Sefer Torah

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Sefer Torah

(Hebrew; “Book of the Law”)

In Judaism, the Pentateuch (see Torah), when written in Hebrew by a qualified calligrapher on vellum or parchment and enshrined in the Ark of the Law in a synagogue. It is used for public readings during services on the Sabbath, Mondays, Thursdays, and religious festivals. Sephardic Jews often enclose it in a wooden or metal case; Ashkenazi Jews cover it with an ornate mantle of cloth decorated with ritual ornaments. Its scrolls are handled according to prescribed ritual that reflects the esteem in which the scrolls are held.

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No references found			Byline: By Crystal Deane SOLIHULL witnessed a dance with a difference when a specially commissioned pounds 30,000 Sefer Torah scroll was waltzed down Monastery Drive. Ancient scroll a star attraction by Birmingham Mail (England) Another later example is documented by the Rema (Rabbi Moshe Isserles, Kracow sixteenth century) who writes in his gloss to the Shulchan Aruch that women took it upon themselves not to look at the Sefer Torah or even not to come to synagogue when they were menstruating even though this is not something that is prohibited by legal precedent. Re-covering woman as religious subject: reflections on Jewish women ... by Landau, Melanie / The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies Commissioned at a cost of $36,000, the Sefer Torah to be dedicated today was written by Rabbi Betzalel Yakont, a scribe who lives in Israel. Document of dedication by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			seel Seeland Seelandian Seelenbinder, Werner Seeley, John Robert Seeliger, Hugo Von Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st baron of Mottistone Seelye, Julius Hawley Seelye, Laurenus Clark seen fire seep Seepage Seepage Barrier seepage bed seepage face seepage force seepage lake seepage pit SEEPROM SeerHPS seersucker seesaw Seesee Sefer ha-bahir Sefer ha-zohar Sefer Torah* Seferis Seferis, George Sefid Rud Sefiriades, Giorgos Sefrou Séfrou Sefton SEGA Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Segadores, War of the Segal, George Segantini, Giovanni Segar, Elzie Segarelli, Gerard Segas process Segauli, Treaty of Seged Segel, Iakov Segel, Iakov Aleksandrovich Seger cone Seger Cones Segesta Segezha Segezha Pulp and Paper Combine segfault			SEFAM SEFAN SEFAP SEFAPP Sefate Democratic Party SEFBD SEFC SEFCAR SEFCC SEFCI SEFCSD SEFCU SEFD SEFDILAM SEFDL SEFDR SEFE SEFEG Sefer Sefer Sefer Sefer (Hebrew) Sefer Ha-Bahir Sefer ha-Massaot Sefer Ha-Zohar Sefer Ha-Zohar Sefer Ha-Zohar Sefer haYashar Sefer Torah Sefer Torahs Seferiades Seferis Seferis Seferis, George Seferis, George Sefevi SEFEWS SEFEX SEFF SEFFECSA SEFG Sefhare Youth Development Association Sefi SEFIC Sefid River Sefid River Sefid River Sefid Rud SEFIE SEFIG SEFIP SEFIPLAN Sefiriades, Giorgos Sefiriades, Giorgos SEFIS SEFK SEFL SEFLIN

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