Torah scroll
Synagogue's holy manuscript
A Torah scroll is a handwritten parchment scroll containing the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, used in Jewish religious services.
The scrolls are produced according to strict traditional specifications and are treated as sacred objects, housed in decorated cases and read aloud during synagogue worship.
The congregation stood as the Torah scroll was carried through the sanctuary.
- PentateuchFive books of Moses
- Hebrew BibleJewish canonical scriptures
- sacred textHoly religious writing
- aliyahTorah reading summons
- synagogueJewish house of worship
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- scrollshandscroll, makimono, Dead Sea Scrolls
- JewishShabbat, kosher, rabbi, synagogue, Hebrew
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Hanukkah, Yom Kippur
- Jewish Lifesynagogues, rabbis, Shabbat, kosher, Hanukkah
- TorahGenesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
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Sensational cheap literature
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Torah scrollNew Testament
Second biblical division
Gospel · Quran · Christian Bible · Book of Mormon · Bhagavad Gita
Torah scrollpaperback
Book with flexible cover
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