תורה בביתו Torah B'Veiso
When illness or age makes the walk to shul impossible, the Torah comes home instead. We bring a sefer Torah to the house — at no cost — so you never have to miss a minyan.
The gemach exists for genuine need: a household where someone truly cannot get to shul.
- Illness
- Recovery from surgery
- Limited mobility
- Hospice care
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A minyan should not be the thing that's out of reach.
Illness and age take enough. They shouldn't also take away hearing the Torah read and davening with a minyan.
A father who hasn't heard kriah since the surgery. A mother in hospice at home, with children who want to daven beside her. A grandfather who can manage the stairs in his own house but not the four blocks to shul.
We keep sifrei Torah for exactly these situations. We don't ask for medical records or a letter from anyone — only that the need is real, so that a Torah is there when the next family calls. Pick a week below and we'll bring one.
הוֹן־וָעֹשֶׁר בְּבֵיתוֹ
וְצִדְקָתוֹ עֹמֶדֶת לָעַד
Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Tehillim 112:3
The Gemara asks how wealth can stay in a man's house while his righteousness goes out into the world and endures. Rav Huna and Rav Chisda differ. One says it is a person who learns Torah and teaches it. The other says:
זה הכותב תורה נביאים וכתובים ומשאילן לאחרים
One who writes Torah, Nevi'im and Kesuvim, and lends them to others. Kesubos 50a
תורה בביתו
Torah in his house
Just 3 easy steps.
Choose your week
Pick a delivery date on the calendar. Loans run one week, a little longer when yom tov falls in the middle, and the calendar only shows dates where a Torah is actually available for the whole time.
Agree to the terms
A short list of conditions covering care of the sefer Torah, where it will be kept, and who is responsible for it while it's with you.
We deliver and pick up
We bring the sefer Torah to your home and pick it up when the loan ends.
Kept properly, and fully covered.
A sefer Torah leaving the Aron Kodesh is a serious matter. We treat it as one.
A proper place
The sefer Torah needs a designated room used respectfully for the week.
One responsible adult
Each loan is recorded to a named adult in the household. It's a formality, and it protects the family as much as the Torah.
Inspection
Every Torah is checked by a sofer as needed, so a Torah that reaches your home is one you can lein from without question.
Insurance
Each sefer Torah is insured, in transit and in the home.
Transport
We deliver and collect ourselves, in a manner consistent with kavod haTorah. You are never asked to move a sefer Torah yourself.
Sh'eilos
Questions that come up during a loan go to torahbveiso@gmail.com.
Choose a week.
Loans run one week at a time. Greyed-out dates are either yom tov, or weeks where every Torah is already committed. Where yom tov falls inside a loan the collection waits until afterwards, and the dates below will show you exactly when. We deliver within the Five Towns and Far Rockaway only.
Can't find a week that works?
Your loan
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Conditions of the loan
Taken one at a time. Please read each one before accepting it.
A sefer Torah is reserved for you. A confirmation is on its way to your email, and we'll remind you before collection. Collections are between 10am and 12pm — tell us if that doesn't suit the household and we'll arrange something else. There is nothing further to do; we'll be in touch before delivery to agree a time.
Every Torah here was given by someone.
There are no salaries. The delivering, collecting and running of the gemach is done by volunteers, and every dollar you give goes into the Sifrei Torah themselves — writing, bedikah, repair and insurance.
Give to the gemach
Larger donations
For larger donations, or to sponsor or donate a full sefer Torah, please fill this out and we'll call you back.
לעילוי נשמת
Torah B’Veiso is dedicated to the memory of
- הרב יוסף בן יוסף ז״ל
- עישה בת חיים ע״ה
- פירחה בת יוסף ע״ה
- חיה בת בנימין ע״ה
- בנימין בן אבא ז״ל
- שלמה בן יקוט ז״ל
- הרב יוסף בן אליעזר זאב ז״ל
- צפורה בת אלעזר אלימלך ע״ה
- יוסף בן ישראל דוד ז״ל
- ברכה בת צבי ע״ה
תנצב״ה
May their memory be a blessing.
Reach a person, not a mailbox.
Messages and calls both work on WhatsApp. We don't take regular calls or texts on this number. If it's urgent, call on WhatsApp rather than emailing.
Where we deliver
Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett, Inwood and Far Rockaway.
Outside that area, message us on WhatsApp anyway — we'll help you find a gemach that covers you.