The 2025 Sefer Haftarah World Tour has entered week two of it’s eight week journey to visit Jewish Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods throughout the State of Florida during February and March of 2025.
The Scroll began the month of February with an action filled week at Temple Torat Emet (Boynton Beach) where it was incorporated into weekly Shabbat Services, the annual FJMC World Wide Wrap program and Torat Emet’s the Youth education program. From there, custodianship of the Scroll was passed to the Brotherhood of Kol Ami (Tampa).
Florida Region FJMC Executive Vice President and Kol Ami Brotherhood President Jon Zimmer reports, “the Brotherhood of Kol Ami will incorporate the FJMC Sefer Haftarah scroll into our annual Brotherhood Shabbat weekend festivities, culminating in a celebration of Kol Ami Brotherhood 2025 Man of the Year Mitchell Weiss featuring music from Nachum followed by a shmooze and delicious catered dessert reception in the social hall. This will be a Huge weekend for FJMC Florida Region our award winning Brotherhood.“
A hearty Kol HaKavod to Mitchell Weiss, Jon Zimmer and the Brotherhood of Kol Ami for planning an epic week of Sefer Haftarah related programs and events.
The FJMC Sefer Haftarah Scroll contains a collection of every Haftarah read during the year, including those from holidays and Rosh Chodesh. The Haftarot are scripted by a sofer on a parchment scroll in the same manner as a Torah. In fact, when rolled up and covered by its mantle, the Haftarah scroll looks exactly like a Torah scroll but not as thick. But unlike a Torah, the Haftarah scroll contains vowels and the trop. In addition, there are dedications of the various Haftarot in English and Hebrew. Since it was first unveiled during the 2003 FJMC Biennial Convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the FJMC Sefer Haftarah scroll has travelled around North America to Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods, to regional retreats and to FJMC conventions., visiting synagogues from West Coast to East Coast, from Florida to Canada. At services, it is treated very much like a Torah. It is housed in the Ark, undressed and redressed like a Torah, and carried around the congregation in the Torah procession. For more information about the FJMC Sefer Haftarah project visit: https://fjmc.org/for-clubs/sefer-haftarah/.
The Brotherhood of Kol Ami is a proud member of the Florida Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC). We serve the needs of affiliated Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods throughout the State of Florida. Learn more about the FJMC Florida Region and our growing network of Jewish Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods at: www.floridaregionfjmc.org and please visit & LIKE our Facebook Group at: www.facebook.com/FloridaRegionFJMC.
The FJMC is a confederation of over 200 Jewish Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods representing over 20,000 members across the United States, Canada, Latin America, and beyond. Learn how YOUR Jewish Men’s Club or Brotherhood can affiliate with the FJMC at: https://fjmc.org/for-clubs/affiliating-with-the-fjmc/.
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