Examples of using Torah scrolls in English and their translations into Russian
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Therefore the sages corrected the Torah scrolls based on their opinion, according to Radak.
In the synagogue ritual a number of other items,not directly associated with the Torah Scrolls was used.
Aron Kodesh(the Holy Ark),where the Torah scrolls are kept, is oriented towards Jerusalem.
There is also a new room built for the scribes who maintain and preserve the Torah scrolls used at the Wall.
Torah scrolls are the main sanctuary, and, possibly, so to say, the only sanctuary that makes a synagogue a holy place, you see?
He was also able to rescuemany religious ritual objects, including numerous Torah Scrolls and silver ornaments, by hiding them in the cemetery.
In 1839, in the eastern Persian city of Meshed, a mob burst into the Jewish Quarter,burned the synagogue, and destroyed the Torah scrolls.
On 21 November, the IDF removed Torah scrolls and other religious objects, including a mezuzah, which settlers had placed in the Al Arba'een Mosque, located in Tel Rumeida.
During the pogrom not only Jewsbecame the victims but also their sacred values- Torah scrolls- were desecrated.
First we will clarify why in our generation we no longer write Torah scrolls for personal use, and thus refrain from fulfilling the positive commandment to write such a scroll. .
Royal homage is rendered to the Torah, andall the ritual objects associated with the Torah Scrolls have symbolic royal robes.
Most contemporary Torah scrolls use the Koren text, and those who read from them Mondays, Thursdays, and on Shabbat will innocently think that they are reading the exact text given to Moses at Sinai.
And it shows in detail the task of a Torah scribe, who not only fabricates the Torah Scrolls, but also the Mezuzot and the Tefillin.
Think about it: who can find their way in the formulae after all the changes in standard texts andcorrections of the changes in the Torah scrolls?
Shemini Atzeret evening, in synagogues arrange Hakafot:a ceremony procession with the Torah scrolls around the bima- the rise in the center of the synagogue, on which is usually read the Torah. .
In the table below we will list spellings, based on midrashim, the Talmud, and the Zohar,which do not match our Torah scrolls at all.
In 1976, a year after the civil war began,Joseph Farhi transferred the Torah scrolls from the synagogue to Geneva and entrusted to renowned Jewish-Lebanese banker Edmond Safra, who preserved them in his bank's coffers.
Later, when the Second World War was over, it has been discovered that the eastern wall of the synagogue,where a cabinet with the Torah scrolls(Aron Kodesh) was situated, remained intact.
And here, like, in fact, this part of exposition consists of three rooms and the entrance where there are elements of synagogue decorations, in particular, one of the main elements: Aron Kodesh,a closet for keeping Torah scrolls.
Traditional judaica is represented by sacred objects,details of interior of a synagogue- decorations for Torah scrolls, ark curtains, pointers for Torah reading, religious calendars.
The Passacaglia and Fugue is based on the central prayer of Yom Kippur, Kol Nidrei,which is recited at the beginning of the evening service right after the Torah scrolls are taken out of the ark.
The museum possesses rare items extant by a miracle,including a curved wooden Aron Kodesh(a closet that contains Torah scrolls) made in the middle of the XIX century, an armchair for circumcision ceremony, portal to bimah(ambo, a raised platform from which Torah is read in synagogues).
If we say that the text Chazal had was the true text given to Moses at Sinai,we are forced to say that the text we have is not, and all our Torah scrolls must be considered invalid!
The exhibitors have also tried to reconstruct a museum variant of genizah- special room that was organized in the majority of old-time synagogues for keeping shabby or rotten Torah scrolls and books with sacred texts.
This our essay should be considered as continuation of what we wrote in Pamphlet 9. Moreover, we will bring the words of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, words of the midrashim and the Zohar, andwe will see that the Torah scrolls the Tanaaim and Amoraim had before them were different from the texts we have.
They celebrate all Jewish holidays andoften use their Torah scroll and read Hebrew.
A Torah scroll is already available on site and we will set up mechitzot.
Holiness and Beauty- Four restored interiors of synagogues from Europe, Asia,and the Americas, along with Torah scroll ornaments, show the unity and diversity of Jewish religious architecture and ritual objects.
But in theEuropean communities, especially in Eastern Europe,it was decided toinvest the Torah Scroll in a cloth case called in Yiddish Torah Mantl(mantle) or"meil" in Hebrew.
This is not entirely certain, andtherefore I tend to be lenient on this issue and don't invalidate a Torah scroll.