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What is a Torah Scroll?

April 26, 2017scroll Torah

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What is a Torah Scroll?

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by Rabbi Mendy Hecht addthis_pub = ‘rabbisimcha’; –> function gomprint(Hierarchy, ixObject){ var vwidth = 680; var vheight = 520; var url = ‘/en/article_print.html?h=’ + Hierarchy + ‘&o=’ + ixObject; window.open(url,’print’,’toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=’+vwidth+’,height=’+vheight+’,top=’+((window.screen.height/2)-(vheight/2))+’,left=’+((window.screen.width/2)-(vwidth/2))); } Library » Torah » Torah Scroll | Subscribe | What is RSS? PRINT EMAIL COMMENT (continued) A. A Torah Scroll is a Sefer Torah. A Sefer Torah contains the Five Books of Moses (the Pentateuch) handwritten in the original Hebrew from right to left, without punctuations, commas, periods, chapter or verse numbers. It is written on parchment, rolled up around two ornate wooden shafts and adorned with special accessories. It is (generally) kept in the Ark of each synagogue, and routinely read aloud in all synagogues. In its presence we also offer prayers and