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Exceptional pure gold

   Torah crown

                 inlaid with diamonds

similar to the Torah crown of the Ruzhiner Rebbe

      After I completed designing the magnificent Torah  long time, searched for expert to continue his work.
      crown for the Torah scroll of the Apter Rebbe      Many tried, but none could achieve a satisfactory
      ZTSVK"L, which I wrote about in a
      separate book, the engraver Mr.                                         level of finishing for me. In my
      Gabriel Roizen asked me to made                                         eyes, it should be glorified in
      another especially magnificent                                          splendor emphasizing our wish to
      Torah crown.                                                            uphold this mitzvah ‫קלי ואנוהו‬

      I accepted his commission,                                              With special thanks to God, I finally
      purchased a respectable quantity                                        found skilled craftsmen who were
      of pure gold and instructed him to                                      able to complete the work with
      make a crown like the similar to                                        great splendor.
      the Torah crown of the Ruzhiner
      Rebbe, which I had seen the Jay                                         Here, before you, is the
      Weinstein’s book on Judiaca.                                            magnificent crown, which will
                                                                              serve and glorify the Torah scroll
      He began the work, but was                                              that I wrote for the prodigy the
      unable to complete it. Following                                        soul of my teacher and rabbi
      his death, I added multiple                                             ZTSVK"L and placed in his beit
      diamonds to his piece and, for a                                        midrash, which I had the privilege
                                                                              of building for him in his glory.
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