Remnants of Torah scrolls from a September fire that destroyed the Adas Israel Congregation synagogue have been burned again, said David Sher, president of the congregation's board.
A Sunday night, Nov. 17, fire destroyed a garage that housed the pieces of scroll. The scrolls were being temporarily held there as they awaited a future burial as is custom in the Jewish faith, Sher said.
In the September fire, eight of the synagogue's 14 Torah scrolls were saved entirely, officials said at a news conference the morning of the blaze. Those scrolls were not affected by Sunday's garage fire. After the Sept. 9 fire that destroyed the synagogue on East Third Street, around six pieces of scrolls were retrieved by Sher and other congregants from rubble behind the building.