LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Jewish community in northeast Kansas is planning a sacred Torah welcoming ceremony in Lawrence.

The ceremony Sunday marks the end of an effort of an expert ritual scribe to write an entire Torah, the most sacred object in Judaism. The task takes between 62 and 84 sheets of parchment, exactly 304,805 letters and months of work. One mistake voids the entire work.

The scroll will be the first written in Lawrence. A ceremony Sunday at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Lawrence will mark the completion of the Torah. It will then be taken under a canopy through the streets in a procession that will include music and dancing.

Gov. Sam Brownback issued a proclamation congratulating the Jewish community and extending best wishes for the celebration.