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...
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If meant for liturgic purposes, it takes the form of a Torah scroll (Hebrew: ספר תורה Sefer Torah). If in bound book form, it is called Chumash, and is...
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Chumash (Judaism) (redirect from Chumash torah)
pronounced [ˈχʊməʃ]; plural Ḥumashim) is a Torah in printed and book bound form (i.e. codex) as opposed to a Sefer Torah, which is a scroll. The word comes from...
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The Mishneh Torah (Hebrew: מִשְׁנֵה תוֹרָה, lit. 'repetition of the Torah'), also known as Sefer Yad ha-Hazaka (ספר יד החזקה, 'book of the strong hand')...
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Inauguration of a Torah scroll (Hebrew: הכנסת ספר תורה, Hachnasat Sefer Torah; Ashkenazi: Hachnosas Sefer Torah) is a ceremony in which one or more Torah scrolls...
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Sifrei Kodesh (redirect from Sefer (Hebrew))
singular form, sefer, are books of Jewish religious literature and are viewed by religious Jews as sacred. These are generally works of Torah literature,...
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613 commandments (redirect from Torah Laws)
Avraham of Vilna, Maalot haTorah (printed in Nachmanides, Sefer haEmunah vehaBitachon, Warsaw: 1877, p.1) "Halakhah: Jewish Law / Torah 101 / Mechon Mamre"....
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the text; Aliyah (Torah) Weekly Torah portion Hebrew cantillation Haftarah Minyan Sefer Torah Torah ark Yom Tov Torah readings Torah study Yad Qur'an reading...
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Simchat Torah (שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, lit., "Torah celebration", Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates...
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accentuation after Maimonides' accepted practice in his Sefer Torah, who, in turn, had based his Torah-scroll on Ben-Asher's orthography, with especial attention...
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tractate "Maseket Sofrim". In the Torah's 613 commandments, the second to last is that every Jew should write a sefer Torah before they die. A sofer must...
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cantillation Lectionary Sefer Torah Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum Tanakh Tikkun (book) Torah reading Weekly Maqam "This Week's Torah Portion | Parsha Brought...
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Minor tractate (redirect from Sefer Torah (Talmud))
chapter to Derekh Eretz Zuta, often listed separately. Sefer Torah (regulations for writing Torah scrolls). Nearly equivalent to the first five chapters...
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archive". Hindustan Times. 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2021-08-14. The ancient Sefer Torah of Bologna : features and history. Mauro Perani. Leiden. 2019. ISBN 978-90-04-41561-4...
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According to Rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Torah or Oral Law (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה, romanized: Tōrā šebbəʿal-pe) are statutes and legal interpretations...
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Sefer haYashar (ספר הישר) is a medieval Hebrew midrash, also known as the Toledot Adam and Divrei haYamim heArukh. The Hebrew title "Sefer haYashar" might...
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Sefer ha-Chinuch (Hebrew: ספר החינוך, "Book of Education") is a Jewish rabbinic text which systematically discusses the 613 commandments of the Torah...
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Hebrew Bible (section Torah)
Mīqrāʾ), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim. Different branches of Judaism and Samaritanism...
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Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne (1868). Sefer ha-Eshkol (in Hebrew). Vol. 2. Halberstadt. p. 36 (Hil. Sefer Torah). Staff 1987, p. 25 Wood 1912, p. 178...
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May 17, 2022. Maimonides; Eliyahu Touger (2010). Tefillin, Mezuzah and Sefer Torah - Chapter Five. Retrieved May 17, 2022. "How to Hang a Mezuzah". Chabad...
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Lulav (section Codification in the Torah)
lulav, hadass, and aravah are commonly referred to as "the lulav". The Torah mentions the commandments to obtain a lulav for the Sukkot holiday once...
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Heichal of the Chendamangalam synagogue is one of the most ornately carved Torah arks in Kerala. The style of the ark is Italian with gilded filigree work...
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faith and morals. Deuteronomy 31:19 Sefer Hamitzvot. 18 Menachot 30 Piskey Harosh Sefer Torah 1 Hachnasat Sefer Tora Lagnado, Lucette (2012-04-27). "When...
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the subject of controversy in Jewish law. According to the Talmud, a sefer Torah should, ideally, be written on gevil, but may also be on klaf; tefillin...
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Zohar (redirect from Sefer Ha-Zohar)
is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah (the five books of Moses) and scriptural interpretations as well as material...
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Baal keriah (category Torah reading)
from the Sefer Torah during the service. As there are no niqqud, punctuation, or cantillation marks (called trop in Yiddish) in a Sefer Torah, and these...
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body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandments (mitzvot), subsequent Talmudic...
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of a Sefer Torah (Torah scroll). Very often the rimonim are adorned with little bells and are very intricate. Rimmon Torah crown (see Keter Torah) Wikimedia...
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The Sefer Torah is read during the Torah reading which is part of the Shabbat morning services, with a longer reading than during the week. The Torah is...
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are acknowledged as ancestral to the sensibilities of Kabbalah and the Sefer Yetzirah—a brief document of only few pages written centuries before the...
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