought our Torah into the sanctuary with ceremony and celebration. That feeling never diminishes, nor does our gratitude to you for making it possible. We want you to know, very personally, how much we appreciate your continuing presence in our lives. We think and speak of you often, always with a smile and a prayer for your continued good health and success. With love and blessings