A Torah scroll (Hebrew: סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah, lit. "Book of Torah"; plural: סִפְרֵי תוֹרָה Sifrei Torah) is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning...

Yemenite scrolls of the Law containing the Five Books of Moses (the Torah) represent one of three authoritative scribal traditions for the transmission...

of passages from a Torah scroll. The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the scroll (or scrolls) from the Torah ark, chanting the appropriate...

and was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1978 Torah scroll (Yemenite) Yemenite citron Yemenite Hebrew Yemenite Jewish poetry Yemenite Jewish silversmiths...

Publication Society of America Tanakh Torah Judaism Samaritan Torah Torah scroll (Yemenite) Weekly Torah portion "Torah". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed...

proto-Masoteric text of the Torah scroll (only a fragment of the Book of Leviticus surviving), known as the Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll. According to former...

Yemenite Hebrew (Hebrew: עִבְרִית תֵּימָנִית‎ ʿĪvrīṯ Tēmŏnīṯ), also referred to as Temani Hebrew, is the pronunciation system for Hebrew traditionally...

preserved by the Yemenite Jews as to the reason for what previously were thought to be rulings without any source.[citation needed] The Mishneh Torah is written...

modern-day Torah scrolls of all Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Yemenite communities is based upon the systematic list provided by Maimonides in Mishneh Torah, Laws...

imprisoned by Houthi militants in 2016 for allegedly assisting in smuggling a Torah scroll out of the country. Held in a prison in Sanaa, Marhabi has received harsh...

haftarot alone in large print. Even when a scroll of haftara readings is used, that scroll - unlike the Torah scroll - is occasionally made of paper and may...

invalid Torah Scroll, Rabbi Yosef permits Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews to recite a blessing upon reading from a Yemenite Torah Scroll. Yemenite scrolls differ...

"feasibility and popularity" of the practice of all-night Torah study. In contrast, the custom of Yemenite Jews is to ingest the fresh leaves of a stimulant herb...

the way back to the error, to fix it, and write it anew. Torah scroll production Mishneh Torah, Laws of Tefillin 1:4 Keset HaSofer in Hebrew Keset HaSofer...

1856 Finials used to decorate the top ends of the rollers of a Torah scroll Yemenite Torah case with finials French Imperial Eagle of a regiment of the...

Jews in the countries of the former Ottoman Empire, with the exception of Yemenite Hebrew. This pronunciation, in the form used by the Jerusalem Sephardic...

meaning of targum is a written Aramaic translation of the Bible. Only Yemenite Jews continue to use the targumim liturgically. As translations, the targumim...

appended by Maimonides to the laws of prayer in his Mishneh Torah: this forms the basis of the Yemenite liturgy, and has had some influence on other rites. From...

Yemenite Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Yemenite Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel...

leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin are worn by adult Jews during weekday...

tradition The Yemenite melody can be heard in Israel primarily, but also in some American cities. There is also a Persian Jewish melody for the Torah and a very...

occasion is celebrated with singing and dancing with the Torah scrolls. Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are technically considered to be a separate holiday...

Simchat Torah (Hebrew: שמחת תורה), meaning "rejoicing with the Torah". This name originally referred to a special "ceremony": the last weekly Torah portion...

leading the congregation in prayer during, both, Minchah and ʿArvith. Torah scroll (Yemenite) Tobi, et al. (2000), p. 38 Gaimani, Aharon (2014), p. 83 Qorah...

The Copper Scroll (3Q15) is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in Cave 3 near Khirbet Qumran, but differs significantly from the others. Whereas the other...

According to Jewish tradition, the Torah contains 613 commandments (Hebrew: תרי״ג מצוות, romanized: taryág mitsvót). Although the number 613 is mentioned...

pronounced [ˈχʊməʃ]; plural Ḥumashim) is a Torah in printed in book bound form (i.e. codex) as opposed to a Torah scroll. The word comes from the Hebrew word...

Dead Sea Scrolls. A similar pattern is used in modern Torah scrolls, and the Ashkenazi and Sepharadi Torah scrolls differ from the Yemenite scrolls in the...

verses, and 171 lines in a Torah Scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה‎, Sefer Torah). Jews read it on the fifth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in November, or...

(often equated with the Torah), a chuppa (to illustrate the wish for a marriage under the guidance of the Torah), a Torah scroll and crown, and animals...