The Slavita Torah
Oil on canvas. 30”x30”.
Private Collection

The Rebbe treasured this Sefer Torah which he received in 1954. The scroll belonged to the Schapiro brothers, chassidic printers in the town of Slavita. They were falsely accused of murder and arrested by the czarist police in 1839. After being forced to run the gauntlet, they were held first in prison and later under house arrest for 17 years. While they were detained, this was the Torah they used. -chabad.org