Mel Indyk, left, and Rabbi Chaim Block read through one of two Torah scrolls at Chabad Lubavitch of San Antonio on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Chabad Lubavitch is to receive a third Torah scroll.

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A Long Island firefighter ran into a burning Chabad to save a sacred Sefer Torah from the flames on Wednesday — as members of the local Jewish community raced to the scene in prayer.

The Jewish congregation, located in uptown Harrisburg, kicked off a fundraising and community-building initiative on Sunday that includes the inscribing of a new Torah scroll.